Dynastic politics and a one-party state Togo held its first multi-party election polls in 1958 under United Nations supervision, before gaining independence from France in 1960 under the leadership of Sylvanus Olympio...
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Uganda 2021 Election: Implications and Lessons
Introduction On Saturday 16 January 2021, the Electoral Commission of Uganda (EC) once again declared President Yoweri Museveni and his National Resistance Movement (NRM) as the winners. He will start his 6th term as...
What are Bobi Wine’s chances?
Many believe the 2021 presidential election in Uganda will go to incumbent Yoweri Museveni, but his main rival, Bobi Wine, a young upstart, seems to have united Uganda’s youth and urban population under the hashtag:...
Uganda Elections Tracker 2021
Uganda's General Election Quick Facts o 14 January 2021 o 18.1 million people have registered to vote o 11 presidential candidates o One female presidential candidate o President Yoweri Museveni has served 5 elected...
SADC calls the Tanzania election more of the same: Did we expect anything different?
It has been a week since Tanzania held its general election. As the dust settles, a closer examination of the Southern African Development Community’s (SADC) response and validation of the election outcome is...
Nigeria should amend its constitution to guarantee voting rights
Recommendations Government should guarantee the right to vote by providing for it under Chapter IV of the constitution while also making it a civic duty for citizen to vote. Nigeria’s political and social stakeholders...
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