Election|West Africa

The Supreme Court of Sierra Leone has struck out the country’s 2018 Presidential election petition that sought to overturn the victory of President Julius Maada Bio. Patrick Sallia reports from Freetown.

Chad’s President Idriss Deby has taken a strong early lead and appeared poised to extend his 30-year rule, partial provisional results of the April 11 presidential election showed, as the United States and the United Kingdom warned of possible violence…

Cape Verde held parliamentary elections on Sunday, with ruling party Movement For Democracy (MpD) pitted against its main challenger, the African Party for the Independence of Cape Verde (PAICV). Cape Verde stands out as a pocket of relative stability in…

Beninese President Patrice Talon has been re-elected with 86% of the vote. The electoral commission announced the provisional result on Tuesday night, in a poll where the head of state was facing virtually unknown opposition candidates. While observers from ECOWAS…

Benin's President Patrice Talonhas vowed to prosecute and punish those responsible for the pre-election violence that erupted in the country's central region.  A day after the country’s electoral commission announced a landslide victory for the incumbent, he visited a hospital…

In Mali, the transitional government has announced the proposed dates for the presidential and parliamentary elections. While the local and the referendum votes will take place this year, election for the number one position is slated for next year.  …

The constitutional court in Benin has approved the election results that showed President Patrice Talon had won. President Talon won with 86% of the votes, while Allasane Soumanou got about 11.3% and Corentin Kohoué came in third with 2.3% in…

Former Nigeria President Goodluck Jonathan has advocated the need for legislation that will prevent the courts from declaring a winner in an election. Speaking with journalists on Monday in Abuja, Former President Jonathan insisted that the situation where the judiciary…

Millions of Beninese who went to the polls over the weekend are expecting to know the result of the Presidential election today.  While the army has announced it has regained complete control of the main road that connects the south…

EU’s Election Observation Missions’ (EOMs) final report on Ghana’s 2020 election says that the state broadcaster, GTV, favoured the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP) in its coverage ahead of the polls. It said 26.2 percent of airtime on election-related news…

In the Gambia, the Independent Electoral Commission has called for calm after the discovery of blank voters' cards. Reports revealed that the voters' cards were discovered in the greater Banjul area. However, speaking to WADR’s Sankulleh Janko, Deputy Chairman of…

With most rivals in exile or sidelined, President Patrice Talon looks set to win a second term in office.  Benin is renowned as one of Africa most stable democracies.