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The United States government has announced visa restrictions to Somali officials and individuals, accusing them of “undermining the democratic process in Somalia”, after yet another delay in the parliamentary elections. In a statement issued by the US Department of State on Friday, Secretary of State Antony Blinken said the sanctions …

Kwame A Plus, media personality and political activist has stated that the ruling New Patriotic Party, NPP, will be booted out of office after the 2024 elections. He says his position on the issue is rooted in the political trend where the two major political parties have served two consecutive …

Chairman of the National Democratic Congress, Samuel Ofosu-Ampofo, has said that the party will be battle-ready and extra vigilant at various polling stations across the country during the 2024 general elections. According to him, the NDC will leave nothing to chance as it has drawn valuable lessons from the 2020 …

IMAGE COPYRIGHTEPA/REUTERS Early results indicate both President Emmanuel Macron and his opponent Marine Le Pen will fail to make the gains they were hoping for in the first round of regional elections in France. Mr Macron’s centrist party is projected to gain more than 10% of the vote – just …

Hardliner Ebrahim Raisi is set to be Iran’s next president after winning most of the votes counted so far. He beat three other candidates in a poll in which most would-be candidates were barred from standing. Mr Raisi is Iran’s top judge and holds ultra-conservative views. He is under US …

The Chairperson of the Electoral Commission, Madam Jean Mensa, has outlined that an exceedingly disturbing challenge in the 2020 Election was the violence in 4 centres, which led to the death of 7 citizens. She made this known in her speech during the assessment of the 2020 election with the IPAC on …

IMAGE COPYRIGHTGETTY IMAGESimage captionVoters in the Indian state of West Bengal go to the polls People in the Indian state of West Bengal are voting in the final phase of elections despite soaring Covid cases. Long queues were seen outside polling booths, raising concerns about the further spread of the …

Economist Kwame Pianim has said the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP) can only break the 8-year power swing jinx if the Minister of Agriculture succeeds. Speaking at the 16th edition of the Re-Akoto memorial lectures on the theme: ‘The legacy of the Baffour Osei Akoto: A family man, chief and …

The Elections Committee of the Ghana Journalists Association (GJA) has extended closing date for the nomination of candidates from Tuesday, 27th April, 2021 to 4th May, 2021 at 5 p.m. In a statement, the Committee noted that filing fees remain the same, explaining that Presidential aspirants will pay GHC3,000 whiles …

The National Democratic Congress (NDC) has alleged that the  election results summary sheets for Techiman South in the 2020 polls issued  by the Electoral Commission (EC) looked doctored. The party’s parliamentary candidate is challenging the election results at the Wenchi High Court. The court had earlier ordered that the EC …