Buhari rejects bill imposing direct party primaries
Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari has rejected a bill to amend the electoral Code, saying its enactment would cause unrest among political parties. The president’s decision […]
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Burundi: The Truth and Reconciliation Commission admits a genocide of Hutus in 1972 and 1973
The Truth and Reconciliation Commission, which presented its progress report to the Burundian parliament in congress on Monday, December 20, described one of the worst […]
Somalia: Opposition boycotts election process
This process is designed to elect, region by region, a lower house of Parliament by the end of December. Together with the Senate, it is […]
Libya: Parliament votes no confidence in the Government
With only three months to go before the general elections scheduled for December 24, the Libyan parliament voted a motion of no confidence in the […]
Chad: Nominations open for membership of the National Transitional Council
Chad is preparing to set up its National Transitional Council, a sort of parliament for the duration of the transition. Applications for membership opened on […]
São Tomé and Príncipe: New postponement of the second round of the presidential election
The second round of the presidential election has been postponed again in São Tomé and Príncipe. This Tuesday the Parliament of the small archipelago located […]
South Sudan: New Parliament sworn in, activists arrested
The new Parliament was sworn in Monday in South Sudan, fulfilling one of the most important promises of the 2018 peace agreement that ended five […]
South Sudanese Parliament dissolved by President Salva Kiir
This important step was highly anticipated. The installation of a new expanded parliament was among the key measures of the peace agreement signed in 2018 […]
Mauritania: Former ministers heard in the investigation of economic crimes
The public prosecutor in Nouakchott began Tuesday afternoon hearings of public figures suspected of corruption and misappropriation of public property in a parliamentary commission of […]
Legislative elections in Cote d’Ivoire: Political parties have difficulties to find and present 30% women candidates
Forty-eight hours more. This is the extra time given to candidates to submit their files to the Independent Electoral Commission in Côte d’Ivoire for the […]