Nigeria Seeks Reelection into the UN Human Rights Council
16/10/2017Nigeria has launched a bid for re-election into the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) in Geneva for the 2018 to 2020 term at an election scheduled for Monday at the.
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Supreme Court Recalls Corruption Charges against Zuma
13/10/2017The Supreme Court of Appeal (SCA) of South Africa, has upheld a ruling by the High Court that had reinstated corruption charges against President Jacob Zuma, piling further pressure on the head of.
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Rwanda Opposition Leader Charged with Insurrection
13/10/2017Rwandan prosecutors said Tuesday that a former presidential candidate and fierce critic of President Paul Kagame had been charged with stirring insurrection against the state as well as other.
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Tanzania Lawmaker Proposes Extended Term for Incumbent President
13/10/2017Tanzanian lawmaker Juma Nkamia has proposed an extension of the presidential terms, to cost of elections. This would allow the incumbent, John Magufuli, to stay longer in office thereby following.
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Liberia: First Election without UN Peaceful, Awaits Results
11/10/2017A large number of Liberians came out to the polling units to exercise their civic rights in first election run entirely by the country’s institutions and security forces since the.
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Kenya: Opposition Leader Withdraws From Presidential Election Re-run
11/10/2017Kenya’s opposition leader Ralia Odinga has withdrawn from contesting in the re-run of August’s presidential election scheduled by the court to hold Oct. 26 on the claims that the election.
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Kenya: Raila Odinga Withdraws from Election Re-run
11/10/2017Kenya’s opposition leader, Raila Odinga made know his decision to quit the election rerun scheduled to hold on the 26th of October this month after successfully challenging the victory of.
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Nigeria: VP Not Interested in 2019 Presidential Election
10/10/2017Nigeria’s Vice-president Yemi Osinbanjo on Monday revealed that he presently has no plans to contest for the next 2019 presidential election. He stated this when asked if he considered running.
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Liberia: LEON Set to Objectively Analyze Election Proceedings
10/10/2017The Liberia Elections Observation Network (LEON) yesterday announced that it has begun operations and opened its data center at the Headquarters of the Federation of Liberian Youth in Monrovia. LEON.
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Ethiopia: MP Resigns Following Oromiya Region Unrest
09/10/2017MP Abadula Gemeda of Ethiopia’s lower house of parliament has recently presented his letter of resignation. Although he has not declared the reasons behind his resolution, suspicions have been centered.
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