Sierra Leone Elections: Ban On Transport Affected Turn Out – Newspaper Editor
Information reaching our news team from Sierra Leone indicates that most people could not vote in the Sierra Leone run-off ...
Tag: National Electoral Commission
Mahama To Lead S Leone Parties To Pledge Peaceful Polls
Former President John Dramani Mahama is expected to chair a ceremony in the Sierra Leonean capital of Freetown on Wednesday ...
Charlotte Osei Leads ECOWAS Mission To Sierra Leone
The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has appointed the Chairperson of the Electoral Commission, Mrs. Charlotte Osei as ...
UN Demands Electoral Timetable For Troubled DR Congo
The United Nations on Saturday called on the Democratic Republic of Congo to publish a timetable for elections which are ...
Rwanda’s Electoral Body Challenged Over Vetting of Social Media Campaign
The decision by Rwanda’s electoral body to vet social media messages of presidential aspirants has received heavy backlash. The National ...
Rwanda Poll Body Can’t Curb Social Media Use
Rwanda's media regulator has said the election body does not have the mandate to regulate social media use by presidential ...
Diplomats Concerned Over Rwanda Social Media Controls
Western diplomats in Rwanda voiced their concern on Tuesday over an order that presidential candidates must submit their social media ...
DR Congo Postpones Vote Registration In Kasai After Killing
The Democratic Republic of Congo said Monday it had indefinitely postponed voter registration in two provinces of its troubled central ...
DR Congo Unrest ‘may Delay’ Voter Registration
Rising unrest in central Democratic Republic of Congo threatens to derail voter registration ahead of a high-stakes election, the Catholic ...
Sierra Leone’s Koroma Wants ‘no Postponement’ To 2018 Polls
President Dr Ernest Bai Koroma on Thursday March 9, 2017, appealed to development partners to work with a high sense ...
Nigeria Fixes Presidential Elections For February 2019
Nigeria's next presidential and parliamentary elections will be held in February 2019, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has announced. ...
Africa Initiative For Governance Appoints New CEO
The Africa Initiative for Governance (AIG) has announced the appointment of Chienye Ogwo as Chief Executive Officer. Prior to joining ...
DR Congo Cannot Afford $1.8bn To Organize 2017 Polls
The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) cannot afford the cost of holding elections this year. According to Minister of State ...
5 Things Ghana Can Learn From Nigeria’s 2015 Elections
It was February 7, 2015. We woke up to a cold harmattan Saturday morning greeted by a shocking press conference ...
Analyzing the 2016 Ondo Gubernatorial Election
Introduction In his book Political Culture and Political Development, Lucian Pye distinguishes the developments in democratic political systems using the ...
Mohamed Ibn Chambas Visits Sierra Leone
Source: United Nations Office for West Africa and the Sahel (UNOWAS) | 5 hours ago Visit to Sierra Leone of ...
Professor Jega’s Praise of EC Boss ‘insignificant’ – Lecturer
The commendation of Ghana’s Electoral Commission Chair, Mrs Charlotte Osei, by the immediate past Chairman of the Independent National Electoral ...
Alternative Dispute Resolution Better For Election Cases
A former Chairperson of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) of Nigeria, Professor Attahiru Jega has suggested that political parties ...
Charlotte Osei Is Doing A Fantastic Job
Contrary to the popular belief that Madam Charlotte Osei is inexperienced and arrogant, Prof. Attahiru Jega has said that the ...
Charlotte Osei Doing A Commendable Job – Attahiru Jega
The former Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) of Nigeria, Professor Attahiru Jega has urged the Chairperson of ...