Protests have been occurring all over Kenya for the past 2 months in hopes to achieve a complete overhaul in the Kenyan electoral commissions. Last Friday, Electoral Board Chief Ezra Chiloba announced 3 weeks leave, coming back to work 2 weeks after the election. At a memorial for the opposition supporters who were killed in the protests, opposition leader Raila… Read more »
Many people march the streets of Mogadishu to show defiance of the car bombings that killed more than 300 people and injured roughly 400. The attack has been blamed on militant group Al-Shabab. The protest did turn violent, police opened fire into the crowd injuring three people. The person who drove the truck with the explosives has been detained and… Read more »
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http://www.france24.com/en/20171012-presidential-election-dr-congo-delayed-least-until-2019 The election to pick DR Congo’s next president will not happen before early 2019, the electoral commission said Wednesday, a delay that raises fresh security worries in the vast African nation. Polls were due this year under a transitional deal aimed at avoiding fresh political bloodshed after President Joseph Kabila refused to step down when his second mandate ended in December. But… Read more »
http://www.france24.com/en/20171021-leaders-urge-peace-kenya-barrels-toward-uncertain-election Kenya’s opposition leader Raila Odinga, who says he will boycott a presidential election re-run due next week, said on Friday he would announce a “way forward” the day before the scheduled poll, raising the possibility he might participate after all. At a memorial in western Kenya for opposition supporters killed in protests against the vote set for Oct. 26,… Read more »
http://www.france24.com/en/20171012-liberia-presidential-election-ex-footballer-george-weah-leads-regions One of Liberia’s largest political parties called for a halt to counting votes from the country’s presidential election Thursday, alleging irregularities and fraud as ex-soccer star George Weah took an early lead based on partial provisional results. Angry Liberty Party supporters who gathered at the party’s headquarters claimed polls in the West African nation opened late and that ballot-tampering… Read more »