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Mojisola Salaudeen
Tunisian Parliament Passes Controversial Electoral Law
The Tunisian Parliament has passed a law to exclude certain individuals from running for election. The law “bans candidates who resort to “political advertising” outside regulated electoral campaigns or lead charity NGOs, from running for office,” according to The Arab Weekly. The Candidates Nabil Karoui of the Qalb Tounes Party is a businessman and owner […]
Farida Adamu
Will Nigeria’s opposition presidential candidate reclaim his ‘stolen’ mandate?
After the Nigerian presidential election held in February 2019 and the victory of the incumbent All Progressives Congress (APC) at the polls, the opposition party, (People’s Democratic Party, PDP) and its candidate, former vice president Atiku Abubakar, were not quite convinced they lost and have challenged the results in court, alleging electoral fraud. On the […]
Mojisola Salaudeen
German Election Officials Face Threat in Saxony
In Saxony, elections for the Minister-President are scheduled to hold on the 1st of September 2019 but, election officials are currently being threatened. These threats come after the exclusion of two-thirds of the candidates from the far-right party, Alternative for Germany (AfD) from the list of candidates eligible for the upcoming election. Founded in 2013, […]
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 […]
Farida Adamu
Ukraine Heads to the Polls Ahead of Schedule
The 2019 parliamentary elections in Ukraine, originally scheduled to hold at the end of October 2019, has been brought forward to July 21. This follows the dissolution of the country’s parliament on the 21st of May by the newly inaugurated President Volodymyr Zelensky, following claims of a “lack of government coalition.” The latest polls of […]
Farida Adamu
UK Prime Minister Race: Who Gets the Keys to 10 Downing Street?
Following Theresa May’s failure to come up with an agreement to lead Britain out of the European Union, she announced she will stand down as Tory leader and hand over the keys to 10 Downing Street, in a tearful resignation speech delivered on May 24. In this speech, she described being prime minister as “the […]
Farida Adamu
What to expect as Greece holds its parliamentary elections
In three days, the people of Greece will head to the polls to elect a new government. The Unitary Republic’s “Snap Elections” is expected to take place on July 7, earlier than the previously slated October date, after the incumbent leader, Alexis Tsipras, bowed to pressure to hold early elections. After the restoration of its […]