elections

With the proposed law on "Congolity", the census project to update the electoral roll, the legal proceedings against politicians (Vital Kamerhe, Matata Ponyo), Lucha says she is concerned about respect for the election calendar. General elections in the DRC. The movement calls for "defending free, open and inclusive elections".…

EDITORIAL | When Prime Minister Mohamed Hussein Roble landed in Kismayo on Wednesday, the significance of the trip wasn't just that a senior government official was visiting one of the federal states they struggled to engage with. Admittedly, Prime Minister Roble's appearance in the capital of Jubbaland was good for the optics: the federal government was on a collision course with Jubbaland for most of the tenure of outgoing President Mohamed Farmajo. At one point, Farmajo even refused to recognize Jubbaland chairman…

We will vote on Monday 21 June in Ethiopia, but not the whole country will go to the polls. Many constituencies will not participate in the election, especially those in the Tigray region, which has been at war since November. With our special return agent from Mekele, Sebastien nemethBetween blackouts, the Internet declining…

EDITORIAL | It's not every day that we talk about the good things done by Muse Bihi Abdi, a retired air force pilot and now president of the separatist region of Somaliland, located in the north. from Somalia. In a constant struggle for his region to be recognized as an independent country, this candidacy may have placed him in constant conflict with federal supporters of a united Somalia, eclipsing his own leadership prowess. This week, however, we would like to congratulate him on rare leadership. Somaliland, unlike…

MOGADISHU, Somalia - A stalemate ensues due to the delisting of 67 officials, spy agents and Farmajo supporters from the polling stations to ensure transparency in the forthcoming Somali elections. Sources revealed to Axadlethat the commission commissioned by Prime Minister Roble to verify the allegations is facing disturbances from leaders in Villa Somalia who want certain disputed members to be reinstated. The Prime Minister, who was widely credited with concluding a historic electoral agreement with the leaders of…

Somalia: North Western of Somaliaholds far delayed parliamentary elections HARGEISA, Somalia - Polling stations will open in North Western of Somaliaon Monday, paving the way for more than a million people to elect their preferred MEPs and civic leaders, but with a main focus on the former, given that current legislators have been in office since 2005. The current civic leaders were elected in…

Somali leaders sign revised election agreement, elections to be held within two months MOGADISHU, Somalia - Delegates will elect constituency representatives for the next sixty days following an agreement signed on Thursday by the federal government and federal government, in what now resolves the current electoral support in the country. Somalia has been embroiled in a pre-election stalemate…

This is the third election meeting to take place this Sunday, May 23, in the Central African Republic since the parliamentary elections on December 27 last year. These are the partial legislative elections in about 50 constituencies out of the 140 in the country. With our Bangui correspondent, Carol ValadeIn 42 constituencies,…

Somalia's army increases pressure on al-Shabaab ahead of elections MOGADISHU, Somalia - The Somali National Army continued an attack on al-Shabaab militants on Saturday, this time targeting the Hiraan region of central Somalia, where the militants have controlled without impunity. On Saturday morning, state media said at least six al-Shabaab soldiers were killed and several others injured…

Ethiopia postpones June 5 parliamentary elections Ethiopia has postponed parliamentary elections on June 5, the nation's electoral physique stated on Saturday, including that it didn't anticipate a delay of greater than three weeks. The nation within the Horn of Africa was initially scheduled to carry the vote in August 2020, but it surely was delayed on account of the COVID-19…