Tagged: Elections

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 […]
Conrad Omodiagbe

Algeria To Review Its Electoral Laws

Ahead of the November referendum in Algeria, the country’s president, Abdelmadjid Tebboune, has created a new National Commission charged with the task of reviewing its election laws in a bid to prepare a draft version of the organic law on the country’s electoral system.  The commission’s charge, contained in a statement made public by the […]
Nigerian Election
Farida Adamu

Another Nigerian Election With No Women

Almost half of Nigeria’s population is female but this is barely reflected in the candidates that run for political office. Several advocacy campaigns and a 35% quota policy later, women are still not taken seriously in any Nigerian election or in politics.  The Story of Edo State One of the country’s most anticipated gubernatorial elections just held […]
Conrad Omodiagbe

Somalia Scraps One-Person-One-Vote Plans

The President of Somalia, Mohammed Abdullahi, has announced the appointment of a new prime minister following a deal made with regional leaders. This deal appears to officially shut down the country’s proposed plan for a one-person-one-vote election model – the model used since 1969.  The President’s office announced on Thursday in a surprise move that […]
Conrad Omodiagbe

Democracy Watch: Update on the Situation in Mali

As tensions continue to rise in Mali following last month’s military coup, the opposition coalition, M5-RFP, which led mass protests after the coup, has rejected an offer involving a transition charter that will see the military hold on to power for 18 months before the next civilian rule.  Mali Military Proposes Solution Military leaders who […]
Farida Adamu

Japan Ruling Party Appoints New Leader

The governing party in Japan, the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) has elected Yoshihide Suga as its leader and most preferred candidate to succeed Shinzo Abe.  Members of Parliament from both houses of parliament voted overwhelmingly for Suga, with a landslide victory of 534 votes, ahead of Fumio Kishida, a former foreign minister, with 89 votes and Shigeru Ishiba, a […]
Farida Adamu

Cameroon Sets December Election Date

The President of Cameroon, Paul Biya, has announced December 6 for regional elections to hold in Cameroon, an election in which 90 councillors will be elected. This is the first regional elections to ever hold in the West African country, as a move towards decentralisation of power which has mostly been domiciled in francophone Cameroon.  Issues […]