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Conrad Omodiagbe
Opposition Party in Zimbabwe Still Unsatisfied with July Polls
The Nelson-Chamisa-led opposition party, Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) in Zimbabwe, has expressed dissatisfaction with the July 2019 polls that reinstated the incumbent president, Emmerson Mnangagwa. On Thursday the 29th of November, thousands of protesters gathered in the capital of Harare to voice their displeasure in what was the first rally in the country after […]
Staff Writer
Cameroon Presidential Results: No Surprises Here
During a interview with the French channel, RFI, the Cameroonian Minister for Information announced that the results from the country’s October 7 presidential elections are expected to arrive today. His comments come less than 24-hours after the Constitutional Council dismissed 18 petitions brought before it by individuals and parties seeking the partial to total cancellation […]
Staff Writer
Former Ivorian Footballer, Bonaventure Kalou, elected mayor in Municipal Election
Former Ivorian international footballer, Bonaventure Kalou, has been elected the Mayor of Vavoua, a city located in the central part of the country. The former Paris Saint-Germain player was elected during last Saturday’s municipal elections in the country, where he ran as an independent candidate. “I have a feeling of pride and I have an […]
Asari Ndem
Tunisian Municipal Elections 2018
Local elections in Tunisia were held on the 6th of May 2018. The people headed to the polls to vote in the country’s first free municipal elections since the Tunisian revolution in 2011, where President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali and his government were removed. To many analysts, Tunisia is seen as the only real […]
Asari Ndem
Unusual Violence in the Mali Presidential Election
There has been very little to no violence in Mali’s past elections, but this year’s poll nearly broke this tradition. On the 29th of July 2018 the first round of presidential elections were held in the country, unfortunately, neither of the top two candidates received more than 50% of the vote, leading to a second […]
The Election Network
Yoweri Museveni wins general elections amidst controversy
General elections held in Uganda on 18 January 2016 to elect the president and members of parliament. President Yoweri Museveni, in power since 1986 sought re-election for his fifth term extending his power into a fourth decade despite increasing opposition from Ugandan citizens clamouring for change. Kizza Besigye, who had run against Museveni in 2001, […]
The Election Network
Vanuatu’s Snap Elections
52 seats were at stake in Vanuatu’s parliamentary election. In the Parliament, fifty-two members are elected in 8-single seat and 10-multi seat constituencies by single non-transferable vote to serve a four-year term. In any election, each voter casts one vote for one candidate in a multi-candidate race for multiple offices. The candidates with the most […]