Haiti’s Presidential Transitional Council (TPC) leader, Leslie Voltaire, has announced that national elections are set for November 2025, with a new government expected to take office...
By Fidel Amakye Owusu When the late leader of Iran decided to tour Africa in mid-2023, he chose to visit states in East and Southern Africa....
By Fidel Amakye Owusu With the highest number of countries in the world, being the second-largest continent, and with a diverse sociocultural landscape, the security dynamics...
Haitian officials have reaffirmed their commitment to establishing a newly elected government by February 7, 2026. This was emphasized during high-level meetings held from October 28...
By Gregory Simpkins By the time this is posted on our website, there will be only days until the 2024 national elections in the United States....
AP | South African President Cyril Ramaphosa called Sunday for South Africa’s political parties to overcome their differences and find “common ground” to form the first...
By Gregory Simpkins When then-Senegalese president Abdoulaye Wade congratulated his opponent on his victory and peacefully stepped down following the 2012 election, he was internationally praised...
Reuters | Senegal heads to the polls on March 24 to choose a successor to President Macky Sall who is not seeking a third term. For...
Reuters | Democratic Republic of Congo (DR Congo) President Felix Tshisekedi launched his re-election bid on Sunday in a packed-to-capacity stadium in the capital Kinshasa, urging...
AFP | Liberia’s President George Weah officially launched his campaign for a second term on Thursday, in front of thousands of supporters in the capital Monrovia...
Reuters | Nigeria’s electoral commission has postponed by a week Saturday’s elections to choose new governors, saying it needed more time to reconfigure electronic machines that...
Africanews | Four top Nigerian presidential candidates signed a “peace” deal on Wednesday ahead of presidential elections on Saturday. The only candidate absent from the ceremony...
AP | Haiti’s prime minister said Tuesday that he plans to hold a referendum to modify the country’s constitution by February, and he hopes to organize...
Zambian President Edgar Lungu conceded defeat on Monday, after a landslide election win by opposition leader Hakainde Hichilema, who will face the challenge of reviving an...
National elections took place Sunday in a number of countries. Here are the highlights: Haiti: The successor to outgoing President Michel Martelly, is expected to be...
Cities and towns across Haiti are plastered with colorful campaign ads, leaving voters struggling to differentiate between the candidates on the posters, banners and billboards. Practically...
More than 5.8 million people have been registered to vote in the elections to be held in Haiti later this year. Haiti has a population of...
The ruling coalition People’s Partnership Government and the main Opposition People’s National Movement (PNM) Sunday launched their unofficial campaign for the next general election that must...
A three-year political crisis that delayed local and parliamentary elections has done nothing to dampen Haiti’s enthusiasm for democracy, judging by the avalanche of hopefuls now...
After 3 years of delayed polls and simmering political unrest, Haiti’s electoral machinery is finally grinding into gear. By the end of the year, Haiti ought...
The Inter Religious Organization (IRO) is calling on the political parties contesting the May 11 national and regional elections in Guyana to sign a peace pact....
Nigerian businesses from small operations to the huge Dangote Group, run by Africa’s richest man, Aliko Dangote, are being battered by a weak naira and low...
About 82 percent of Nigerian voters have collected the cards they need to present at polling stations to take part in Saturday’s presidential elections, officials said...
Haiti’s President Michel Martelly has called on the population to participate in the upcoming elections, through an executive order dated March 13, endorsing the electoral timetable...
Timothy Harris and his opposition alliance have claimed electoral victory in the St Kitts & Nevis general elections. There is confusion regarding the outcome of the...
The Democratic Republic of Congo will hold presidential and legislative elections on November 27, 2016. Incumbent President Joseph Kabila, will not run for office – as...
The Nigerian naira slid to a record low on Monday after a 6-week delay to the February 14 presidential election and due to the impact of...
Nigeria has postponed the February 14 presidential and legislative elections by six weeks to March 28 due to security concerns, the chairman of the electoral commission...
