On Wednesday, February 24th, the Niger National and Independent Electoral Commission (CENI) declared the candidate of the ruling party, Mohamed Bazoum, as the winner of the presidential election runoff with 55.75% of the votes. This outcome is disputed by the opposition candidate, Mahamane Ousmane who announced the next day his victory with 50.30%. The CENI […]

The Ugandan people are electing today, Thursday, December 14, 2021, their President and parliamentarians. The presidential polls pits the outgoing head of state Yoweri Museveni, 76, against 10 other candidates including Robert Kyagulanyi better known as Bobi Wine, 38, an MP and key figure of the opposition. Unfortunately, Museveni, who still wants to stay in […]

The training of trainers of the AfricTivistes Civic Engagement Tour-West Africa programme started on 4 January 2021 in Nouakchott. The session will use the toolkit developed in the pilot phase to implement the curriculum in order to strengthen civic engagement, social transformation and youth leadership. After the Mauritania leg, the first phase of AfricTivistes Civic […]

Uganda’s Electoral Commission has put a ban in 13 districts on public campaigns ahead of the January 14, 2021 general elections in Uganda where President Yoweri Museveni is seeking to extend his 35 year rule in the East African nation. The campaigns, which were halted on the grounds of increasing numbers of COVID-19 among the […]

Since 28 November 2020, the West African Regional Coordinator of Women, Law and Development in Africa (WiLDAF/FeDDAF-AO), Mrs. Kafui ADJAMAGBO-JOHNSON, has been detained at the Central Criminal Research and Investigation Service (SCRIC).The coordinator of the Dynamique Monseigneur Kpodrzo (DMK), a network of opposition parties and civil society organisations in Togo, was charged only 155 hours […]

The Republic of Ghana’s National Communications Authority (NCA) has pledged to keep the internet and digital communications tools accessible and open throughout the election period — and civil society is holding it to account. With Ghana’s general election scheduled for Monday, December 7, remarks made by a member of the political opposition that the authority planned to disrupt […]