Election | - Part 2

Congo’s Electoral Body Says Vote Schedule Depends on Funding

KINSHASA (Capital Markets in Africa) – The Democratic Republic of Congo’s international partners must provide urgent financial support for the country’s electoral process so that delayed polls can take place next December, the head of the electoral authority said. “What I will advise our partners is either they want to finance it and we kick this off, or they don’t want to finance it,” Independent Electoral Commission President Corneille Nangaa said in an interview Tuesday…

Kenya’s Western Allies Urge Talks to Break Elections Impasse

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NAIROBI (Capital Markets in Africa) – Kenya’s key western trading partners and political allies urged talks to resolve a deadlock over the country’s presidential elections, as the nation’s top court began considering petitions challenging the outcome of last month’s vote rerun. The Oct. 26 rerun of an annulled vote two months earlier has polarized the East African nation and exposed “deep tribal and ethnic rifts” that have characterized Kenyan politics in the past, the Atlanta-based…

Togo Agrees to Talks With Opposition After Two-Month Protest

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LOME (Capital Markets in Africa) – Togo is preparing to hold talks with opposition parties in the West African nation after two months of protests that left several people dead, government spokesman Ihou Yao Atigbe said in a statement he read on state-owned Television TVT. The government also announced the release of 42 opposition supporters arrested during the protests in September and October. “The government therefore hopes that all this will lead the political parties…

Congo Plans to Hold Presidential Elections in December 2018

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KINSHSA (Capital Markets in Africa) – The Democratic Republic of Congo will hold delayed presidential elections on December 23, 2018, the electoral commission said, a year later than opponents of President Joseph Kabila have demanded. National and provincial parliamentary polls will take place on the same date, Independent Electoral Commission Rapporteur Jean-Pierre Kalamba told reporters Sunday in the capital, Kinshasa. A series of other votes including senatorial, gubernatorial and mayoral ballots will be held from March 2019 to…

Kenyan Politician Files Petition to Overturn Vote Rerun Result

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NAIROBI (Capital Markets in Africa) A Kenyan politician lodged a petition at the Supreme Court challenging the validity of last month’s repeat presidential elections, arguing the vote breached the law and wasn’t free and fair. The petition was filed by Harun Mwau, a former legislator, the Judiciary’s spokeswoman, Lilian Mueni, said by phone from the capital, Nairobi. The Independent Electoral & Boundaries Commission proceeded with the Oct. 26 vote rerun despite opposition candidate Raila Odinga’s withdrawal. The…

Liberia VP Pledges to Respect Court Verdict on Election Dispute

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MONROVIA (Capital Markets in Africa) – Liberian Vice President Joseph Boakai, the ruling party’s candidate to succeed President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, said he will abide by the outcome of a legal challenge to the results of last month’s first round vote. The West African nation’s Supreme Court on Wednesday halted preparations for a runoff on Nov. 7 after a losing candidate in the first round lodged an objection and called for a rerun of the election. Liberia’s soccer-star-turned-politician, George…

Liberia Court Halts Run-Off Election to Hear Fraud Charges

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MONROVIA (Capital Markets in Africa) – Liberia’s Supreme Court halted next week’s presidential run-off vote to hear a challenge brought by a first-round losing candidate that the election was marred by fraud. The court issued a stay order for the Nov. 7 poll and will consider the complaint filed by the Liberty Party on Thursday, according to a writ issued on Wednesday. The Liberty Party lodged the objection and called for a rerun after its candidate,…

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