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A planned visit to Dakar ended in the sky. The Polish president Senegal trip was abandoned on Friday when President Karol Nawrocki turned his plane around mid-flight and headed home to Warsaw. Why He Turned Back The trigger was a crisis at home. The Constitutional Tribunal said its longest-serving judge, Anna Korwin-Piotrowska, had suspended Tribunal […]
Tanzanians went to the polls a year ago. Many never came home. The violence of the Tanzanian elections keeps on echoing in the daily lives of its people in silent burials of family members and wary glances thrown back by critics of the state. President Samia Suluhu Hassan was re-elected with 98% in the October […]
Citizens of Niger are eagerly waiting for the result of the just concluded presidential election in the country, this election will mark the first democratic transition between two president in the country Starting late evening Tuesday December 29, the commission had delivered aftereffects of 20 districts out of 266 in the nation, making it difficult […]
Malian government has began investigation into the breach of state security, this is coming after the abduction six known Individuals. The issue of insecurity in the country is so alarming, particularly in the year 2020. A coup by the resistant group also led to the removal of President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita. The public examiner in […]
Vote Counting has officially began in Niger, this coming after the just concluded presidential election in the country. Nigeriens are set to have a new president after the completion of the 10-year tenure of President Issoufou Mamadou. Mohamed Bazoum remains the favourite to win the election after President Mamadou’s endosement. The West African nation, insecure […]
Voting has officially commenced in Central African Republic despite coup threat from rebels, there has been several unrest in the country prior to the election in the country. A fight recently broke out between the security officers and the rebels. Notwithstanding calls from the resistance to defer the vote in the midst of the instability, […]
Cizens of Niger all over the world are expecting an highly contested elections in the country. President Mahamadou Issofou will be leaving office following a ten year tenure, while Mohamed Bazoum a former minister has been tipped by many political experts to win the elusive election. Niamey’s roads radiated with announcements conveying pictures and trademarks […]
Residents of Bangui, in Central African Republic has started collecting their voter cards which they intend to use in the forthcoming election, the election is set to come up on December 27 despite various Coup threats in the country. President Faustin-Archange Touadera, 63, is considered is broadly expected to make sure about re-appointment after the […]
Citizens of Niger will vote on December 27 to elect a new president, the favourite to win the election is Mohamed Bazoum who’s a close ally of President Mahamadou Issoufou. Security forces will try to keep the citizens secure from any possible violent attack. The primary fairly chose leader of Niger in 1993 Mahaman Ousmane, […]
Voter in Niger are seriously worried about the insecurity situation in the light of the forthcoming election in the country, the rate of insecurity in the country is on another level. The government has so far not sure about the necessary measures to take, the election is scheduled for December 27. The principle issue is […]
President of Central African Republic, Faustin-Archange Touadera has reaffirmed his decision for the presidential and parliamentary elections in the country to proceed despite the security concerns in the country, the election is set to come of on December 27. Touadera was firmly protected by UN peacekeepers and different troopers as he waved to allies in […]
The opposition members of the Central Africa Republic has called for the immediate postponement of forthcoming election in the country. They hope that the proposed postponement will lead to the government re-establishing security personnel. This comes a day after the public authority blamed the gathering’s previous chief – ex-president Francois Bozize, of attempting to organize […]
The Sudanese government has reportedly sent troops to the Ethiopian border, this is coming due to the rise of interethnic conflict between the two countries. On Saturday saw pressures ascend among Sudan and neighbor Ethiopia as Khartoum conveyed huge military fortifications along its eastern fringe days after a trap credited to Ethiopian powers. Episodes consistently […]
President Alpha Conde of Guinea has been called out by opposition members and leaders for the unlawful detainment of members of the opposition, this is just after the latest election in the country. In the repercussions of the political decision, which was set apart by a few occurrences that brought about the deficiency of lives […]
President of Ivory Coast, Alassane Ouattara has been sworn in for a third term as the president of the country, the inauguration ceremony was attended by atleast 13 top individuals. Before the sovereign individuals of Ivory Coast, I gravely swear on the honor to regard and dependably safeguard the Constitution, to epitomize public solidarity, to […]
President Felix Tshisekedi will have a conversation about the political dispute in the country, there was pandemonium in the parliament in Democratic Republic of Congo last week. On Thursday, parliament casted a ballot to eliminate Jeanine Mabunda, the supportive of Kabila speaker of the National Assembly. His camp says the president’s craving to change the […]
A court in Central African Republic has dashed the hopes of Francois Bozize, the court finished the candidacy of the former president of the country. President Faustin-Archange Touadera is the favourite to win the election on December 27. It’s additionally dismissed four different offers for the December 27 vote, leaving a field of 17 competitors […]
The opposition candidate seems to be edging out other candidates in the Liberia Senatorial Election according to the early result released so far. Talking at a Press gathering, director of the National Elections Commission (NEC), Davidetta Brown Lansannah, said “The Liberian public can be have confidence that the Commission will precisely declare the aftereffects of […]
The Democratic Republic of Congo parliament has voted to impeached the National Assembly speaker, Jeanine Mabunda. This is due to a political dispute in the country. After parliament turned into a scene of fights between MPS this week, they casted a ballot for a request to drive out the National Assembly’s favorable to Kabila speaker, […]
President Nana Akufo-Addo of Ghana has won the just concluded presidential election in the country, Addo won the election with a whopping 51.59% against his rival and one-time president John Mahama. Toward the finish of the surveys, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo of the New Patriotic Party, gotten 6,730,413 votes, being 51.595% of the absolute substantial […]