A comedian with no political experience has won the most votes in the first round of Ukraine’s presidential elections, early results indicate. With half the ballots counted, Volodymyr Zelenskiy – who plays the president on TV got about 30%, with current leader Petro Poroshenko on 16%. The two – who have expressed largely pro-EU opinions – are set to take …
The President of the Comoros Islands has been re-elected in a landslide victory which the opposition has described as a sham. The electoral commission announced that President Azali Assoumani had won just over 60% of the votes -four times more than his nearest rival, Mahamoudou Ahamada. The election was held after a controversial referendum, boycotted by the opposition, that saw …
The ANC in KZN, including chairperson Sihle Zikalala, on Tuesday unveiled a countdown clock in Durban. Image: THULI DLAMINI With just 50 days to go before the highly anticipated May 8 general election‚ the ANC in KwaZulu-Natal officially unveiled an election day countdown clock outside its provincial headquarters in Durban on Tuesday. It is aimed at mobilising support for the ANC …
Vice President Mahamudu Bawumia has sworn in the three-member commission tasked with investigating the violence during the Ayawaso West Wuogon by-election. At the ceremony Friday, Dr. Bawumia lauded composition of the commission saying that “I don’t know anyone who can really question the integrity of the commission.” He also assured them “that all the necessary arrangements and logistics shall …
The Ghana Medical Association (GMA) has joined many institutions and individuals to condemn the shooting incident during last Thursday’s Ayawaso West Wuogon by-election. “When such violent incidence occurs, several people who otherwise were healthy sustain serious injuries that put stress on our already over-stretched and under-resourced health delivery systems and in some cases adversely affect our emergency services,” the association …
The General Secretary of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC), Johnson Asiedu Nketia has said the Commission of Inquiry tasked by the presidency to investigate the violence that occurred at the Ayawaso West Wuogon by-election is only a ploy to protect perpetrators of the violence. According to him, the whole idea of the Commission is flawed at birth because the …
The Coalition of Domestic Election Observers says that it stands by its report on last Thursday’s Ayawaso West Wuogon by-election. The report, which was released by the Coalition on January 31, the day of the polls, was rubbished by the Electoral Commission (EC)’s Chairperson Jean Mensa, who said that the by-election went on peacefully despite violence breaking out near a …
The Vice President, Alhaji Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia has set up a Commission of Inquiry to probe circumstances leading to the violence that occurred during the Ayawaso West Wuogon by-election last Thursday. The decision was taken with the consent of President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo who is out of the country. There was a shooting incident near a La Bawaleshie polling …
Former president John Mahama, in August, put speculation regarding his political future to bed and took his first concrete step towards competing in the 2020 presidential election. The 59-year-old, who suffered a stunning defeat at the hand of Nana Akufo-Addo in the 2016 election, officially launched the process of giving the presidency another shot. Defying calls by some high-profile Ghanaians …
The Dynamic Youth Movement of Ghana (DYMOG) has condemned what it says is ‘needlees bloodshed’ in the series of violent attack that marred the Ayawaso West Wuogon by-election on Thursday. In a statement signed by the movement’s Director of Communications, Daniel Blaise Annang Jnr, the acts of barbarism displayed is a clear indication that the election is in ‘bad light …
