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The Committee to Protect Journalists is calling on the authorities in Cote d’Ivoire to drop their investigation into journalist Yao Alex Hallane Clément, and cease intimidating and harassing members of the press. Police officers arrested Yao, a reporter with the…
The Ghana Police service has pledged its commitment to the security of lives and property during the December 7 presidential and parliamentary polls. The Director of Public affairs, Ghana Police Service Superintendent Sheila Abayie-Buckman said, the force will leave no…
Former ruling party in the Gambia, Alliance for Patriotic Reorientation and Construction APRC expressed concern about the Independent Electoral Commission IEC’s desire to use paper ballots for the 2021 presidential elections. The party says it does not trust the system…
The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) said on Tuesday that More than 8,000 Ivorians fleeing the violence surrounding the October 31 presidential election in Côte d'Ivoire have sought refuge in neighboring countries, including at least 7,500 in Liberia.…
The European Union has deployed over 80 persons to Ghana to observe the December 7 general elections. The team is led by Chief Observer Javier Nart, a member of the European Parliament from Spain and is made up of a…
Ivorian President Alassane Ouattara on Wednesday met with the leader of the opposition Henri Konan Bedie to try and calm the political tensions in the country. Wednesday’s meeting came two days after President Ouattara invited Bedie for talks amid rising…
The newly formed political party of Gambia’s Adama Barrow scored a major election victory over the weekend when it won a by-election in parliament. The seat in the Niami East Constituency, North of the country became vacant after its occupant,…
In Niger, 41 candidates have submitted their candidacies to the Ministry of Interior for the presidential election of December 27. The number is twice as many as in the last election which was 16. President Mahamadou Issoufou, at the end…
Civil society organizations in the Gambia have raised concern over the country’s democratic processes following allegations of election malpractice during last weekend's parliamentary by-election in Niamina West in the country’s central river region. WADR’s Veronic Njie reports from Banjul.
Ivoirian President Alassane Ouattara has extended an olive branch to the leader of the opposition Henri Konan Bedie amid escalating post-election violence in Cote d’Ivoire. Scores of people have been killed in violence during elections campaigns and after the polls…
Burkinabe President Roch Marc Christian Kaboré launched his campaign Thursday in Bobo-Dioulasso, Burkina Faso's second largest city, promising "peace" in a country undermined by jihadist attacks over the past five years. This event which was originally scheduled for 31 October…
The Gambia will hold a by-election for the parliamentary seat in the Niami East Constituency, North of the country on Saturday. The seat became vacant after its occupant Demba Sowe of Gambia Democratic Congress (GDC) died in January after a…
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