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Conrad Omodiagbe
Ethiopia Appoints Formerly Exiled Opposition Figure to Head Election Board
The nomination of former exile and popular opposition figure, Birtukan Mideksa, has been passed by Ethiopian lawmakers today. Mideksa, a former judge who served as a harsh critic of the ruling coalition before facing exile in the United States for 7 years, was previously nominated by Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed to head the country’s National […]
Staff Writer
Does Nigeria’s National Assembly Have Legal Powers to Alter the Sequence of the Elections?
The recent move by Nigeria’s National Assembly (NASS) to alter the sequence of elections has stirred a major legal controversy in the country. NASS passed a 2018 Electoral Amendment Bill which has received stiff opposition from the country’s electoral body, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) and the executive arm of the government. President Muhammadu […]
Staff Writer
Was Agora’s Blockchain Technology Deployed In Sierra Leone’s Election? Here’s What We Know.
Ordinarily much of the world does not know enough to care about the recently concluded Sierra Leone March 7, election. Not until the small country made ‘history’, with claims that it had become the first to deploy a block chain based voting solution. At the center of this is a Swiss based company named Agora, […]
The Election Network
3 Reasons Why This Controversial Kenyan Electoral Commissioner Resigned
Roselyn Akombe, an outspoken, media savvy commissioner at Kenya’s Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) has called it quits. According to a personal statement made available to the press, the commissioner who is one out of seven electoral commissioners, ruled out IEBC’s ability to conduct a credible election on the 26th of October. The commissioner’s resignation did not surprise […]
Fatu Ogwuche
Liberia Forges Forward in Elections Technology Despite Kenyan Setback
Monrovia – Liberia’s Oct. 10 presidential and legislative elections are significant for several reasons. The country which represents Africa’s oldest republic will be conducting its third post-war election and first transitional election that would witness the transfer of power between a living incumbent president and president-elect. Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, Africa’s first female president and Noble […]
Winnie Kimani
5 things you need to know about Kenya’s elections
KENYA– The East-African nation holds anticipated general elections a decade after deadly post-election violence. One of east Africa’s leading economies, the success of the election is crucial to Africa and the rest of the world. Dynasties Two rival families will compete for power in Kenya’s presidential election, in a relationship that goes back to independence. […]
Fiona Kamikazi Rutagengwa
Rwandans vote amid great cheer and poll decorations
The excitement of the 2017 presidential election began when more than four million Rwandans signed a petition requesting the Rwandan Parliament to amend the constitution to allow the President of the Republic serve beyond the two terms limit currently in place. This culminated in a constitutional referendum which was held in Rwanda on 18 December […]