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Africa: Africa Decides 2023 - Elections in the Shadow of Humanitarian Crisis
The New Humanitarian, 13 February 2023
Early action to safeguard the electoral process could help mitigate some of the concerns around poll legitimacy. Here are some suggestions... Read more »
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Zimbabwe: Youth Vote Key in 2023 Elections
263Chat, 10 February 2023
Young people who are eligible to register to vote are taking an active role in the registration process as the country gears up for the 2023 elections. Read more »
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Nigeria: 2023 - Nigeria's Most Consequential Year Since 1999
Premium Times, 15 January 2023
Apart from general elections, Nigeria also plans to conduct a census, its first since 2006. Read more »
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Liberia: Elections Commission Rules Out Electronic Voting for 2023 Polls
Observer, 8 February 2023
.... The NEC's support for a manual voting system for the October 10 election comes despite the fact that most election results in the past decade have been contested in court over… Read more »
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Sierra Leone: 2023 Elections - ReNIP to Hold Delegates' Conference in February
Concord, 18 January 2023
National Chairman and Leader of the Republic National Independent Party (ReNIP), Beresford Victor Williams,has informed Concord Times, through a telephone interview that the party… Read more »
What’s at Stake as Millions in Africa Head to the Ballot Box
Ten African nations will have presidential elections in 2023, contests that will define and be influenced by humanitarian crises, writes Chidi Anselm Odinkaluhe for The New Humanitarian.
These nations are Zimbabwe, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Gabon, Liberia, Libya, Madagascar, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, South Sudan along with Somaliland, the de facto state that is still regarded as a part of Somalia in formal diplomatic circles.
Together these countries account for nearly one-third of the continent's population in total.
Bloody civil wars, armed insurgencies, coups, and other crises have wracked the continent in recent years, spreading instability and claiming thousands of lives. Given the importance of governance in African security, the stakes for these elections are high - not just for democracy, but also for stability and prosperity. Because governance standards, insecurity, and economic dynamism are rarely contained by borders, the conduct and outcomes of each of these elections will have consequences for their neighbours and the continent as a whole.
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Nigerians are facing petrol shortages and chaos at banks over a new currency swap ahead of the presidential and parliamentary elections on February 25, 2023. Despite the ... Read more »
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Moise Katumbi, a prominent politician, businessman and soccer official has thrown his hat in the ring to run for the presidency in the 2023 elections. The announc Read more »
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Lack of media reforms will likely impact the coverage of 2023 elections as most of the recommendations by the European Union (EU) and African Union Observer Mission (AU-EOM) Read more »
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2022 was a year of significant political and economic challenges for African countries. Already reeling from the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic, the war between Russia and Ukraine ... Read more »
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Sudan's military and civilian leaders have spent three days in talks with the aim of reaching a final deal on governing during a two-year transition to elections. Sudan's ruling ... Read more »
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The political stalemate continues in Libya and prospects for elections are dim, the head of the UN Mission there, (UNSMIL), said in his first briefing to the Secu Read more »
