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Jan
15
2024
By ANGE ADIHE KASONGO
President Tshisekedi’s ruling party leads in Congo legislative election

President Tshisekedi’s ruling party leads in Congo legislative election

NEWS
DEMOCRATIC Republic of Congo President Felix Tshisekedi's UDPS party won 66 seats in the December parliamentary election, placing it ahead of 44 other parties that won one or more seats in the 500-member house, provisional results showed on Sunday. The increased number of UDPS seats, up from 35 in the 2018 election, along with gains by allied parties, could enable Tshisekedi to maintain his ruling big tent Sacred Union coalition, giving him the majority needed to name a new government. The coalition controlled over 390 seats in the outgoing legislature. Provisional results announced by Congo's national election commission early on…
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Jul
03
2023
By The African Mirror
Sierra Leone’s ruling party wins 60% of parliamentary seats in contested vote

Sierra Leone’s ruling party wins 60% of parliamentary seats in contested vote

NEWS
UMARU FOFANA THE ruling Sierra Leone People’s Party has won 60% of the seats in a parliamentary election, the election commission said, as the main opposition party demanded a rerun of the vote that also saw President Julius Maada Bio win a second term. The SLPP won 81 seats while the opposition All People’s Congress won 54, according to the results read by the commission's chairman Mohamed Kenewui Konneh. The results showed the ruling party made significant gains in the bellwether diamond-rich district of Kono, winning seven of the 10 seats where they had none previously. They also made gains…
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Jan
09
2023
By The African Mirror
Benin holds election set to test democracy

Benin holds election set to test democracy

NEWS
PULCHERIE ADJOHA VOTERS in Benin went to the polls for a parliamentary election seen as a test of democracy as opposition parties are back on the ballot after boycotting or being excluded from the most recent presidential and legislative votes. Benin's image as a bastion of democracy and stability in West Africa has been dented under President Patrice Talon, who went back on a pledge not to run for another term and oversaw an opposition crackdown since coming to power in 2016. Seven parties are competing for 109 parliamentary seats in Sunday's vote, including the Democrates party linked to Talon's predecessor and…
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Jul
12
2021
By The African Mirror
Ethopia PM’s party wins landslide victory

Ethopia PM’s party wins landslide victory

NEWS
DAWIT ENDESHAW PRIME Minister Abiy Ahmed's Prosperity Party won the most seats in Ethiopia's parliamentary election, the election board has announced, a victory that assures him another term in office. Abiy hailed the June 21 vote as the country's first free and fair election after decades of repressive rule. However, an opposition boycott, war in the northern region of Tigray, ethnic violence and logistical challenges in some areas overshadowed the election. Voting did not take place in three of Ethiopia's 10 regions. Abiy's party won 410 of 436 parliamentary seats, election board deputy chairperson Woubshet Ayele announced in the capital…
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Jun
12
2021
By The African Mirror
Algerian rulers aim for return to order

Algerian rulers aim for return to order

NEWS
LAMINE CHIKHI and HAMID OULD AHMED ALGERIA’S president and the generals backing him hope today's parliamentary election will mark an end to two years of upheaval, but in the capital's steep, winding streets few people seemed enthused. While thousands of candidates rallied supporters at official campaign events for an election that moderate Islamist parties aim to win, the low turnout in recent national votes has underscored public scepticism for the process. "I won't vote because nothing will change. Nothing at all," said Khadidja, a woman in a facemask and pink headscarf speaking near a wall plastered with election posters. The…
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Jun
07
2021
By The African Mirror
Somaliland opposition win majority seats

Somaliland opposition win majority seats

NEWS
ABDIQANI HASSAN TWO opposition parties in Somalia's breakaway Somaliland region won a majority of seats in the region's first parliamentary election in 16 years, the National Electoral Commission has announced. Out of parliament's 82 seats, the Somaliland National Party, called WADDANI, won 31 and the Justice and Welfare Party (UCID), won 21 seats. The ruling Unity and Development Party, Kulmiye, secured 30 seats, the electoral commission said. The vote had been stalled for a decade by a dispute among the three major parties over the make up of the electoral commission, which was finally resolved. "Following the announcement of the…
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Jun
01
2021
By The African Mirror
Somaliland’s 1st vote since 2005

Somaliland’s 1st vote since 2005

NEWS
ABDIQANI HASSAN SOMALIA’S breakaway Somaliland region held its first parliamentary election for 16 years yesterday, in what politicians there describe as evidence of its comparative stability. Official portrait of Somaliland President Muse Bihi. Picture: Wikimedia Commons The region, which broke away from Somalia in 1991 but has not gained widespread international recognition for its independence, has been largely peaceful while the rest of Somalia has suffered three decades of civil war. "Vote in peace," President Musi Bihi said in televised remarks after casting his ballot. Opposition leader Abdirahman Mohamed Abdulahi echoed the sentiment: "I urge the Somaliland people to vote…
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