TweetAfrica 2011 Elections RecapWith 17 countries scheduled to hold presidential, legislative, parliamentary or referendum votes, politics is a major theme in African news. Known for their passion, African politicians and electors alike have delivered a performance to behold. Seven nations scheduled for a vote have cleared this democratic hurdle, some just barely. Other countries not [...]
Its stale news now that President Goodluck Ebele Azikwe Jonathan is the president-elect and will be sworn in May 29 to lead this country for the next four years. It is also stale news that the majority of the local and international observers thought this was an above average election on the free, fair and credible scale, though not close to perfection.
TweetThis past weekend was to mark the beginning of voting in Nigeria’s 4th democratic elections since return to civilian rule in 1999. It was expected to be historic in nature not just for the attention the entire process has received from election monitoring bodies world wide as well as other African countries, but also because [...]
In a few days nearly half of the 150 million people in Africa’s most populated country will be going to the polls to elect leaders at the legislative, governorship and presidential levels.
Nigeria is preparing for nationwide elections that will be watched to see if officials can avoid a repeat of the chaos and fraud that marred the 2007 polls.
I remember during the 2008 Presidential campaign in the United States of America, eventual winner- Barack Hussein Obama went on a door to door campaign, meeting people and highlighting what he and his party can do for them.
Our continuous coverage of African Elections in 2011 takes us next to Benin Republic. The country’s elections where originally scheduled for February 27, 2011 but was moved to March 6, 2011 due to some issues with the election process.
Ugandans voted Friday in a presidential election that could extend the term of the incumbent, who has been in power for 25 years.
A new term would give President Yoweri Museveni five more years.
Up next in our continuing coverage of elections in Africa for 2011 is Uganda. The lowly country situated in East Africa will be holding its Presidential elections this Friday and there is much excitement and anticipation. As most of you know, a lot of the elections in Africa this year may make or break the future of democracy in the continent.