Tagged: Africa

Mojisola Salaudeen

Tunisia Elections: Presidential Run-Off Results

After an initial round of voting was held on the 15th of September, Tunisians had to head back to the polls to vote in a run-off between presidential candidates Nabil Karoui and Kais Saied. The election took place on 13th of October, a week after parliamentary elections, which determined Tunisia’s head of government. Although the […]
Mojisola Salaudeen

Tunisia Returns A Fractured Parliament

Tunisia went to the polls on Sunday the 6th of October to elect their representatives to the 217-seat Assembly, a second of such vote since the 2014 adoption of the constitution. The election came three weeks after the first round of presidential elections where the political elites were shunned. How Did Tunisians Vote? 41% of […]
Farida Adamu

Mauritius: Prime Minister Sets New Election Date

Prime Minister Pravind Kumar Jugnanth has dissolved the parliament in Mauritius and has scheduled a general election to hold on the 7th of November this year. By law, the country has between 30 and 150 days to conduct fresh elections after the prime minister dissolves parliament. Why Was Parliament Dissolved? The Mauritius parliament, which consists […]
Tuduetso Madi

Southern African Elections to look out for this quarter

Here are 3 African elections to look forward to in Q4 of 2019: Mozambique On the 15th of October, the people of Mozambique will head to the polls to vote in what has been branded the toughest election yet for the southern African country. Despite the recent peace accord between the ruling Mozambique Liberation Front […]
Farida Adamu

Mozambique Elections Are Here

Mozambique elections are set to hold on October 15.  This date was set in 2018 by President Filipe Nyusi of the FRELIMO party, who will be running for another term. Notably, for the first time in the history of the country, provincial governors will be elected and not appointed. Why Is Everyone Scared? Mozambicans are […]
Mojisola Salaudeen

Tunisian Presidential Election Heads To Runoff

Official results from Tunisia’s electoral commission (ISIE) show that the presidential elections held on the 15th of September will head to a second round. With no candidate scoring an outright majority of 50 per cent of the vote, a second round will be held between the top two candidates. A law professor, Kais Saied, who […]
Mojisola Salaudeen

Algeria’s Interim Leader Sets Election Date

The interim president of Algeria, Abdelkader Bensalah, has announced that presidential elections will be held in the country on the 12th of December this year. He made the announcement in a televised address to the nation on Sunday, the 15th of September. This comes after the Army Chief Lieutenant General Ahmed Gaid Salah made the […]