By Rédaction Africanews and Euronews with AP Kenya’s electoral commission chairman has declared Deputy President William Ruto the winner of the close presidential election over five-time contender Raila Odinga, a triumph for the man who shook up politics by appealing to struggling Kenyans on economic terms and not on traditional […]
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Why Banjul Mayor Needs a Distance from Barrow
Reeling from a bruishing electoral defeat in the April National Assembly (NA) Polls, President Barrow and his National People’s Party (NPP) are looking forward to making up their loss in the 2023 Local Government Elections by all means necessary. In Barrow’s mind, there could not have been any justification why […]
ECOWAS Election Observers meet Thiendella Fall, others as Senegal warms up for Sunday’s Parliamentary Elections
A delegation of ECOWAS Election Observers are meeting with Police Commissioner Tanor Thiendella Fall, Director General of Elections (Directeur général des élections), and other stakeholders in the Senegalese capital Dakar, ahead of Sunday’s (31st July) Parliamentary Polls. According to Ecowas, its delegation is headed by S. E Kadré Désiré OUEDRAOGO. […]
SENEGAL: Here is Why Constitutional Council Invalidates the National List of 50 MPs for Yewwi Askan Wii and Benno Bokk Yakaar Respectively
Political tensions have erupted in Senegal following the decision of the director general of Elections not to admit the National and Substitute lists of Candidates filed by the opposition group Yewwi Askan Wii and the Benno Bokk Yakaar coalition respectively, ahead of the July 31st, 2022 Parliamentary election. The Constitutional […]