Haiti has installed a Provisional Electoral Council in a key step toward averting a constitutional crisis after weeks of protests and political uncertainty. The swearing in...
St. Kitts & Nevis Prime Minister Denzil Douglas has announced that he has requested the Governor General Sir Edmund Lawrence to dissolve the twin-island nation’s parliament....
Haiti President Michel Martelly said he will use his authority to call elections in coming months after legislators failed to enact an election law, according to...
The chairman of Nigeria’s Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) Attahiru Jega, has said that the commission is prepared and committed to ensuring that next month’s presidential...
Nigeria’s main opposition coalition began a convention Wednesday to select a candidate to take on incumbent President Goodluck Jonathan in February, in what will be the...
Haitian Prime Minister Laurent Lamothe said Tuesday that his country will hold long-overdue legislative and local elections no later than early next year if several opposition...
The prospect of an early general election in Guyana has increased significantly after the majority opposition grouping, A Partnership for National Unity (APNU), signaled its intention...
Sudan’s President Omar al-Bashir. PHOTO/Gregorio Borgia/AP Sudan will to hold presidential and parliamentary elections on April 2, 2015, Information Minister Ahmed Bilal Osman said. Registration of...
Libya will announce results of last month’s parliamentary elections on July 20, pushing back the results another week. The North African oil producer elected on June...
Incumbent Mauritania President Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz. PHOTO/File Voters in Mauritania on Saturday cast ballots in a presidential election that incumbent Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz was...
The African Union (AU) ended the suspension of Egypt and Guinea Bissau from the grouping on Tuesday after both countries elected new leaders, a senior AU...
Nigeria’s main opposition elected a veteran politician from the Christian south as its inaugural chairman on Saturday, as it looks to win voters on both sides...
Incumbent Prime Minister of Antigua & Barbuda Baldwin Spencer (l) and Opposition leader Gaston Browne (r). PHOTO/File Campaigns are underway in Antigua & Barbuda, with the...
Malawi is not yet in a crisis even though citizens might have to wait longer before knowing the outcome says analyst, Kealeboga Maphunye. The Malawi Electoral...
Malawi President Joyce Banda has ordered the nullification of presidential and parliamentary election results, citing what she says are irregularities. The president says the action is...
Vote counting is under way in Guinea-Bissau after Sunday’s second-round presidential election. The poll is aimed at restoring constitutional order after a 2012 military coup, one...
Prime Minister Baldwin Spencer has called on supporters to ensure that his ruling United Progressive Party (UPP) is returned to power for a third consecutive term...
Most of South Africa’s close to 23,000 polling stations opened early in the morning, as the southern African country holds its fifth elections since the end...
South Africa’s electoral commission on Tuesday said it all is now set for the country’s fifth democratic elections set for Wednesday. An estimated 25, 23 million...
Antigua & Barbuda Prime Minister Baldwin Spencer. PHOTO/File Antigua & Barbuda Prime Minister Baldwin Spencer has reiterated he would name the date for the general election...
The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) is cautiously optimistic that Guinea Bissau’s elections scheduled for Sunday will be transparent, free and fair, says Sonny...
(Reuters) – Former Guinea Bissau President Kumba Yala (pictured), who governed the West African nation from 2000 to 2003, has died at the age of 61,...
Haiti Prime Minister., Laurent Lamothe Haiti’s prime minister used Twitter on Wednesday to announce he was replacing about half of the 22-member Cabinet, marking the third...
Voter casts ballot in Mali presidential election, November 24, 2013. PHOTO/Habibou Kouyate/AFP African Union Commission chairperson Nkosazana Dlamini Zuma has approved an observer mission to South...
Opposition leader Arnhim Eustace (l) and St. Vincent & the Grenadines Prime Minister Ralph Gonsalves (r). PHOTO/File St. Vincent & the Grenadines Prime Minister Ralph Gonsalves...
(PRNewswire) – Port-AU-Prince, Haiti – Haitian protagonists from different political sides have clinched a historical agreement to end a political impasse which had posed a threat...
