BY MODUPE ABIOLA, SPECIAL ENVOY Benin voters will head back to the polls in two weeks after the first round of the presidential election held yesterday, March 6. The two … Read More
The Cotonou Port is often described by the Beninese people and officials as the “nation’s lifeline,” a colorful way to state that it is the backbone of the national economy. … Read More
BY MODUPE ABIOLA (REPORTING BY LOU SIFA; EDITING BY JIBRIL TURE) Cotonou, Benin—The people of the small French-speaking West African nation of Benin are expected to go to the polls on … Read More
BY MODUPE ABIOLA EDITING BY LOU SIFA K.O.cracy (read democracy by knock-out) is a phrase coined by the people of Benin following the 2011 presidential election that then-sitting president, Yayi … Read More
BY JIBRIL TURE Lately, relations between Cote d’Ivoire and its neighbor up-north, Burkina Faso, have been stricken by tension stemming from a phone-leak scandal allegedly involving the speaker of the … Read More
BY THOMAS STUBBS Rwandan president Paul Kagame recently confirmed that he will seek a third term in 2017 after more than 98% of Rwandans voted in a referendum to lift the presidential … Read More
BY KEALEBOGA J MAPHUNYE This year, like 2015, promises to be yet another busy year in Africa’s electoral democracy stakes. More than a third of the continent’s 54 countries will … Read More
_________________________________________________________________________ ZINSOU AND TALON FOR THE RUN-OFF. BY MODUPE ABIOLA. READ MORE _________________________________________________________________________ VOTERS HOLD THEIR BREATH FOR THE RESULTS OF THE FIRST ROUND. BY MODUPE ABIOLA. READ MORE _________________________________________________________________________ 36 CANDIDATES … Read More
BY JIBRIL TURE AND MODUPE ABIOLA The election of Roch Marc Christian Kaboré as the new president of Burkina Faso on November 30th, which ended 27 years of autocratic rule … Read More
BY JIBRIL TURE The election of Roch Marc Christian Kaboré as the new president of Burkina Faso on November 30th signaled the strengthening of democracy not only in Burkina Faso, … Read More
