The first round of presidential elections in Mauritania took place on June 22nd. #BREAKING Mauritania electoral commission says ruling party's Ghazouani wins presidency pic.twitter.com/eqdM5TGYHe — AFP News Agency (@AFP) June 23, 2019 “The European Union commends the high turnout at this poll held in a peaceful atmosphere and generally satisfactory conditions”. Sur les élections présidentielles…
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Algerians protest against 5th Bouteflika mandate
Algerians went to streets calling on President Abdelaziz Bouteflika to leave office in the country’s biggest anti-government demonstrations since the Arab Spring eight years ago. Police face-off with anti-Bouteflika protesters in #Algiers#Algeria pic.twitter.com/NAecnyC3mK — Ruptly (@Ruptly) March 1, 2019 The protests started as peaceful but degenerated to some clashes between police and demonstrates broke out…
Buhari wins Nigerian voters
Incumbent President on Nigeria Muhammadu Buhari is an unequivocal leader of the election race according to the provisional results. Nigeria's Buhari leads in election count as death toll mounts https://t.co/KdkneyXhCh pic.twitter.com/kNRSalmqGk — Reuters (@Reuters) February 26, 2019 The results showed that incumbent President main rival, businessman and former vice president Atiku Abubakar, could no longer catch…
Nigerians elect future President
Incumbent Nigeria President Muhammadu Buhari (76) and his main opponent, businessman Atiku Abubakar (72) cast their ballots in presidential election voting after a week’s delay. The two candidates lead among more than 70 challengers. Nigeria's Buhari casts ballot as polls open in delayed election https://t.co/stk6NpmlMU pic.twitter.com/nVWadPVrIV — Reuters (@Reuters) February 23, 2019 The voting has started with…
Sudan Al-Bashir presidency unlimited
Sudan parliamentary committee mandated with amending the Constitution to allow President Omar al-Bashir to run for another mandate informed it would indefinitely postpone a meeting to draft these changes, state news agency SUNA reports. #Sudan lawmakers postpone amendment to keep Bashir in power https://t.co/RemHzpokov — Reuters Africa (@ReutersAfrica) February 16, 2019 The decision comes amid almost…
Nigeria postpones elections
President Muhammadu Buhari said he was “deeply disappointed” but urged people to refrain from “civil disorder“, while he reacted upon the decision to postpone the vote announced by the electoral chief, Mr Yakubu, who said: “Our decision was entirely taken by the commission. It has nothing to do with security, nothing to do with political…
Nigerian warns West against election meddling
Mallam Nasir El-Rufai – a poweful ally of Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari warned “people from overseas” who sought to intervene in the country’s election to be held in little over a week would go back in “body bags“. Mallam Nasir El-Rufai, has warned the U.S, U.K and the EU against undue interference in Nigeria’s political affairs…
Congo awaiting elections winner
Preliminary results of the presidential election in the Democratic Republic of Congo (RDC) will be delayed past Sunday’s deadline, the head of the election commission said. (Image: illustration). #Congo election results delayed past Sunday deadline https://t.co/9GqZQ9uhc5 — Reuters Africa (@ReutersAfrica) January 6, 2019 Corneille Nangaa, the chair of the commission (CENI), notified that they had received…
EU: “historic moment” of Congo elections
“With the holding of elections on December 30, the Democratic Republic of Congo is at a historic moment towards a democratic transition. International and local observers have spoken. The EU joins calls from, among others, the African Union Election Observation Mission and the Chairperson of the AU Commission, to ensure that the results of the…
Congo plays down elections irregularities
The government of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) the searches for the credibility of last weekend’s chaotic presidential election and to justify its decision to cut off Internet access to 80 million citizens in the aftermath. The delayed election were finally organised to lead to Congo’s first democratic transfer of power, but the vote…
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