Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Electoral Commission has set January 14, 2021, as the election day for the President. The same date was earlier announced as the polling date for Members of Parliament. The date was declared just a day after the conclusion of nominations for presidential candidates, a …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Nine Presidential aspirants including, Robert Kyagulanyi, the leader from National Unity Platform – NUP picked presidential nomination papers from the Electoral Commission on Tuesday. Though Kyagulanyi was not physically present at the Electoral Commission on Tuesday, his nomination papers were picked by Paul Simbwa …
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Tizi-Ouzou, Algeria | AFP | In Algeria’s disaffected Kabylie region, the brick has become the symbol of the anti-vote campaign ahead of unpopular presidential elections set for Thursday. Protesters have even bricked up the entrances to local government offices to prevent the distribution of election material in Tizi-Ouzou, a key city …
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Kagadi, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | People Power, a pressure group led by Kyaddondo East MP Robert Kyagulanyi, has unveiled a coordination team that will spearhead its activities in Bunyoro region, ahead of the 2021 presidential elections. The Bunyoro People Power district coordinators were unveiled on Saturday afternoon by Barnabas Tinkasiimire, …
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Nouakchott, Mauritania | AFP | Ex-general Mohamed Ould Ghazouani was declared the official winner Monday of presidential elections in Mauritania that opposition candidates claim were unfair. The Constitutional Council, the final authority on Mauritania’s founding law, rejected an opposition challenge and confirmed the CENI electoral commission’s announcement that Ghazouani had …
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Harare, Zimbabwe | AFP | While it’s unlikely that many Zimbabweans yearn for former ruler Robert Mugabe’s return, the occasion of his 95th birthday on Thursday has led some to see him in a softer light. “Comrade Bob” was toppled from 37 years in power in November 2017 following a brief …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Forum for Democratic Change (FDC) party has dismissed, as wishful thinking, a one-to-one strategy broached by Democratic Party (DP) ahead of the 2021 presidential elections. The strategy that would see all opposition parties’ field a single candidate against National Resistance Movement (NRM) …
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Lagos, Nigeria | AFP | Nigeria’s upcoming presidential elections are the sixth to be held since civilian rule was restored in 1999 and the first to involve voters with no experience of military government. AFP spoke to some first-time voters in Africa’s most populous country to find out what …
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The National Electoral Commission (NEC) of Tanzania has declared CCM’s Dr. John Pombe Magufuli as the winner of the recently concluded Presidential Elections. Magufuli garnered 8,882,935 votes (58.16%) against Edward Lowassa’s 6,072,848 votes (39.97%). Lowassa was representing the opposition party of CHADEMA. However, Lowassa has contested the results, filed an …
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By Julius Odeke Following the creation of several alliances in Kenya’s’ presidential elections that is due in March 4, the joint ticket of Prime Minister Raila Amollo Odinga and Vice President Kalonzo Musyoka would clinch the presidency if elections were held today, an opinion poll shows. The Infotrak Research and …
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