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While Congo-Brazzaville is fighting for the presidential election on March 21, the authorities have promised to settle all arrears due to the 45,000 pensioners registered with the National Social Security Fund (CNSS). They are currently collecting arrears for 2020 and are asking that sixteen quarters accumulated in previous years also be paid.…

This Thursday morning marks the start of the presidential election campaign on April 11 in Chad, a 30-day campaign. On paper, nine candidates are running, including current head of state Idriss Deby Itno, but three of them are "despite themselves". Soon 69 years old, including 30 in power, Idriss Deby Itno will run for a sixth…

Somalia was scheduled to hold presidential elections on February 8th. It was the second deadline missed, after the Federal Parliament’s constitutionally mandated term ended on December 27, 2020. On February 5th, the latest round of election discussions between leaders of the Federal Government of Somalia (FGS) and Federal Member States (FMS) in Galmudug state capital Dhusamareb ended without an election timetable. The term of President Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed, alias “Farmajo”, ended on February 7th. According to the…

"We are ready for an election release dialogue," said Prime Minister Roble MOGADISHU, Somalia - The room for dialogue on the forthcoming elections in Somalia is open, said Prime Minister Mohamed Hussein Roble under pressure from both the opposition and the international community, calling for all-inclusive talks that could end the current election turmoil. Somalia was scheduled to start the three-month…

In Uganda, less than a month before the January 14 presidential election, the Electoral Commission announced this Saturday, December 26, the suspension of political meetings in several districts of the country, including the capital Kampala. A decision justified by the authorities' desire to avoid the spread of Covid-19, while the epidemic is accelerating in the country, which has more than 35,000 cases…

Northeastern State - Somalia's National Assembly leadership arrived in Garowe, the capital of the state of Northeastern State, amid an ongoing pre-election interruption that has caused delays in the forthcoming polls scheduled for December at the end of the year. The country was set to hold elections, but despite stakeholders signing an agreement, they are now involved in a spit over the composition of the nomination committee, which after all has been elected by President Mohamed Abdullahi Farmajo, who is eager for…

Somalia's upcoming election will cost $ 40 million, FM says MOGADISHU, Somalia - The Federal Government of Somalia announced the budget for the country's forthcoming parliamentary and presidential elections amid a dispute that delayed the voting plan. Somalia's Finance Minister Abdirahman Dualle Beileh has said in a television interview on Friday night that the next election will cost $ 40 million, with…

This Sunday, December 27, the last election rally of the year 2020 will be held in West Africa. In fact, Nigerian voters are urged to go to the polls for the first round of presidential elections as well as for the legislative elections. Status with Wathi. Gilles Yabi: Yes, Niger is one of the Sahel countries that is the…

No ceasefire on the occasion of the election campaign in Niger. While Nigerians are being called upon this Sunday, December 27, to elect their president and their deputies, jihadists are talking about them in the Lake Chad region and on the border with Mali. Rural political leaders make the issue of security one of their main themes.…

Northeastern State and Galmudug agree to help mediate Somalia's election change GALKAYO, Somalia - The president of Northeastern State and Galmudug Said Abdullahi Deni and Ahmed Abdi Kariye alias “Qoor-Qoor” have held a key meeting in the divided city of Galkayo on Thursday morning. In a joint communication issued at the conclusion of the talks, the leaders of the two neighboring federal states…