Tagged: election violence
Farida Adamu
Anti-Violence Campaign Begins In Liberia
An activist and Nobel Peace Prize Laureate from Liberia known as Leymah Roberta Gbowee has launched a campaign against election-related violence. This move comes as the country prepares to hold midterm senatorial elections in December. Gbowee’s campaign will adopt a peer-to-peer strategy where hundreds of Liberian youth will be recruited as peace ambassadors to reach […]
Farida Adamu
Questions on the Belarus Presidential Elections
Belarus is scheduled to hold presidential elections on August 9 and President Alexander Lukashenko will be running for a sixth office term in the upcoming elections. However, Belarus rarely seems to get its elections right. The 2019 parliamentary polls were largely controversial and preparations for the coming presidential polls have already been dented by human […]
Farida Adamu
Democracy Watch: What’s Going on in Ethiopia?
Hachalu Hundessa, a 34-year-old Singer and Activist from Ethiopia, known as the soundtrack that backed the Oromo group’s fight against marginalization was shot dead in Addis Ababa on July 1, 2020. Mr Hachalu was taken to the hospital after the attack but later died from the injuries he sustained. Protests broke out at the hospital […]
Conrad Omodiagbe
Violence Plagues Burundi Ahead of Elections
At least 22 “wrongdoers” have been killed by the Burundi government during a violent clash between security forces and an armed group on the outskirts of the country’s capital, Bujumbura. The ordeal also resulted in the death of two police officers. These killings and others alleged but not yet confirmed, continue a reign of terror […]
Conrad Omodiagbe
EU Observers Accuse Nigerian Military of Compromising Transparency
The European Union Election Observation Mission in Nigeria has accused military personnel stationed in certain parts of the country of voter intimidation, barring observers from doing their jobs and the overall militarisation of the March 9 Gubernatorial and State House of Assembly elections. In a preliminary report presented to the press and other relevant stakeholders […]
Conrad Omodiagbe
US Slams DRC Officials with Visa Ban over Alleged Election Misconduct
The United States of America, in line with its threat to punish individuals and political agents who undermined electoral processes in selected African countries, has announced its decision to deny visas to certain officials who have been accused of interfering with the December 30 election in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). Making this announcement […]
Conrad Omodiagbe
Cameroon: Opposition Leader Arrested for Protesting October Elections
Three months after the presidential elections in Cameroon, Maurice Kamto, leader and candidate of the Cameroonian Resistance Party (MRC), has been arrested by the police, for leading several protests against the results of the October polls. The results being challenged returned longtime President, Paul Biya, to power. In an event sure to affect the Central […]