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Mali's transitional government is aware of its commitment to a fixed deadline for organizing elections to restore democracy after last year's coup, Prime Minister Choguel Maiga said on Friday. Since the overthrow of President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita in August 2020, political factions in Mali and foreign partners have been looking at whether the military-led interim authorities will stick to a promise to hold elections within 18 months. Maiga presented the interim action plan to the government and outlined four key…

Negotiations between religious denominations to appoint the future president of the election commission must resume this Friday, July 30, 2021. The president of the platform for religious denominations, Catholic Monsignor Utembi, invites other religious denominations to the episcopate to try to find agreement. The President of the National Assembly gave them 48 hours to find a solution. A deadline that expires on Friday at midnight. This is the last chance meeting and the six other religious denominations have decided…

KISMAYO, Somalia - Jubaland became the first state in Somalia to show goodwill in implementing the May 27, 2021 electoral accord, possibly paving the way for other states to break the deadlock, which looms large. the country's future in terms of stability. The electoral body of the federal state of southern Somalia began registering senatorial candidates running for four seats, a day before the upper house elections in the city of Kismayo, scheduled for July 29. The country was due to hold elections from July 25, but…

This is the first meeting between the head of state and his predecessor since his return last month after his acquittal of ICC crimes against humanity. The meeting between the two people in the Ivorian political scene must take place at the Presidential Palace in the late afternoon. as reported from Abidjan, Sidy YansaneThis is…

Al-Shabaab leader threatens election delegates ahead of election MOGADISHU, Somalia - Al-Shabaab says it is monitoring ongoing preparations for elections in Somalia, which threatens the future of the Horn of Africa nation, which still grapples with instability, more than three decades on the ousting of military dictator Siad Barre. Al-Shabaab, which controls vast swathes of rural central and…

EDITORIAL | Somalis are anxiously awaiting the crucial election scheduled for July 25 in what could make or break the country. And it can be assumed that everyone, including our leaders in the federal government and federal member states, understands the crux of the matter. This is why it is appalling to learn that new machinations are attempting to derail or even overthrow an election for the sole benefit of an individual. We are aware of reports that spy agents attempted to interfere with the reconciliation plan in…

Ethiopian prime minister gets re-term after party wins parliamentary vote ADDIS ABABA - Abiy Ahmed will serve as Prime Minister of Ethiopia for another five years, following the landslide victory of the Prosperity Party in the recently concluded parliamentary elections, the results of which were officially announced on Saturday by Ethiopia's National Election Council. . According to NEBE, the…

Somalia: Farmajo interferes in Gedo election as Roble seeks solution MOGADISHU, Somalia - Although he has given Prime Minister Mohamed Hussein Roble full responsibility for coordinating the country's elections, outgoing President Mohamed Abdullahi Farmajo appears interested in monitoring elections in Gedo, a region of Jubaland where he wants full control. . Jubaland has traditionally opposed…

AXADLE, Northeastern State - Northeastern State's Mideeye Party is facing a mass exodus of its senior members, which could significantly affect its operations within the state, just months away from local elections due to start in October this year. The Mideeye party is one of nine political parties registered by the Northeastern State Transitional Election Commission , which has the mandate to approve political parties in the northern state, which is preparing for local elections by universal suffrage. The party was…

Somalia election schedule released after lengthy negotiations MOGADISHU, Somalia - The leadership of the federal government of Somalia, federal member states and the administration of the Banadir region have agreed on the election timetable, which will be implemented as part of the resolution of the electoral crisis in the country. Over the past year, stakeholders have wrangled over the model,…