Tagged: peace talks
Farida Adamu
Taliban Calls for Boycott of Afghan Elections
The Taliban has called for a boycott of the Afghan elections scheduled for September 28. What Does the Taliban want? The Taliban made this announcement on Tuesday, describing the presidential election due next month as a “ploy to deceive the common people” and warned that their fighters will do everything they can to stop it […]
Conrad Omodiagbe
2019 Nigerian Presidential Candidates Sign Peace Accord
A peace pact, designed to ensure a peaceful election process ahead of the 2019 general elections in Nigeria, has been signed by a large majority of the presidential candidates from various political parties at the International Conference Centre Abuja, Nigeria. A similar peace accord was also signed in 2015 ahead of the general elections and […]
Staff Writer
Mozambique Holds Local Election Ahead of 2019
Mozambique is set to hold its presidential, legislative and provincial elections on October 15, 2019. The date was unveiled amid negotiations on consolidating peace between the government and former rebels, the Mozambique National Resistance (Renamo). Renamo and the ruling political party, the Mozambique Liberation Front (Frelimo), fought a 16-year-long civil war that ended with a […]