Category Archives: Election
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 »
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 »
Posted in Election, Ghana, West Africa
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Tagged Accra, Ghana, ghana election 2012, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, John Atta Mills, John Dramani Mahama, Mahama, Nana Akufo-Addo, West Africa
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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 »
Posted in Article, Election, Ghana, West Africa
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Tagged Election, Ghana, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, John Dramani Mahama, Kwame Nkrumah, Nana Akufo-Addo, National Democratic Congress, NPP
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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 »
Posted in Article, Election, Ghana, West Africa
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Tagged Ghana, Great Consolidated Popular Party, IndepthAfrica, Institute of Economic Affairs, Nana Akufo-Addo, National Peace Council, New Patriotic Party, NPP, United States
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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 »
Posted in Article, Columnist, Election, Ghana, Michael Bokor, West Africa
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Tagged Akufo-Addo, Ashanti Region, Ghana, Ghana Armed Forces, IndepthAfrica, John Kufuor, Kumasi, NDC, NPP
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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 »
Posted in East Africa, Election, Kenya
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Tagged Diaspora, Eugene Wamalwa, IEBC, IndepthAfrica, Irwin Cox, Kenya, Kenya 2013 Election, Kenyan, Martha Karua, member of parliament
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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 »
Posted in Election, Sierra Leone, West Africa
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Tagged All People's Congress, Election, Ernest Bai Koroma, Freetown, IndepthAfrica, Julius Maada Bio, President of Sierra Leone, Sierra Leone, West Africa
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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 »
Posted in Article, Election, Ghana, West Africa
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Tagged Ghana, God, IndepthAfrica, John Atta Mill, John Dramani Mahama, Kwabena Frimpong-Boateng, Mahama, Nana Akufo-Addo, NDC
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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 »
Posted in Article, Election, Ghana, Michael Bokor, West Africa
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Tagged Christian, Election Day, Ghana, Ghana IEA, IndepthAfrica, NDC, New Patriotic Party, NPP, Otabil, Politics
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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 »
Posted in Election, Sierra Leone, West Africa
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Tagged All People's Congress, APC, Ernest Bai Koroma, Freetown, Julius Maada Bio, President of Sierra Leone, Sierra Leone, Sierra Leone People, Sierra Leone Presidential Election
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Sierra Leone 2012 Presidential Election Live [View the story "Sierra Leone 2012 Presidential Election Live " on Storify]
Posted in Election, Sierra Leone, West Africa
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Tagged All People's Congress, Ernest Bai Koroma, Freetown, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Julius Maada Bio, Sierra Leone, Sierra Leone People's Party, West Africa
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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 »
Posted in Article, Election, Sierra Leone, West Africa
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Tagged All People's Congress, China, Ernest Bai Koroma, Freetown, IndepthAfrica, Lebanon, Sierra Leone, Sierra Leone People's Party, SLPP
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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 »
Posted in Article, Election, Ghana, Michael Bokor
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Tagged Akufo-Addo, Cape Coast, Elmina, Ghana, IndepthAfrica, Institute of Economic Affairs, Mahama, NDC, President of the United States
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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 »
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 »
Posted in Article, Election, Ghana
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Tagged Ghana, ghana election, Ghanaian, IndepthAfrica, John Dramani Mahama, Mahama, National Democratic Congress, New Patriotic Party, NPP, United States
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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 »
Posted in Article, Election, Ghana
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Tagged Electoral Commission, Ghana, ghanaian news, IndepthAfrica, John Atta Mill, National Democratic Congress, NDC, New Patriotic Party, President, United States
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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 »
Posted in Article, Election, Sierra Leone
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Tagged APC, Ernest Bai Koroma, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Julius Maada Bio, Sierra Leone, Sierra Leone People's Party, SLPP, United States
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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 »
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 »
Posted in Election, Nigeria
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Tagged 1999 Constitution, Constitution of Venezuela, Enugu State, INEC, Kebbi State, National Assembly, Nigeria, Nigeria election, Nigeria Police Force, Nigerian Bar Association
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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 »
Posted in Election, Sierra Leone
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Tagged All People's Congress, APC, Ernest Bai Koroma, Indepth Africa Magazine, Julius Maada Bio, Kamajors, Obasanjo, Olusegun Obasanjo, Sierra Leone, Sierra Leone People's Party, SLPP, Solomon Berewa
