Election|West Africa

Gambia’s biggest political party the United Democratic Party (UDP) has accused President Adama Barrow’s government of plans to rig upcoming presidential elections in 2021. The party said the government officials are planning to register Senegalese nationals on the pretense they…

Some huge efforts and resources are expected to be put into re-conducting Constituency 110 Parliamentary election next Saturday on the outskirts of Freetown, the capital of Sierra Leone. As Patrick Sallia reports, this is the second time the National Electoral…

Ghana’s National Democratic Congress (NDC) Presidential Candidate, John Dramani Mahama continues to make corruption a talking point ahead of the election by taking a swipe at President Akufo-Addo for his inability to deal with allegedly corrupt officials in his government.…

The National Independent Electoral Commission of Burkina Faso published provisional results of the legislative elections over the weekend. The electoral commission said the ruling coalition of the Burkinabe President – Roch Kabore, who was re-elected to a second term last…

Incumbent Roch Marc Christian Kabore of Burkina Faso has been declared winner of the November 22 presidential elections. He emerged winner after securing 57.87 percent of total votes in the first round of the election. President of the Independent electoral…

Research findings by some election watchers in Ghana have shown a first round victory by President Nana Akufo-Addo in next month’s election.  The research by notable pollster Ben Ephson and researchers from the university of Ghana political science department comes…

The Burkinabe opposition denounces fraud and irregularities in Sunday’s doubled presidential and legislative elections.  Several opposition candidates said they had reservations about the partial results already published and they Independent Electoral Commission. These parties back up their claims with 11…

Voters in Burkina Faso are heading to the polls today for presidential and parliamentary elections, held amid escalating violence in the West African country.

Eligible Burkina Faso nationals have been casting their votes at the country's Embassy in Dakar, Senegal.

Ahead of the December 7 general elections in Ghana, the government has assured of maximum protection of lives and property of citizens before, during and after the elections. Ghana’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, Shirley Ayorkor Botchwey made this declaration particularly…

Counting is underway in Burkina Faso following Sunday’s polls which was contested by 13 candidates incumbent Roc Marc Christian Kabore who is seeking re-election. The event passed off peacefully without major incidents although voting did not take place in some…

Ghana’s Electoral Commission has described as baseless and unfounded a viral video suggesting that the Commission has denied security agencies the opportunity to register in the special voting exercise slated for Tuesday, December 1, 2020. The commission in a statement…