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Twitter suspends fake news accounts ahead of Israeli Elections
Popular social media platform, Twitter, has suspended 61 accounts peddling fake news ahead of the April 9 elections in Israel. This brings the total of related accounts suspensions to 343 since the election was announced last year. All 61 accounts involved had a total of 28,041 followers and mostly tweeted their fake news in English. […]
Conrad Omodiagbe
Young South Africans Constitute Majority of Newly Registered Voters
According to a new survey taken by the South African Independent Electoral Commission (IEC), 81% of more than 700,000 new people added to the voter database ahead of the National and Provincial elections scheduled for later this year, are young people under the age of 30. Sy Mamabolo, the current Chief Executive Officer of the […]
Conrad Omodiagbe
Namibian Opposition Demand Updated Voting Machines
The Popular Democratic Movement (PDM) in Namibia has joined other opposition parties in demanding for an update to be added to their Electronic Voting Machines (EVM). This request comes ahead of the country’s general elections scheduled for November this year. Namibia made history in 2014 as the first African country to use the EVM during […]
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Bangladesh Election Faces New Scrutiny
After what was billed the most competitive elections in decades, a new report prepared by Transparency International Bangladesh shows irregularities and alleged electoral malpractice in the country. On the 30th of December 2018, Bangladesh held a hotly contested election which was marred by violence in certain polling stations as millions of citizens gathered to vote […]
Conrad Omodiagbe
EU observers arrive in Nigeria, America calls for credible elections
In anticipation of the upcoming February 16 polls, the United States’ Congress has stressed the need for transparency and credibility in the Nigerian elections. They have done this in a bid to strengthen the bilateral relationship between both countries as members of the European Union arrive in the country to observe the elections. Introducing a […]
Asari Ndem
Thailand likely to postpone elections despite Bangkok protests
General Elections are expected to be held in Thailand between the 24th of February and the 9th of May this year, following the passing of a new electoral law in the country, which came into effect on the 10th of December 2018. Following two protests in Thailand’s capital city of Bangkok, rumours that the military […]
Conrad Omodiagbe
DRC: Voting Data Supports Fayulu’s Case for Election Fraud
Results from a recent analysis carried out by the Financial Times, using two separate groups of voter data, have revealed that Congo’s opposition leader and presidential candidate, Martin Fayulu, was the clear winner of the controversial December polls, following the detection of election fraud. Contradicting the result put forward by the country’s official electoral commission, […]