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There was tight security at the Kenyatta International Conference Centre, the venue of the presidential election vote re-tallying as ordered by the Supreme Court. A contingent of General Service Unit, regular and administration police kept vigil as the re-tallying was … read more »
I have seen the evidence that my party the New Patriotic Party (NPP) is sending to the Supreme Court. A lawyer under training can even win the case for us there is no doubt about this. Post+erity will not forgive … read more »
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Tagged Committee, Ghana, IndepthAfrica, National Democratic Congress, NDC, New Patriotic Party, polling place, Supreme Court, United States
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Analysis The inefficiency demonstrated through some assigned officers in the just-ended Zimbabwean referendum has raised concern especially with the presence of the CIO operatives and police officers deployed at voting stations. While many may have assumed that these officers were meant to boost security, … read more »
Posted in Analysis, Southern Africa, Zimbabwe
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Tagged Chitungwiza, Harare, IndepthAfrica, polling place, Southern African Development Community, ZEC, Zimbabwe, Zimbabwe African National Union Patriotic Front, Zimbabwe Electoral Commission
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By Solomon Ayele Dersso Kenya too much of the lessons of 2007/2008 to heart. First, the institutions and processes for conducting the election were thoroughly followed to deliver a free and fair election. Second, the processes of voter registration, balloting, … read more »
Posted in Article, East Africa, Kenya
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Tagged ballot, Beyond-visual-range missile, Election, IEBC, IndepthAfrica, Irwin Cox, Kenya, polling place, voting
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Associated PressA man and woman speak on the phone as they wait for results at a provincial vote reporting center in the Mathare slum of Nairobi on Wednesday. NAIROBI—Kenyan presidential candidate Raila Odinga’s party has alleged that the ongoing vote … read more »
Posted in East Africa, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, Nigeria, South Africa, South Sudan, Zimbabwe
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Tagged Kalonzo Musyoka, Kenya, kenyan election, kenyan election 2013, kenyan election act, kenyan election candidates, kenyan election crisis, kenyan election dates 2013, kenyan election news, kenyan election opinion polls, kenyan election polls, Nairobi, polling place, Raila Odinga, Running mate, voting, Wednesday
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Despite a history of ballot-box violence, polling stations remained calm in Kenya while record numbers cast their vote in the most important election since independence. The Kenyan capital of Nairobi was electric this morning well before the sun rose, as … read more »
By; Kiflu Hussain Right now, I am following the voting process in Kenya live from NTV.I can’t help but be nostalgic of the unprecedented huge voter turnout in Ethiopia during the 2005 election whose result was blatantly turned upside down … read more »
Posted in Columnist, East Africa, Ethiopia, Kenya, Kiflu Hussain
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Kenyan voters will today nominate people for political positions including those of MPs, governors and senators. This comes ahead of elections in March. Security has been heightened across the country ahead of the nominations, especially in areas that have been … read more »
Posted in East Africa, Kenya
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Tagged Civil Society, IndepthAfrica, IndepthAfrica world news, Inspector-General of Police, Kenya, member of parliament, Mwai Kibaki, Nairobi, polling place, Raila Odinga
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Stonash & Opoku Ware On the day of the elections, do not assume that anything is mistakenly or accidently done at the polling stations and/or its surroundings – NO – if you see something; say something! Election is like a … read more »
Posted in Article, Ghana, West Africa
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Tagged EC number, Electoral Commission, Ghana, Ghana 2012 election, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Nana Akufo-Addo, national security, NDC, polling place
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Voters in the oil-exporting Central African state of Congo Republic have turned out to elect a new parliament, with the ruling party of President Denis Sassou Nguesso and its allies seen holding the majority. Opposition parties have complained about a … read more »
Posted in Central Africa, Congo, News, Spotlight
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Dakar – Polling stations have started closing and election monitors in Senegal are now counting ballots from a vote that has tested the nation’s image as one of the continent’s oldest and most robust democracies. Sunday’s election follows weeks of … read more »
Posted in Daily News Wrap, Daylight Africa, News, Politics, Senegal, West Africa
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Cairo – Egyptians return to polling stations on Thursday in a phased election likely to give Islamists the biggest bloc in a parliament that will play a key role in drafting a new constitution after decades of autocratic rule. The … read more »
Posted in Egypt, Election, News, North Africa
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Tagged Cairo, Egypt, Hosni Mubarak, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Islamism, mubarak, Muslim Brotherhood, National Democratic Party, polling place
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November 30, 2011 by benim
Kinshasa – For the past two days, Chantal Pande has set her alarm for 04:30, putting on her make-up and arriving before dawn at the polling station where she’s been assigned to vote in Congo’s momentous election. Each day she … read more »
Posted in Central Africa, DR Congo, Election, News
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November 30, 2011 by benim
Four opposition challengers to Democratic Republic of Congo’s President Joseph Kabila called on Tuesday for election results to be rejected, accusing authorities of systematic fraud. Candidate Vital Kamerhe, a former government minister, said ballots had been marked ahead of the … read more »
Posted in Central Africa, DR Congo, Election, News
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November 30, 2011 by benim
