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Asari Ndem
Bosnia Fixes Broken Election Law
While the Central Election Commission (CIK) in Bosnia counted and verified results from its October polls, the commission also had to contend with fixing a flaw in its election law which will enable the formation of a new government and prevent looming financial collapse in the country. According to the Balkan Insight, the old law […]
Conrad Omodiagbe
Polish Prime Minister Wins Confidence Vote Ahead of 2019 Election
Poland’s Prime Minister, Mateusz Morawiecki, has won a vote of confidence from the lower parliament house with over 231 MPs coming out in favour of the nationalist Law and Justice (PiS) party, ahead of next year’s elections. The vote signified a show of strength after support for the leader waned last month due to allegations […]
Asari Ndem
Madagascar: Run-Off Elections and the Showdown Between Ex-Presidents
On the 19th of December, voters in Madagascar cast their ballots across the Indian Ocean island nation in a bid to select a new president in a run off election that pits two former presidents against each other. The two candidates, Marc Ravalomanana, 69, president from 2002 to 2009, and Andry Rajoelina, 44, president from […]
Conrad Omodiagbe
Georgia Makes History with Swearing-in of First Female President
After winning through a run-off last month, French-born Salome Zurabishvili has been sworn in as president, making her Georgia’s first female president and fifth president overall as she replaces the outgoing President Giorgi Margvelashvili. Zurabishvili recited her presidential oath in the historic castle of Telavi and is expected to hold the country’s highest seat for […]
Conrad Omodiagbe
Fire Guts DRC Electoral Commission Destroying over 8,000 Voting Machines
With just 9 days left to the December 23rd presidential election in the Democratic Republic of Congo, a fire has reportedly destroyed over 8,000 voting machines in the country’s capital of Kinshasha, according to the nation’s electoral body. The country’s National Election Commission (CENI) reported that the fire broke out in the early hours of […]
Conrad Omodiagbe
Appeal Court Rules in Favour of Restoring Nigerian Prisoners’ Right to Vote
The rights of incarcerated criminals to vote, despite their inability to be voted for, has been a touchy subject across the world with strong arguments existing on both sides of the matter and Nigerian courts have just waded into the matter. Adding to the debate, the Court of Appeal in Benin city, Edo state has […]
Conrad Omodiagbe
2019 Nigerian Presidential Candidates Sign Peace Accord
A peace pact, designed to ensure a peaceful election process ahead of the 2019 general elections in Nigeria, has been signed by a large majority of the presidential candidates from various political parties at the International Conference Centre Abuja, Nigeria. A similar peace accord was also signed in 2015 ahead of the general elections and […]