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Conrad Omodiagbe
Youtube Introduces Policy to Combat Misleading Political Content
With several elections scheduled for the year, globally, and campaigns for the November 3rd US Presidential Elections well underway, the streaming giant, YouTube, has announced its decision to regulate and ban doctored or fake videos that might mislead voters, inadvertently affecting the global electoral process. Stringent Safety Measures The video streaming platform, which was purchased […]
Conrad Omodiagbe
Supreme Court Upholds 2019 Namibia Presidential Election Result
The Supreme Court in Namibia has dismissed a case put forward by the opposition candidate, Panduleni Itula, calling for the annulment of the country’s November 2019 presidential elections that returned incumbent President Hage Geingob into power. Motivation for Court Case The country’s electoral commission had in November announced President Hage Geingob’s re-election for a second […]
Mojisola Salaudeen
Slovakia: President Wants Ban on Pre-election Polls Repealed
The President of Slovakia, Zuzana Čaputová, has approached the country’s Constitutional Court to strike down a law extending the ban on the publication of pre-election opinion polls from 14 to 50 days before an election. How Did We Get Here? On the 28th of October, the Slovak parliament passed a new law prohibiting the publication […]
Mojisola Salaudeen
Australian Lawmakers Face Election Challenge
The election of Australian lawmakers, Gladys Liu and Josh Frydenberg, is being challenged in court over Chinese-language campaign posters used during the May 2019 Australian parliamentary election. Controversial Poster The posters, which appeared at polling booths in Liu’s Chisholm and Frydenberg’s Kooyong electorates in Melbourne on election day, were printed in the same purple and […]
Farida Adamu
Japan’s Parliamentary Elections
The Republic of Japan is set to hold its 25th regular election of the Upper House on the 21st of July 2019. The Upper House election takes place every three years to change half of the 245-seat chamber of the Diet, also known as the National Diet in Japan. It is composed of a lower […]
Mojisola Salaudeen
Sudan: Military and Protest Leaders Reach Agreement
Following an agreement to resume negotiations, the Forces for Freedom and Change (FFC) and the Transitional Military Council in Sudan have reached an agreement to share power in the country. Both sides have agreed to establish a sovereign council consisting of 5 military members and 6 civilians. The joint military-civilian council will reportedly “rule the […]
Mojisola Salaudeen
US 2020 Presidential Elections: Who is winning the money race?
Candidates looking to be elected America’s next president have been raising funds to pursue their ambitions in the highly competitive arena. With the close of the 2nd quarter, how has it gone so far? The biggest fundraiser: According to figures announced by from the campaigns, the incumbent President, Donald Trump has raised the highest amount […]