Malawi’s Electoral Commission (MEC) plans to release a preliminary voters list on Monday to allow prospective voters to verify their information before the May 20 general...
Mozambique expects a peaceful presidential and general elections in October to maintain its image as a country that is experiencing rapid economic growth and a popular...
South Africa’s electoral body, the Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) says all is set for the country’s fifth democratic elections, set for 7 May. IEC chief electoral...
Haiti President Martelly (c) signing the protocol, while mediator Cardinal, Chibly Langlois (r) looks on. March 15, 2014. Haiti’s politicians have put aside their differences and...
South Africa’s biggest union has called a one-day work stoppage for Wednesday to highlight youth unemployment in the country, the union said. The 340,000-member National Union...
The spokesperson of South Africa’s Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) stated that the electoral body will deploy new technologies as part of its preparations to administer a...
Incumbent South African President Jacob Zuma (l) and leader of opposition Democratic Alliance Party Helen Zille (r). PHOTO/Daily Maverick South Africa will hold general elections on...
Haitian President Michel Martelly. PHOTO/File The Martelly administration in Haiti took an important step on Tuesday to organize legislative and local elections that are 2 years...
Voters in Mali trickled to the polls amid high security for parliamentary elections on Sunday, in the second set of elections since an international force intervened...
Guinea’s ruling party is leading in the first parliamentary elections in over a decade, provisional partial results showed late Sunday According to data issued by the...
Haiti plans to hold overdue parliamentary elections before the end of the year. The elections are needed to fill one-third of Haiti’s 30-member Senate and dozens...
A voter casts her vote in the Zimbabwe presidential elections, Wednesday July 31, 2013. PHOTO/Tsvangirayi Mukwazhi/AP In an election that poses one of the biggest threats...
Togo has begun voting in a twice-delayed legislative elections – elections that are likely to significantly loosen the ruling party’s grip on power, given the mounting...
(AFP) – Zimbabwe Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai said Sunday he was launching his election campaign despite worries that the poll is taking place before all democratic...
Guinea’s opposition and ruling parties reached an agreement to hold the country’s long-delayed legislative elections in September, the opposition said Wednesday. Aboubacar Sylla, a spokesman for...
(Reuters) – Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe said regional leaders will hold a summit to discuss how to fund an election later this year. Cash strapped Zimbabwe...
Former Haitian President Jean-Bertrand Aristide. PHOTO/File Former Haitian President Jean-Bertrand Aristide is trying to rebuild his political party as the country prepares for legislative and local...
Kenya Presidential front runners, Raila Odinga (l) and Uhuru Kenyatta (r). PHOTO/File As the March 4 election date nears in Kenya, the latest opinion polls have...
Barbados Prime Minister Freundel Stuart, re-elected Voters in Barbados voters kept with tradition and provided the incumbent Democratic Labor Party of Prime Minister Freundel Stuart with...
Opposition Leader Owen Arthur (l) and incumbent Barbados Prime Minister Freundel Stuart. PHOTO/File The opposition Barbados Labor Party (BLP) of Owen Arthur, is likely to win...
Grenada Prime Minister-Designate Dr. Keith Mitchell The opposition New National Party of Dr. Keith Mitchell has won Grenada’s national and general elections in a landslide. Preliminary...
Voters in Grenada were voting Tuesday to elect a new government after a six week campaign in which both the ruling National Democratic Congress of incumbent...
Kenya’s Presidential Candidates The Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) of Kenya has indicated that it will release the final list of eligible voters on Monday...
The ruling National Democratic Congress of incumbent Prime Minister Tillman Thomas, yesterday launched its manifesto for the February 19 general elections, outlining new initiatives in various...
Presidential candidates in Kenya held their first debate on Feb. 11, 2013 in a run up to the presidential elections to be held on March 4,...
Kenya is in the process of holding its first presidential debate between all eight candidates leading up to the March 4 general elections. Incumbent president, Mwai...
