Senegal Must Hold Election After All, Top Court Rules
The president of the West African country had postponed a coming election, but the country’s constitutional court said the vote must take place as soon as possible.
The president of the West African country had postponed a coming election, but the country’s constitutional court said the vote must take place as soon as possible.
For Tinubu, it’s the culmination of a deeply held ambition. But the elections have been criticized over logistical failings and violence that suppressed the vote. (Image credit: Michele Spatari/AFP via Getty Images)
Nigeria’s government changed the currency design before the presidential election, causing shortages and wreaking social havoc.
The head of Nigeria’s Independent National Electoral Commission (Inec), Professor Mahmood Yakubu, says that the Nigerian elections will go ahead as planned despite rumours of postponements due to insecurity in parts of the country. Nigerians are set to go to the polls on 25 February 2023 to elect a new president. Professor Yakubu spoke to…
A BBC investigation has discovered that political parties in Nigeria are secretly paying social media influencers to spread disinformation about their opponents ahead of general elections in February. The BBC’s Global Disinformation Team has spoken to whistle-blowers working for two of Nigeria’s political parties, and prominent influencers who have described it as “an industry”. The…
Turnout in Saturday’s parliamentary elections was just over 11 percent, reflecting deep skepticism that politics can solve the North African nation’s grave governmental and economic crises.
Peter Obi belongs to the Igbo minority and lacks a major party platform, but he promises a break from the country’s corrupt gerontocracy.
The Popular Movement for the Liberation of Angola won in the general election with the lowest margin since coming to power in 1975. LUANDA, Angola — Angola’s ruling party on Monday was declared the winner of the general election, but it was its weakest showing in the five elections that have taken place since the country…
Nairobi, Kenya — Angola holds presidential and parliamentary elections Wednesday in what is expected to be the biggest challenge to the country’s longstanding one-party rule. The ruling MPLA party, in power for nearly half a century, has been losing young supporters to the leading opposition party, UNITA. The presidential candidates have focused mainly on economic issues, but observers are…
Kenyans vote for a new president on Tuesday, ending a heated race that shows why, in a troubled region, the East African nation matters more than ever. KANGARI, Kenya — The helicopter swooped over the lush tea and coffee fields flanking Mount Kenya, Africa’s second highest peak, and touched down outside a small highland town where…