President Julius Maada Bio has been elected to another term in Sierra Leone, where the country’s electoral commission declared him the winner of Saturday’s election with 56.2% of the vote. It was enough to ensure that the Sierra Leone People’s Party (SLPP) candidate will not face a runoff election. Main…
Laureen is the editor of Africa Times
In Sierra Leone, opposition presidential candidate Samura Kamara was huddled in his office on Sunday while claiming an assassination attempt on his life by security forces who surrounded the building in Freetown. The events followed Saturday’s election in which Kamara, of the All People’s Congress (APC), was the main contender…
Laureen is the editor of Africa Times
The head of the national electoral commission (CENI) in Democratic Republic of Congo said Thursday that long-delayed elections scheduled for Sunday are now postponed until December 30. Corneille Nangaa, the CENI president, held a press conference in Kinshasa to explain that for technical and logistic reasons, the contentious elections must…
The head of the national electoral commission (CENI) in Democratic Republic of Congo plans a press conference for Thursday amid growing concerns that long-delayed elections could be postponed yet again. Corneille Nangaa, the CENI president, said as recently as Monday that he was confident the elections planned for Sunday would…
As the political opposition in Guinea plans new protests for next week, the Amnesty International organization has appealed for government forces to show restraint as clashes in the West African nation have become increasingly violent. At least 15 people have died and many more injured since local elections were held…
Kenyan opposition politician Raila Odinga plans to go ahead with a presidential swearing-in ceremony next week, despite a government announcement Wednesday that the planned venue will be off-limits. Odinga, the NASA coalition presidential candidate who refuses to concede a loss to President Uhuru Kenyatta, has vowed since last year’s contentious…
Kenya’s NASA coalition said Monday that it rejects a Supreme Court ruling to uphold the results of the October 26 repeat election that gave incumbent President Uhuru Kenyatta the victory. The court ruling paves the way for Kenyatta’s inauguration on November 28, but the political opposition said it considers the…
Kenya’s election board chief issued an emotional statement late Friday, describing the violence directed at his poll workers and commission staff while appealing for peace amid the chaotic election process. “Yesterday some of my staff were hijacked and some were tortured,” said Wafula Chebukati, chairman of the Independent Election and…
A new presidential election will move forward in an edgy Kenya tomorrow after a last-minute legal challenge ended in a non-ruling by Kenya’s High Court judges – most of whom did not show up. Chief Justice David Maraga said the court could not hear the case because of a lack…
President Uhuru Kenyatta of Kenya has been declared winner of the August 8 presidential election, but opposition candidate Raila Odinga remained adamant that the results are fraudulent and rejected the Independent and Electoral Boundaries Commission (IEBC) announcement late Friday. Kenyatta was declared president-elect with 8,203,290 votes, or 54.27 percent of…
Kenyan opposition candidate Raila Odinga on Thursday again challenged the reported results of the country’s presidential election and demanded that Kenya’s election commission declare him the winner. Odinga, speaking at a news conference on behalf of his Nasa coalition, said real results show him with more than 8 million votes…
Kenyans arrived early at the polls overnight, waiting in lines in the dark to cast their vote in today’s national general election. Polling places officially opened at 6 a.m. Incumbent President Uhuru Kenyatta appealed for calm and unity in a televised statement on Monday night, urging voters to participate while…
President Uhuru Kenyatta is pressing his re-election bid in Kenya, but not without disturbing controversy as he blamed the opposition on Wednesday for the electoral violence that scarred the nation a decade ago. Kenyatta, campaigning in the Kisii region, appealed to voters to choose Jubilee in August and shun the…
Kenya will take seriously the possibility of withdrawal from the International Criminal Court (ICC), the president said Monday in statements that criticized the impartiality of the court and its impact on national sovereignty. President Uhuru Kenyatta, speaking during Kenya’s independence day celebrations in Nairobi, noted that the Kenyan parliament has…