THE BRIEFING
Staff Writer
Why the number 7 might be Cameroon’s unlucky number
Despite mounting pressure on the Cameroonian government to suspend its plans for an election, especially in the English-speaking regions of the country, President Biya has insisted that the presidential elections will still hold as scheduled. On the 7th of October, Cameroonians are expected to cast their ballot and decide who will steer the affairs of […]
Asari Ndem
Third Time’s the Charm: DRC General Elections, Two Years Behind Schedule
With December 23rd set for the upcoming general elections for the highest seat of power in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), the world wonders if maybe, just maybe, this will be the one that actually happens. Since November 2016, the government of the DRC has postponed its general elections at the request of the […]
Staff Writer
INEC’s inability to be Impartial Signals A Return To The Dark Days for Nigeria
Osun Re-Run 2018 Election: The Osun re-run was just as chaotic as the weather in Osogbo yesterday. Generally, the election was considered unsatisfactory as it was characterised most significantly by voter-intimidation, harassment of observers and vote-buying. Like their domestic counterparts, international electoral stakeholders and observer groups have communicated their preliminary observations regarding the conduct of […]
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, […]