Wednesday, November 4, 2020

#GuineaElections: Opposition leader contests results in court

Cellou Dalein Diallo the main Guinea opposition leader has lodged an appeal at the constitutional court to challenge overturn the results of last month's presidential election.

His lawyer said there was irrefutable evidence of electoral irregularities.

Provisional results say the 82-year old incumbent, Alpha Condé, won the poll. He is now heading for a third term in office.

Dozens of people have been killed in political violence since Mr Condé decided to run again.



Thursday, October 1, 2020

President Mnangagwa queries Foreign Observer Mission in Africa Elections

During a state dinner hosted by Zimbabwean President Emmerson Mnangagwa  for visiting Malawian President Lazarus Chakwera, Mnangagwa said Malawi was a country that had held “harmonized presidential elections without foreign observers.” Elections were held without the United Nations, the Southern African Development Community and civil society organizations observing, “but they were successful, peaceful elections conducted by Malawi on its own,” he said.

He further emphasized that Southern African countries should consider holding their general elections without the presence of international observers

“This makes us think whether it’s still necessary in future for SADC countries to look for supervision from across oceans,” Mnangagwa said.

Chakwera, who was elected president in June, is on a two-day visit to Zimbabwe. Zimbabwe is due to hold general elections in 2023. 

Source: Bloomberg