Tagged: Elections
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 […]
Conrad Omodiagbe
Libya Calls For New Constitution
Elected officials in Libya have called for a new constitution to be approved before national elections can be held. This comes after a recent resolution between the country’s opposing factions that resulted in a new election date for the country, the first in years. These rival factions at UN-led talks in Tunisia had agreed to […]
Conrad Omodiagbe
US: Trump’s New Lawsuit Amid Georgia Recount
Outgoing US President, Donald Trump, has taken another step in his legal strategy to upend his election loss by filing a lawsuit in Michigan, as Georgia announced a recount of its votes. The Republican President’s team went to federal court to try to block Michigan, a Midwestern battleground state that he won in 2016 by […]
Conrad Omodiagbe
Libya To Hold Elections Soon
The United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) has announced that an election date might be selected for the North African country soon, following recent political talks aimed at dousing the tension between its two warring sides. Stephanie Williams, UNSMIL acting head who spoke on behalf of the envoy to Libya, noted that the team […]
Farida Adamu
Ivory Coast: Incumbent Coasts To Victory
The electoral commission of Ivory Coast has announced President Alassane Ouattara of the Rally of the Republicans as the winner of the just-concluded and highly controversial October 31 elections. President Ouattara reportedly scored 94.27 per cent of the vote, which had a 54 per cent voter turnout. Opposition candidates Pascal Affi N’Guessan and Kouadio Konan Berti both scored 2% of the vote […]
Farida Adamu
Tanzania Election: What Happened?
The incumbent president of Tanzania, John Magufuli of the Chama Cha Mapinduzi (Revolutionary Party), has been declared the winner of the presidential elections which held on the 28th of October 2020 after securing more than 84% of the votes. His main opponent, Tundu Lissu, earned just 13% of the vote, according to the official count. Voter turnout was pegged at 50.7% with 15 million out of the 29 million registered […]