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 »
http://www.france24.com/en/20171017-madagascar-plague-seychelles-health-disease A plague outbreak in Madagascar has killed at least 74 people and 805 cases have been reported so far. The government has deployed resources to curb the disease, but many obstacles remain. As plague cases rose last week in Madagascar’s capital, many city dwellers panicked. They waited in long lines for antibiotics at pharmacies and reached through bus windows… Read more »
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 »
On August 8th, 2017, Kenyan electoral bodies announced Uhuru Kenyatta as the winner of the election. Immediately, the opposing candidate, Raila Odinga claimed the election was rigged and announced that he was the true winner. Due to the immense amount of controversy and seen irregularities surrounding the election, the Kenyan supreme court nullified the election results. Though an October 26th… Read more »
http://www.aljazeera.com/news/2017/10/37-people-killed-election-violence-171009081058361.html At least 37 people, including three children, were killed in the protests that followed the announcement of the elections result in Kenya, a local human rights group said. Some of the deaths were caused by “police using live bullets” while others were killed by police “bludgeoning using clubs”, Kenya National Commission on Human Rights said in a report on Monday…. Read more »
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-41576869 Thousands of primary school teachers in Nigeria’s northern Kaduna state are to be sacked after failing the exams they set for their six-year-old pupils. State governor Nasir El-Rufai said 21,780 teachers, two-thirds of the total, had failed to score 75% or higher on assessments given to pupils. He said 25,000 new teachers would be recruited to replace them…. Read more »
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-41572128 Kenyan opposition leader Raila Odinga has pulled out of October’s election re-run. Mr Odinga said his withdrawal would give the electoral commission enough time to introduce reforms that will help deliver a more credible election. The Supreme Court annulled the result of the original 8 August poll, which saw Uhuru Kenyatta declared winner, after finding irregularities. But Mr Kenyatta… Read more »
http://www.france24.com/en/20170916-36-burundi-refugees-killed-clashes-dr-congo-forces On Saturday, 9/16, the United Nations envoy to the Democratic Republic of Congo confirmed that at least 36 Burundian refugees have been killed by Congolese security forces during a protest due to the expulsion of four refugees out of the Congo. Though the event that has taken place is awful in its own right, a bigger problem emerges in… Read more »