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African Elections News (English edition): 22nd October 2010
CONTENTS:
1. News and Updates
2. African Elections Factsheet
3. ICTs and Elections
4. African Elections Calendar
5. Publications
6. Featured Website
7. Elections Online Resources
8. Events and People
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In this edition
1. News and Updates : Weah calls for the opposition to unite for victory against the ruling party in the next presidential election
EU has declared it readiness for the 2011 elections in Nigeria
SADC chief expects credible elections
UN Envoy Reports Peaceful Start to Election Campaign
Clashes ahead of Guinea run-off
3. African Elections Project – Liberia FactSheet
4. ICTs and Elections: Mobile phones to help voters know their status
5. African Elections Calendar 2010-2011 for six Countries
6. Featured Website: featured site for African elections in Guinea
7. Elections Online Resources: listing of key online elections resources
8 Publications, Events and Opportunities: we provide you with updates on latest
Publications, events and opportunities in the African elections space
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News and Updates
Weah calls for the opposition to unite for victory against the ruling party in the next presidential election
George Weah, the leader of the Congress for Democratic Change (CDC) in Liberia said his party is prepared to unite forces with other opposition parties contesting the 2011 election to wrestle power from Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf's SirLeaf's ruling government. This he said is the only way to defeat the ruling Unity Party and reverse what he called a one-party political system.
Source: http://www.voanews.com/english/news/africa/Butty-Liberia-Politics-Nagbe-18october10-105157069.html
EU declares its readiness for the 2011 elections in Nigeria
The European Union has declared its readiness for the 2011 Nigerian election. The commitment was made when the leader of the EU met with the leadership of the Nigerian Senate on 13th October 2010. He said, an election monitoring group would soon be deplored to Nigeria. In the same light, other independent bodies like the National Democratic Institute for Foreign Affairs have also declared their readiness to support INEC in its efforts to conduct credible, free and fair elections in 2011.
Source: http://www.tribune.com.ng/index.php/news/12100-eu-to-monitor-2011-elections
SADC chief expects credible elections
The Southern African Development Community (SADC) Electoral Observer Mission has pledged to present a fair report that reflects the wishes of the people, after the general elections at the end of this month in Tanzania. In addition, the report the Chair promised would be ready two days after the elections. This was revealed at the launch of the SADC Election Observer Mission in Dar es Salaam on Monday.
Source: http://www.dailynews.co.tz/election/index_news.php?articleID=633
UN Enyoy Reports Peaceful Start to Election Campaign
Côte d'Ivoire's presidential campaigns have started peacefully without violence. These campaigns prelude the presidential elections slated for 31st October 2010 which is expected to end the division of the West African country caused by civil war since 2002. Young-jin Choi, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon's Special Representative to Côte d'Ivoire revealed this yesterday after meeting with the chairman of the Independent Electoral Commission in Abidjan.
Source: http://allafrica.com/stories/201010191096.html
Clashes ahead of Guinea run-off
There have been sporadic clashes between the leading presidential candidate's supporters and the police as tension mount ahead of presidential run-off on the 24th of October. Two protesters have been killed and several others injured in street clashes with police in Guinea's capital, Conakry.
Source: http://english.aljazeera.net/news/africa/2010/10/201010205344798530.html
African Elections Factsheet:
In this edition, our factsheet focuses on Liberia elections expected to take place on October 2011. Click here
ICTs and Election
Mobile phones to update voters on election status
A news item carried by the DailyNews, Tanzanian daily newspaper yesterday reported that voters for the November 2010 presidential elections will be notified on their mobile phones on where to cast their votes through SMS. This technology according to the newspaper is made possible as a result of collaboration between the Electoral Commission and mobile phone companies.
Source: http://www.dailynews.co.tz/home/?n=13906&cat=home
African Elections Calendar
Guinea (2nd round) - 24th October 2010
Cote d voire-31st October 2010
Tanzania-1st November 2010
Niger- 31st January 2011
Burkina faso-21st November 2010
Equatorial Guinea-December 2010
Nigeria- 22nd January 2011
Benin-March 2011
Cameroun- October 2011
DRC- 27th November 2011
Egypt- September 2011
The Gambia- September 2011
Liberia- 11th October 2011
Uganda- February 2011
Zambia- 2011
Publications, Events and Opportunities:
1. http://iospress.metapress.com/content/4hgua3eglj7gdlv3/
2. http://bookstore.usip.org/books/BookDetail.aspx?productID=51278
3. http://www.oxfordscholarship.com/oso/public/content/politicalscience/9780198296454/toc.html
4. http://www.eisa.org.za/events/events.htm
5. http://www.cddghana.org/events.aspx?evt=31
Elections Online Resources
Electoral Institute for the Sustainability of Democracy in Africa: http://www.eisa.org.za/
Ghana Centre for Democratic Development: http://www.cddghana.org/
The electoral knowledge: http://aceproject.org/
African Election Database: http://africanelections.tripod.com/
African Union Elections assistance Unit: http://www.africa-union.org/root/AU/AUC/Departments/PA/ELECTION_UNIT/AU_Election_Unit.htm
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