electoral

Chad’s electoral body has made public a provisional list of candidates for the upcoming combined legislative and local polls, disqualifying at least six ruling party officials. This includes the Patriotic Salvation Movement’s (MPS)…

Presidential opposition candidate Martin Fayulu, in the Democratic Republic of Congo general elections, votes at a polling station in Kinshasa on Wednesday. He tells reporters that any inconsistency in results will have an immediate…

A committee set up by the Kenyan parliament has called for reforms to the country's electoral body and a review of tax policy, public spending and social security, a copy of their report seen by Reuters on Sunday shows. The bipartisan…

In the lead-up to the Democratic Republic of Congo's (DRC) presidential election on 20th December, several candidates, including Denis Mukwege, Martin Fayulu, and Theodore Ngoy, have announced their intention to challenge the Independent…

Kenya opposition leader Raila Odinga has called for parties outside parliament to be involved in talks on electoral reform and the high cost of living, at odds with President William Ruto's plan for negotiations to be held only within…

In the Democratic Republic of Congo, the appointment of the electoral chief Denis Kadima has attracted opposition mainly from religious groups and other opposition parties. Congo's constitutional court on Tuesday swore in the electoral…

Former Chairman, Independent National Election Commission (INEC), in Nigeria, Professor Attahiru Jega has said that an overhaul of the electoral system in ECOWAS Member States is critical in achieving credible, free and fair elections in…