Tagged: West Africa

Staff Writer

Speaker Advocates for West African Electoral Commission

The Ghanaian Speaker of Parliament, Professor Mike Oquaye, is calling for the establishment of a West African Electoral Commission to oversee elections in the sub-region, supervised by the Economic Community Of West African States (ECOWAS). According to him, if the region was able to collaborate in establishing a military force such as ECOMOG to deal […]

The Election Network

Peaceful and Calm But Liberia’s 2017 General Elections Is Far From Perfect

‘Peaceful and Calm’ are among the common words used to describe the October 10th general elections in Liberia which was generally considered satisfactory but there would be a lot more talking points out of Liberia’s historic elections. International electoral stakeholders and observer groups have communicated their preliminary observations with regards to the conduct of the […]