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Sierra Leone National Electoral Commission Launches Pilot of Project the Accra Principles on Electoral Justice
Sierra Leone’s National Electoral Commission, launched in Freetown ahead of the 2012 elections, the 18-month pilot of project the Accra Principles on Electoral Justice which are part of the African peer review activities on issues relating to proper...
Liberian Lawyer Withdraws From 10-year Residency Clause Case
Counsellor Sayma Syrenius Cephus, the legal counsel of the Movement for Progressive Change which petitioned the Supreme Court of Liberia to disqualify six presidential candidates, including incumbent President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, for not meeting the...
Sierra Leone’s National Electoral Commission Needs $47m to Parliamentary And Presidential Elections in 2012
Sierra Leone’s National Electoral Commission (NEC) needs $47 million to conduct free, fair and credible parliamentary and presidential elections in 2012, according to its chairperson. How People Arrived Here: national election in sierra leone 2012,...
Legislative Polls Begin in Benin After Two-hour Delay
Benin’s legislative elections began on Saturday morning and reports indicate that they are going smoothly in the 24 constituencies of the country, after a delay of two hours, due to logistic problems relating to the dispatching of the sensitive electoral...
Presidential Campaigns End in Rwanda
The campaigns for the August presidential elections ended this Saturday with all four candidates trying to pull out last strokes to woo voters in each other’s favor. Buoyed by huge support from the rural areas, the incumbent President and candidate...
Supreme Court in Guinea Confirms Presidential Run-off
Former Prime Minister Cellou Dalein Diallo of the ‘Union des Forces Democratiques de Guinee’ (UFDG) and opposition leader, professor Alpha Conde of the ‘Rassemblement du Peuple de Guinée’ (RPG) are the 2 challengers for the presidential run-off,...
Economic Community of West African States Re-instates Niger As Observer Member
The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has announced Niger’s return into the sub-regional institution, with an observer status, after its October 2009 suspension. ECOWAS had suspended Niger from the regional bloc on October 20th 2009,...
Niger Picks January 2011 for Presidential Polls
The first round of Niger’s presidential election for the country’s return to civilian rule, after the October 2009 military coup, will be held on January 3, 2011, the Chairman of the National Electoral Commission (CENI), Mr. Abdourahamane Gousmane,...
