The Cinema Exhibitors Association of Nigeria (CEAN), the countryâs premier Film Trade Association Body, has announced good news for cinema lovers on the occasion of the International Cinema Day. Opeyemi Ajayi, the chairman of the…
Guinea: UN Advises Against Hate Speech
As Guinea elections approaches the United Nations (UN) has advised against the use of ethnic hate speach in the wake of the forthcoming presidential election. Wanindara, a predominantly Fulani suburb of Guinea's capital Conakry, few…
Politics: Opposition Unites With Anti-Ouattara Rally in Ivory…
Political opposition leaders and their supporters joined forces in a united front at a rally of over 30,000 at the Felix Houphouet Boigny stadium in Abidjan on Saturday in civil disobedience against the sought perceived…
News: Elections Without Credible Opposition Sees Democratic Setback…
Auhoritinaism in Benin? Opponents and members of civil society in Benin have denounced the six-month away presidential election which they claim could be held without any credible opposition candidate under questionable and dubious political circumstances…
NEWS: Opposition Denounces âDe facto House Arrestâ House…
The chief of the Movement for the Rebirth of Cameroon (MRC) party, Maurice Kamto, is traumatic an clarification from the Cameroonian government â in an interview Monday, for what he perceives to be a de…
NEWS: Guinea begins the distribution of voting cards…
Distribution of balloting cards started on Saturday, in what will be one of the most watched elections in Western Africa. In key opposition neighbourhoods, some have argued the Independent National Electoral Commission (CENI) had voluntarly…
Guinea: Anti-Condé ranks split over voter turnout
The presidential election in Guinea is unfolding amid political tensions. The president Alpha CondĂ©, who is 82, is looking for a third term, whilst a coalition of his opponents has chosen to boycott the vote…
Politics: Voters take part in ‘illegal’ election in…
Ageing war veterans and university students joined long pre-dawn lines in Ethiopia's northern Tigray region to vote Wednesday in parliamentary elections that Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed's government has deemed illegal. Polls opened at 6am (0300…
Gbagbo and Soro Officially Back in the Presidential…
Initial Bid Rejection Two more candidates are officially in the running to be president in Cote dâIvoire in time for the Monday night submission deadline. Both candidacy bids were filed in their absence and in…
Business: AfDB Unanimously Reelected Adesina As President
Still in Position Akinwumi Adesina - a 60-year-old former Nigerian agriculture minister, was unanimously re-elected to serve as the President of the African Development Bank (AfDB) for a second term of five years. The winning…
Somali leaders decide on the blueprint for elections
Somali President Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed alongside with three state leaders and the mayor of Mogadishu have reached an agreement on the country's election model after days of talks in the central town of Dhusamareb. The…
Breaking: Police fire tear gas at Sudan protesters,…
Thousands of protesters took to the streets in Khartoum on Monday, marking a year since a transitional power-sharing deal was struck in Sudan. The demonstrators are unsatisfied with the current government and are demanding quickened…
The World: New Zealand postpones elections after new…
Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has delayed New Zealand's elections by 4 weeks due to the coronavirus outbreak in Auckland. The election had been scheduled for September 19 but will now be held on October 17.…
The World: Trump ‘shocked’ by Biden’s choice of…
US President Donald Trump weighed in on Democratic presidential nominee Joe Bidenâs choice of Senator Kamala Harris as his running mate Tuesday, pronouncing he was amazed by using the decision.  In a press briefing…
Ivory Coast: Ouattara declares candidacy for 3rd term
Ivory Coast President Alassane Ouattara introduced Thursday that he will run for a 1/3 term, no matter in the past pointing out otherwise. In a televised tackle marking the countryâs sixtieth anniversary of independence, Ouattara…
The World: Donald Trump floats delaying election
Later the previous day afternoon, Trump doubled down on his until now statement, tweeting: âMust know Election outcomes on the night of the election, not days, months or even years later!â Trump, who has lengthy…
Uganda: Muntu blast EC, Clergy over âsilence amidst…
âThe silence of the Electoral Commission (EC) and the clergy amidst a looming crisis is deafening,â Alliance for National Transformation (ANT) President Flag bearer, Gen Mugisha Muntu has said. Gen Muntu used to be on…
Politics: President Ouattara nominated as candidate by RHDP…
President of Ivory Coast, Alassane Ouattara, has decided to reserve his decision to seek a third mandate for now. Without surprise, the president's RHDP party officially nominated him as a candidate during a convention in…
Nigeria: ‘Obaseki will lose because of bad performance’…
Imo State Commissioner for Special Projects Simon Ebegbulem has said Governor Godwin Obaseki will lose the September 19 election for failing to fulfil his 2016 campaign promises. Ebegbulem, a member of the Media Committee, All…
