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Jan

2024

Congo’s election commission cancels 82 candidates in disputed December polling

CONGO'S election commission said it has cancelled votes cast for 82 of the 101,000 legislative candidates in the disputed December general election over alleged fraud and other issues, amid fresh opposition calls for a re-run of the vote. Those disqualified include contenders for national, provincial and municipal assemblies, the results of which are yet to be published amid the fallout from the December 20 poll that threatens to further destabilise the Democratic Republic of Congo, a top producer of cobalt and Africa's second-largest country. A CENI election committee statement on Friday did not address the presidential vote that also took…

Jan

2024

By ANGE ADIHE KASONGO

Congo’s Tshisekedi fights poll fraud accusations with ‘spirit of openness’

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WHEN Democratic Republic of Congo's President Felix Tshisekedi was declared the winner of another disputed election, he pledged to be a leader for all its 100 million people. However, accusations by opposition leaders of electoral fraud and political repression will likely cloud his second term as it did the first. His main rivals rejected Sunday's outcome before it was announced and called for a rerun. Speaking to supporters at his campaign headquarters in Kinshasa, Tshisekedi appealed for unity. "It is with a spirit of openness that I'll govern during this second term," Tshisekedi told a jubilant crowd, adding that he would focus…

Dec

2023

By The African Mirror

The latest results in Congo’s disputed election

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DEMOCRATIC Republic of Congo is gradually releasing preliminary results from the December 20 presidential election following a chaotic vote and an unscheduled ballot extension that have led the opposition to demand a re-run. Below are the latest figures from the election commission, known as the CENI, along with details about how the commission is counting votes and releasing its tally, and why critics are disputing the results. WHAT DO THE LATEST RESULTS SHOW? The latest CENI update on Thursday showed President Tshisekedi well ahead of his 18 challengers, with just over 76% of around 12.5 million votes counted so far.…

Mar

2023

By The African Mirror

Tinubu is Nigeria’s president-elect after disputed election

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FELIX ONUAH and MACDONALD DZIRUTWE NIGERIA'S ruling party candidate, Bola Tinubu, was declared president-elect of Africa's most populous nation in the early hours of Wednesday after a weekend election that the main opposition parties have disputed. Tinubu, a former governor of Lagos state, will take over leadership of a country grappling with Islamist insurgencies in the northeast, armed attacks, killings and kidnappings, conflict between livestock herders and farmers, cash, fuel and power shortages, and perennial corruption that opponents say Buhari's party has failed to stamp out, despite promises to do so. The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) said Tinubu garnered…

Jan

2023

By The African Mirror

Kenyan opposition leader says Ruto’s government is illegitimate

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KENYA'S opposition leader Raila Odinga has called on his supporters to resist the government of President William Ruto, saying its disputed election last August had robbed it of legitimacy. Ruto's Kenya Kwanza coalition eked out a narrow victory over Odinga in the election, whose result announcement was accompanied by chaotic scenes at the national tallying centre, and his victory was upheld by the Supreme Court. Both leaders, who have dominated politics in East Africa's biggest economy for decades, settled into an uneasy calm after the electoral contest, but Odinga's coalition said last week it had found new evidence of rigging. "We cannot…

Jan

2021

By The African Mirror

French warplanes fly over Central African Republic amid rebel offensives

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ANTOINE ROLLAND and SUDIP KAR-GUPTA REBELS attacked two towns in the Central African Republic yesterday as French warplanes flew over in an apparent attempt to deter an advance on the capital after a disputed election. The attacks on Bouar, 440 km (275 miles) northwest of the capital and Grimari, 300 km northeast of Bangui, were the latest by a coalition of armed rebels backed by former president Francois Bozize. The rebels had threatened to march on the capital and disrupt the December 27 general election after Bozize's candidature was rejected by the country's highest court. They attacked towns close to…

Nov

2020

By The African Mirror

UN rights chief disturbed by ‘intimidation’ of opposition in Tanzania

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THE U.N. human rights chief is disturbed by reports of "intimidation and harassment" of the opposition in Tanzania following a disputed election that the incumbent president won with 84% of the vote. President John Magufuli was declared the winner of the October 28 vote but the main opposition parties have alleged fraud. The opposition called for protests against the results but the police foiled their attempts last week and arrested their leaders, before later releasing them on bail. Police said the demonstrations were illegal and were meant to cause violence in the East African country. Tundu Lissu, who was Magufuli's…

Oct

2020

By The African Mirror

Six killed in Ivory Coast town ahead of presidential election

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AT least six people have been killed in a port town in southern Ivory Coast this week, the mayor said on Thursday, as supporters and opponents of President Alassane Ouattara trade blame for rising violence ahead of the October 31 election. The authorities decreed a curfew on Wednesday night in response to the killings in Dabou, which Mayor Jean-Claude Niangne said were carried out by men armed with assault rifles and machetes. Violence has broken out sporadically since August when Ouattara announced his candidacy for a third term, a move his opponents say violates the constitution. In all, more than…