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Human Rights Watch is urging Kenya to crack down on rights abuses and enact promised political reforms ahead of its national elections in March. In a report published Friday, the New York-based group warned that heightened tensions across the country … read more »

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Ghanaians waited on Sunday for official results to a presidential election that was fraught with technical problems, but which officials hope will still burnish the country’s reputation as a pillar of African democracy. A leading local news outlet that was … read more »

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The post Ghana: Elections As Usual – From IMANI Center for Policy & Education, Ghana appeared first on IndepthAfrica.

By Franklin Cudjoe, Bright Simons, Selorm Branttie and Kofi Bentil. Ghanaians are voting for the next president of the longest-lived republic in their country’s history. Despite nostalgia in some quarters for the country’s first republic, under the charismatic Pan-Africanist leader, … read more »

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By Kissy Agyeman-Togobo This is the last week before Ghana’s population exercises its civic right (popularly known as ‘krokromoti power’) to vote in presidential and legislative elections. The past few months of campaigning have been intense, and the cornucopia of … read more »

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The post Ghana: Is the Kumasi Peace Pact a mere window dressing? appeared first on IndepthAfrica.

By Dr. Michael J.K. Bokor Efforts by the Asantehene, the Ghana Peace Council, and others that culminated into the signing of the Kumasi Peace Pact by flagbearers of the various political parties contesting next Friday’s general elections are commendable. The … read more »

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Kenyans in the Diaspora will not vote in the next General Election. The bombshell was delivered to Parliament Tuesday by Justice minister Eugene Wamalwa, who told MPs the decision was reached at last week’s Cabinet meeting. It followed consideration of … read more »

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Sierra Leone’s president, Ernest Bai Koroma, has won re-election with 58.7 percent of the vote, ahead of his top rival Julius Maada Bio on 37.4 percent, the West African state’s electoral body announced on Friday. Koroma has overseen an investment … read more »

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The post Ghana: Desperate Mahama Now In Tribal Politics? appeared first on IndepthAfrica.

By Appiah, Kofo Nineteen fifty-eight born youthful John Dramani Mahama luckily happens to be the No. 1 man and chief executive officer of the Republic of Ghana in the West African sub-region, a developing nation in the Third World Africa. … read more »

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The post Ghana: This “nyamanyama” politics with Christians sucks!! appeared first on IndepthAfrica.

By Dr. Michael J.K. Bokor As Election Day approaches, the desperation driving the electioneering campaigns of both the NDC and NPP are assuming ugly dimensions. While the NDC is furiously clinging on to its strategies of portraying the NPP as … read more »

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The post Koroma sets for Sierra Leone Presidential Election Victory appeared first on IndepthAfrica.

The election in Sierra Leone is over and by all indication the ruling APC will form the majority in parliament as well. With few votes left to be counted, Ernest Koroma is heading for almost 65 percent of the total … read more »

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By economist POSTERS plaster Freetown, the capital of Sierra Leone. With an election on November 17th, candidates are vying for votes. President Ernest Bai Koroma is bidding for re-election with snappy slogans such as “When Music is Nice We Play … read more »

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The post Ghana: Boycotting the IEA debate will hurt Mahama appeared first on IndepthAfrica.

By Dr. Michael J.K. Bokor Comments from so-called NDC functionaries urging President Mahama to boycott next Tuesday’s debate under the auspices of the Institute of Economic Affairs are annoying, to say the least. Leading the pack of those elements howling … read more »

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By Fran Blandy Sierra Leoneans vote on Saturday in the country’s third election since the end of a brutal civil war, a high-stakes poll billed as a litmus test of the mineral-rich nation’s democratic credentials. The election will be the … read more »

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The post Ghana: Election climate heats up less than a month before polls appeared first on IndepthAfrica.

By Kissy Agyeman-Togobo There’s just 25 days to go before Ghana holds its hotly anticipated presidential and legislative elections, the nation’s sixth round of multi-party elections. The political environment could not be more polarised. Billboards are adorned with party colours … read more »

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While the Ghana Election 2012 is slowly coming to a close, I ‘m tempted to ask how much has been said about the 1992 Constitution? This question has become necessary because the constitution is an albatross hanging on our neck. … read more »

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The post Sierra Leone: elections are a chance to ride the wave of economic development and democracy appeared first on IndepthAfrica.

By Peter Penfold On 17 November Sierra Leoneans will go to the polls in presidential, parliamentary and local elections. Over a decade ago, after years of turmoil and unrest, Sierra Leoneans were encouraged to embrace democracy as the means of … read more »

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By Phyllis D. Osabutey, IT IS … days to election 2012. The anxiety of Ghanaians increase by the day, as the election approaches. Every day, the airwaves are filled with political discussions in both English and local languages. There are … read more »

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The post Nigeria: President should stop to appoint INEC’s Chairman – Group appeared first on IndepthAfrica.

Kwali – Mr Ezenwa Nwagwu, the Chairman of Partners for Electoral Reform, an NGO, has called for the removal of the authority vested in the President to appoint INEC’s Chairman and Commissioners. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that … read more »

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By Joseph Sherman,cocorioko. Maada Bio desperate for power Sinister motives by the SLPP to destabilize Sierra Leone during the November Elections in Sierra Leone have been uncovered.  Reports from reliable and credible sources intimates that Maada Bio and surrogates have … read more »

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