Kinshasa – After an election marred by missing ballots and violence, officials extended voting to a second day Tuesday in an attempt to prevent further unrest in sub-Saharan Africa’s largest nation. Country experts had urged the government to postpone Monday’s … read more »
Posted in Central Africa, DR Congo, Election, News
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November 28, 2011 by benim
Cairo – The head of Egypt’s election commission said on Monday that turnout in the first polls since the fall of autocrat Hosni Mubarak was higher than expected and there had been no security problems. “We were surprised that people … read more »
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November 28, 2011 by benim
Lubumbashi – Armed men on Monday attacked vehicles carrying ballots to a polling station in the southeastern city of Lubumbashi during the Democratic Republic of Congo’s national elections, police said. They said the attackers swooped at about 03:00 on a … read more »
Posted in Central Africa, Conflict/Tragedy, DR Congo, News
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September 20, 2011 by benim
Lusaka – Zambia’s independence leader and former president Kenneth Kaunda on Tuesday called for peace as he cast his ballot in elections marred by rioting in the capital’s slums. “This is an extremely important occasion when Zambia is organising itself … read more »
Posted in Election, News, Southern Africa, Zambia
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Tagged ballot, Frederick Chiluba, Kenneth Kaunda, List of Presidents of Zambia, Michael Sata, polling place, Rupiah Banda, Zambia
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JOHANNESBURG – Accounting clerk Events Ranenyine rose in his tiny room on the northern outskirts of Johannesburg Wednesday, washed in a basin of water he had collected the day before from the faucet down a rutted dirt street, and then … read more »
Posted in Election, News, Politics, South Africa, Southern Africa
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ABUJA, Nigeria — Nigeria’s president has announced that the families of slain young poll workers will each receive more than $30,000. President Goodluck Jonathan said in a statement Tuesday that he wanted to show gratitude to the college graduates who … read more »
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Gunfire, ballot box thefts and fleeing poll workers plagued Nigeria’s state gubernatorial races Tuesday, as the oil-rich nation struggled to vote amid violence after the country’s presidential poll earlier this month left at least 500 people dead. The stability of … read more »
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Check for Nigeria Election Results Live Updates HERE @ IndepthNigeria Tens of millions of Nigerians voted on Saturday in the most credible presidential election for decades, with very early results from a handful of polling stations showing President Goodluck Jonathan … read more »
Posted in Election, News, Nigeria, West Africa
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An explosion hit a polling station in northeastern Nigeria during Saturday’s parliamentary polls, causing a number of injuries, officials said. “There was no death as of now,” said emergency management agency spokesman Yushau Shuaib. “Only injuries and victims taken to … read more »
Posted in Conflict/Tragedy, Election, News, Nigeria, West Africa
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Tagged Attahiru Jega, explosion, Independent National Electoral Commission, Indepth Africa Magazine, Nigeria, polling place, Spokesperson, Yushau Shuaib
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t will require nearly 250,000 gun-wielding soldiers, but Nigeria will shut down every street in its chaotically gridlocked cities on Saturday. Military checkpoints will prevent any cars from moving in the entire country of 150 million people. It’s just one … read more »
Posted in Analysis, Election, News, Nigeria, Politics, West Africa
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Tagged ActionAid, Attahiru Jega, electoral fraud, Goodluck Jonathan, IndepthAfrica, IndepthNigeria, International Crisis Group, Nasir Ahmad El-Rufai, Nigeria, Nigeria 2011 election, Politics, polling place
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Nigeria’s electoral body said Wednesday it was confident preparations were being put in place for parliamentary polls this weekend after having earlier postponed them twice amid chaotic organisation. The electoral commission has raised the possibility that a third postponement could … read more »
Posted in Election, News, Nigeria, West Africa
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Tagged Africa news, Agence France-Presse, Election, Electoral Commission, Goodluck Jonathan, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, IndepthNigeria, Joe Clark, Nigeria, polling place
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Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan on Tuesday said last weekend’s postponement of parliamentary elections was unavoidable and showed the country was serious about holding a credible vote. Jonathan said in a statement that the postponement “reinforces the fact that we want … read more »
Posted in Election, News, Nigeria, West Africa
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Tagged Attahiru Jega, Bayelsa State, Election, Goodluck Jonathan, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, IndepthNigeria, IndepthSoccer, IndepthWorld, Nigeria, polling place, President of Nigeria
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The Central African Republic voted Sunday in the second round of parliamentary elections expected to hand President Francois Bozize’s party a large majority because of an opposition boycott. Voting stations in the capital Bangui opened about an hour later than … read more »
Posted in CAR, Central Africa, Election, News, Politics
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January 24, 2011 by benim
Juba – Preliminary results from Southern Sudan’s independence referendum indicate a landslide vote for secession, but turnout exceeded 100% in several areas, and a top election official said on Sunday that some results were being quarantined. Voter turnout exceeded 100% … read more »
Posted in News, North Africa, Sudan
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December 15, 2010 by benim
Election officials in Haiti say candidates in the nation’s disputed presidential election have until the end of the day to appeal the preliminary results of last month’s vote, which were marred by fraud allegations. Earlier this week, Haiti’s electoral council … read more »
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