Election|West Africa

Liberia's  Electoral Commission has set January 7, 2021 as the new date for the conduct of special election in Gbarpolu County following violence in the area. On December 8, 2020 Liberians went to the polls to elect 15 new senators…

President Roch Kaboré, was sworn in on Monday for his new five-year term.  He was re-elected after the presidential election of 22 November with 57% of the votes cast.  In his inaugural speech, Roch Kaboré returned to the main lines…

The Electoral Commission in Benin on Tuesday presented the electoral calendar for the 2021 presidential election. The unveiling of the electoral time table coincided with the appearance of President Patrice Talon before members of the national assembly. Focusing his speech…

We head to Niger where exit poll results from key regions in the country put Mohamed Bazoum, the candidate of the ruling party ahead. Bazoum competed in Sunday’s election against 29 other contenders. The election will make the first transfer…

Guinea’s opposition Liberal bloc party has witnessed scores of its members gravitate towards other political parties. The exodus comes over two weeks after the leader of the party, Dr. Fayiah Milimono participated in the inaugural ceremony of President Alpha Conde.…

The counting of ballots is underway in Niger after Sunday’s presidential election which featured 30 candidates. The exercise passed off peacefully with few reported incidents of vote burying, shooting and the late opening of some polling stations. An ECOWAS election…

Mali’s Transitional government early this week communicated the provisional timetable for the upcoming elections.  This provides for the holding of the referendum in the second quarter of 2021.  The presidential and legislative elections are scheduled for the first quarter of…

Moves by the government of Sierra Leone to make local council elections completely non – partisan have been met with strong criticisms by the country’s opposition political parties.  The proposed de-politicization of elections at local government level is part of…

Voting is ongoing across Niger Republic as voters choose a new president to succeed Mahamadou Issoufou and 171 parliamentarians.

Six Presidential candidates in Ghana are appealing to aggrieved parties to seek redress through the courts.  This comes as the largest opposition political party; the National Democratic Congress (NDC) continues nationwide demonstrations against the election result.  The six candidates who…

The Minority caucus in Ghana’s Parliament has declared the chairperson of the electoral commission Jean Mensa persona non-grata. This comes after the commission chair snubbed the legislators who marched to the office headquarters demanding the open collation of the Techiman…

The United Nations Office for West Africa and the Sahel (UNOWAS) has appealed to the judiciary in Ghana to ensure that cases brought before it concerning the just-ended 2020 general elections are handled transparently and credibly such that its decisions…