Outgoing Kenyan President Mwai Kibaki East Africa’s largest economy, Kenya, goes to the polls on March 4 to elect a new president, elect new governors, and...
More than 60,000 Grenadians have registered to vote in next month’s general election. The population of Grenada was 105,000 as at December 2011. According to Supervisor...
Barbados Prime Minister Freundel Stuart. PHOTO/File Barbados Prime Minister Freundel Stuart has indicated that he will announce the date for the next general elections in the...
Voters have started casting their ballots for a new Tobago House of Assembly (THA) following a four week intensive campaign that included Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar...
Grenada Prime Minister Tillman Thomas Grenada’s Prime Minister Tillman Thomas has dissolved parliament, paving the way for general elections on the Caribbean island-nation. Prime Minister Thomas...
Bermuda Premier Paula Cox (l) and Opposition leader Craig Cannonier. PHOTO/File Bermuda elects a new government this week on Monday. The lastest opinion poll suggest that...
Ghana President John Mahama (l) and Challenger Nana Akufo-Addo. PHOTO/File The presidential and parliamentary elections in Ghana set for Friday are expected to be close. Under...
Newly re-elected Sierra Leone President., Ernest Koroma Newly re-elected Sierra Leone president, Ernest Koroma, has hinted that he will be naming his new cabinet immediatley after...
Bermuda Premier., Paula Cox Bermuda Premier Paula Cox has called a general election in Bermuda for December 17 and asked Governor George Fergusson to dissolve parliament...
A voter casts his ballot at a voting station in Luanda, Angola. PHOTO/AP Angola tallied ballots Saturday from its elections, expected to keep President Jose Eduardo...
People in Angola are voting for a new president and parliament, in national elections. It has been slightly more than a decade since the oil-rich country’s...
Members of a new parliament in Somalia are being sworn in, presidential elections are to be held in the coming weeks. The mandate for Somalia’s U.N....
Ghana President John Dramani Mahama. PHOTO/Issouf Sanogo/AFP The governing party of Ghana vowed Wednesday to carry out the “unfinished job” of the country’s late president as...
Citizens of the Bahamas begin voting for a new government today under the “Advance Poll” system with Prime Minister Hubert Ingraham stressing that it is important...
(Reuters) – Bahamas Petroleum Company sought to reassure investors on Monday that its drilling permits would be renewed, after local media reports last week raised fears...
Grenada Prime Minister., Tillman Thomas. PHOTO/File Opposition leader Dr Keith Mitchell has repeated his often-made appeal for Grenada’s Prime Minister Tillman Thomas to dissolve parliament and...
Voters in Guinea-Bissau on Sunday chose between nine presidential candidates in the small, coup-prone nation, and citizens said they hoped the winner would finally bring stability...
Kenya on Saturday said the first general elections since the last poll five years ago, would be held on March 4, 2013, ending weeks of heated...
Incumbent president of Senegal, Abdoulaye Wade appeared at a news conference Monday, looking less gung-ho than usual, acknowledging he might not have won the required majority...
(Reuters) – Senegal’s presidential election will need to go to a second-round run-off, the campaign spokesman for President Abdoulaye Wade said on Tuesday after partial results...
Senegal President Abdoulaye Wade, right, casts his vote in presidential elections. PHOTO/REUTERS/Youssef Boudlal Voters booed Senegal’s president so loudly when he went to cast his ballot...
The Electoral Office of Jamaica (EOJ) will today indicate whether the final count of candidates for the upcoming General Election who were appointed during yesterday’s Nomination...
On issues from air pollution to contraception, President Barack Obama has broken sharply with liberal activists and come down on the side of business interests and...
President Obama plunged into the heart of Republican primary land on Tuesday to deliver a direct challenge to Congress to act quickly to extend and expand...
Jamaica’s People’s National Party (PNP), summoned its National Campaign Committee to an emergency meeting at the PNP headquarters, Thursday. It is highly likely that the new...
