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As Ivorians prepare to vote to elect their president this Saturday, Oct. 31, religious leaders are renewing their call for unity while artists sing in favor of tolerance. The country is still plagued by election violence in 2010. And hopes that this election will take place in peace. The Alliance of Religions for Peace, which…

One of many massive unknowns within the first spherical of the Ivorian presidential election would be the turnout, and particularly that of ladies who historically vote lower than males. Solely 48% of Ivorian girls of voting age are additionally registered to vote. .

On Saturday, October 31, nearly 7.5 million voters will elect their next president. But the tensions between power and opposition worry the people, especially in the economic capital Abidjan or in the interior of the country, as in Bouaké. In the heart of Bouaké, in the commercial district, companies are always full of…

The first results of the presidential, legislative and local elections in Tanzania began to fall on Thursday (October 29). The candidates for power are almost all victorious. Several members of the opposition have been arrested after demonstrating against these results, which they do not recognize. Internationally, the credibility of the vote is being questioned, especially in Washington.…

On October 28, 29 million voters were urged to vote in Tanzania for presidential, legislative and local elections. President John Magufuli is running for another five-year term. When the results began to be given by the election commission on Thursday, the opposition said it would not recognize them. as reported from the…

Tanzanians go to the polls on Wednesday, October 28 to elect their president, their deputies and their local councilors in a socio-political context exacerbated by the inclinations of authoritarianism of the outgoing administration. President John Magufuli's five - year period of oppression on the one hand and the chaotic control of the Covid - 19 pandemic on the other have undermined Tanzanian…

The Congolese government announced that a hearing was held in Madingoud in November to prepare for the March 2021 presidential election, according to the constitutional calendar. But it is already provoking reactions from the opposition, which seems to be challenging the terms of its organization. as reported from Brazzaville,…

Protesters are scattered like tensions in Guinea earlier than the ultimate outcomes of the nation's presidential election. Additionally, Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari admits that "many lives have been misplaced" in current protests in opposition to police brutality. And our group speaks to Ivorian voters in Bouaké as a part of our sequence forward of the nation's elections. .

In Burkina Faso, the Constitutional Council on Thursday evening, October 22, published the final list of candidates for the November 22 presidential election. Thirteen freer runners, including one woman. Among them the current president Roch Marc Christian Kaboré, but also Zéphirin Diabré, the leader of the opposition or Yacouba Isaac Zida, former prime minister of the transition, in exile in Canada.…

In Burkina Faso, after a week of work, the ad hoc committee of 22 experts and personalities completed the revision of the electoral register. Experts concluded that the biometric electoral register is reliable and ready for elections on 22 November 2020. The opposition had requested an independent review of the case following concerns over cases of possible multiple registrations. with our correspondent in Ouagadougou, The audit operation consisted of evaluating the conformity of the electoral register with the…