Tagged: Africa
Farida Adamu
What Happened In Burkina Faso Elections?
Elections for the presidency and legislature of Burkina Faso held on the 22nd of November where up to 13 candidates contested for office. The vote had a 50% voter turnout with over 3 million votes cast. Unfortunately, in some territories in the north of Burkina Faso, nearly one-fifth of the country was excluded from voting due to violent extremism. President Roch Marc […]
Farida Adamu
Burkina Faso Elections: Issues To Consider
Elections for the presidency and legislature of Burkina Faso are scheduled to hold on 22 November, 2020. The elections come at a peculiar time and with a lot of challenges as the country faces numerous socio-economic challenges. What are the issues arising ahead of election day in Burkina Faso? Election Security: The security crisis in […]
Farida Adamu
Last Lap: African Elections To Watch As 2020 Ends
No fewer than 13 African elections were scheduled to hold on the continent in 2020. Many were postponed, including the presidential elections in Ethiopia, which was moved by a year and has sparked tensions in the Horn of Africa. Somalia, which should have held one-man-one-vote elections for the first time in history did not only take back the decision […]
Farida Adamu
Ethiopia: What is Going on?
Heavy fighting is ongoing in the north of Ethiopia in the Tigray region––one of Ethiopia’s autonomous states––after Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed ordered the deployment of troops to the area and declared a 6-month state of emergency. The leading political party in the region, the Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF) has been accused of attacking the […]
Conrad Omodiagbe
Tanzania Opposition Candidates Forced Out
The main opposition leader in Tanzania, Tundu Lissu, left the country for Belgium on Tuesday. This comes after the former presidential candidate rejected the results of the October polls which he asserted had “widespread irregularities” and was a “butchery” of the country’s democratic process. Citing threats to his life, Lissu explained that while he was […]
Farida Adamu
Nigeria Democracy Watch: Accusing Protesters
The Central bank of Nigeria, after receiving a court order that allowed individual banks to freeze 20 bank accounts related to the #EndSARS movement in Nigeria till January 2021, has further accused the account holders of funding terrorism without any evidence asides from the narration with which the monies were sent “#EndSARS.” Newswire reports that the CBN, through its […]
Conrad Omodiagbe
These Re-elected Presidents Will Stay In Office
Despite ongoing protests and allegations of widespread irregularities at the polls, Constitutional Courts in Ivory Coast and Guinea have confirmed the re-election of the countries’ incumbent presidents, President Alassane Ouattara and President Alpha Conde, amidst a rising death toll. Ouattara Gets The Green Light The Constitutional Council of Cote d’Ivoire, on Monday, confirmed the re-election […]