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While early in the morning, yesterday, Saturday 19 December, the Speaker of the Central African Government accused the former head of state, François Bozizé, of leading a coalition of armed men determined to march on Bangui to attempt a coup, Faustin Archange Touadéra held an afternoon meeting at the largest arena in Bangui. Despite the current crisis, he reaffirmed his determination to hold the vote on…

The outgoing Ghanaian president Nana Akufo-Addo was re-elected in the first round, according to preliminary results announced on Wednesday night in Accra by the election commission. The head of state won against his rival John Dramani Mahama with 51.59% of the vote against 47.63%. Nana Akufo-Addo was re-elected on Wednesday,…

In Ghana, polling stations opened on Tuesday, December 1, for workers mobilized for the election: soldiers, observers and journalists. Anyone who will not be able to vote on the day of the presidential and legislative elections on 7 December could therefore vote in this early vote, which took place in peace. From our special…

The turnout for the November 22 presidential election, led by Roch Marc Christian Kaboré, was 50.79%. One in two voters therefore did not vote, let alone Burkinabè who were not registered. RFI gives them the floor. With our special correspondent in Ouagadougou, Carine FrenkAccording to confirming sources, Burkina Faso is…

The campaign continues in Burkina Faso with a view to the presidential and legislative elections on Sunday 22 November. According to the UN, the country has about one million displaced people, of which almost half (more than 400,000) currently live in the north-central region, the Kaya region, about 100 kilometers from the capital. They will be able to vote where they are ... but not all. Reportage.…

In Algeria, 25 million voters will be called to the polls on Sunday 1 November. They must decide on a revision of the Constitution. The Algerian authorities present this text as the basis for a "new Algeria" and as a response to Hirak's demands. One of the issues in the vote will therefore be turnout. "Do you agree with the…

D-2 before the presidential election in Ivory Coast. A vote that the opposition promises to prevent in order to block the candidacy of Alassane Ouattara for a third term. Since August, the climate has become significantly tense. Political violence has left more than thirty people dead in three months. The outgoing president has gathered all opposition to him. And the mediation has so far yielded…

The only opposition candidate who accepted the election process, Kouadio Konan Bertin, spoke for nearly an hour in his constituency north of Abidjan on Tuesday, October 27, 2020. as reported from Abidjan, François Hume-FerkatadjiA dissident from the PDCI and a candidate under the label "independent", "KKB" are accused by the…

Guinea's President Alpha Condé has gained 59.49 p.c of the vote in a extremely controversial election, searching for a controversial third time period, in response to preliminary outcomes introduced by the nation's electoral authority on Saturday. His major rival, opposition politician Cellou Dalein Diallo - who claimed victory…

Egyptians started voting Saturday within the first section of a parliamentary election, a vote prone to produce a toothless home of representatives stuffed with supporters of President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi. The election comes because the Arab world's most populous nation faces a slight improve in coronavirus instances, and…