Election|West Africa

Counting is underway in Guinea following Sunday’s elections in which incumbent Alpha Conde controversially stood as a candidate after changing the constitution to allow him to have a third attempt at power. Adolphus Mawolo reports.

The International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) and its member organizations are urging political actors in Cote d’Ivoire to engage in dialogue among themselves and with civil society. The plea comes two weeks to go before a tense presidential election.…

Twelve presidential candidates have been cleared to contest the 2020 general elections in Ghana. The twelve include front runners President Nana Akufo-Addo and former President John Mahama who successfully completed and submitted their nomination forms last month as well as…

Guinea's opposition candidate Cellou Dalein Diallo declared himself the winner of the West African country's presidential election Monday before the official results have been announced, setting up a tense showdown with the incumbent leader of a decade. The party of…

Ivorian opposition leaders Henri Konan Bédié and Pascal Affi N'Guessan, have called on their activists to boycott the October 31 presidential election. Addressing the media on Thursday in the Ivorian capital Abidjan,   the two opposition candidates denounced an electoral…

 Voting underway in Guinea's presidential election. G

WADR Guinea Elections Special Coverage with Adolphus Mawolo and Deborah Amuwo