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With all the flagrant abuse of power punctuated by official gargantuan corruption, the NDC party and government are asking Ghanaians to re-elect them into office. I ask all logically thinking fellow Ghanaians, can you cope with further NDC second four-year … read more »
Posted in Article, Election, Ghana
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Tagged Ghana, Ghana news, Ghanaian, IndepthAfrica, Nana Akufo-Addo, National Democratic Party, NDC, NDC government, New Patriotic Party, NPP
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By Kofi Akosah-Sarpong Campaigns for elections in the impending December 2012 general elections are deeply heating up. Issues, policies and programmes are increasingly dominating the campaigns. As Ghana`s democracy develops, the years of politics of insults, tribalism, and acrimony … read more »
Posted in Article, Election, Ghana, Kofi Akosah-Sarpong
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Tagged Ghana, Ghana news, ghana politics, Hilla Limann, IndepthAfrica, Institute of Economic Affairs, National Democratic Congress, NDC, New Patriotic Party, NPP, Progressive People's Party
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HARARE – Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe on Tuesday called for peace and tolerance among Zimbabweans as the southern African country heads for general elections next year. Opening the fifth session of the seventh Parliament, he said Zimbabweans must remain focused … read more »
Posted in Election, Zimbabwe
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Tagged Harare, IndepthAfrica, Joice Mujuru, Morgan Tsvangirai, Mugabe, Robert Mugabe, United States, Zimbabwe, Zimbabwe African National Union Patriotic Front, zimbabwe election
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Nathan Wangusi Either Kenyans are full of contradictions or they are being underestimated by the two tribal leaders, Deputy Prime Minister Uhuru Kenyatta and his counterpart Eldoret North MP William Ruto who are facing charges of crimes against humanity arising … read more »
Posted in Article, Election, Kenya
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Tagged Fatou Bensouda, Francis Muthaura, Hague, IndepthAfrica, International Criminal Court, Kenya, Kenyan, Uhuru Kenyatta, William Ruto
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By Tichaona Sibanda, SW Radio Africa (London) President Robert Mugabe on Monday insisted elections to choose a new government will be held in March next year, despite fears the country is not yet ready for another poll. Addressing delegates to … read more »
Posted in Article, Election, Zimbabwe
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Tagged COPAC, Harare, IndepthAfrica, IndepthAfrica African news, Joseph Chinotimba, march, Morgan Tsvangirai, Robert Mugabe, Zimbabwe, Zimbabwe African National Union Patriotic Front
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[View the story "Nigeria: Ondo 2012 Gubernatorial Election Live Updates" on Storify]
Posted in Election, Nigeria
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Tagged Action Congress of Nigeria, Focus: Ondo Guber, IndepthAfrica, Jornal Horizonte, Labour Party, Lagos, Lagos State, Nigeria, Olusegun Mimiko, Ondo 2012 Gubernatorial Election, Ondo 2012 Gubernatorial Election results, ondo election, ondo election results, Ondo State
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Today, 1,654,206 registered voters in Ondo State would file out to decide the fate of 13 governorship candidates contesting on the tickets of various political parties. Out of this number, there are 7, 539 voters, made up of those who … read more »
Posted in Election, Nigeria
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Tagged Action Congress of Nigeria, Edo State, IndepthAfrica, IndepthAfrica world news, INEC, Olusegun Mimiko, Ondo, Ondo State, Politics, voting
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Four years after the worst political crisis since it gained independence in 1963, pre-election tensions are mounting in Kenya. Writer Gray Phombeah believes the country is set for more bloody clashes amid the polling. In what some see as a … read more »
Posted in Article, Election, Kenya
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Tagged IndepthAfrica, IndepthAfrica world news, International Criminal Court, Kenya, Kofi Annan, Mwai Kibaki, Nairobi, Orange Democratic Movement, Uhuru Kenyatta, William Ruto
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Egyptians on Wednesday and Thursday vote to elect their first president since the fall of Hosni Mubarak on Feb. 11, 2011 after 29 years of his authoritarian rule. A second round is likely to be held between the two top … read more »
Posted in Egypt, Election, News, North Africa, Spotlight
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Tagged Africa news, egypt election date, egypt election law, egypt election may, egypt election november 2011, egypt election results, egypt election wiki, egypt elections 2012, egypt parliamentary election 2012, egypt presidential election 2012, egypt presidential election candidates, egypt presidential election date, egypt presidential election law, Egypt Presidential Election live Updates, egypt presidential election opinion polls, egypt presidential election registration, egypt presidential election timetable, IndepthAfrica
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[View the story "Egypt Presidential Election live Updates" on Storify] Polls opened at 8am local time (7am BST) with five candidates from a list of 13 reckoned by polls and analysts to have any chance of success in the quest … read more »
Posted in Egypt, Election, Hottest News, News, North Africa
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Tagged egypt election date, egypt election law, egypt election may, egypt election november 2011, egypt election results, egypt election wiki, egypt elections 2012, egypt parliamentary election 2012, egypt presidential election 2012, egypt presidential election candidates, egypt presidential election date, egypt presidential election law, Egypt Presidential Election live Updates, egypt presidential election opinion polls, egypt presidential election registration, egypt presidential election timetable, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica
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