Tag: Constitutional Council

Mauritania: Former President’s case will be referred to Constitutional Council

November 15, 2024

The Nouakchott Court of Appeal has approved a request from the defense team of former President Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz to refer his case to ... Read More

Mozambique: Constitutional Council excludes CAD coalition from general elections

August 3, 2024

Mozambique's Constitutional Council has definitively excluded the Democratic Alliance Coalition (CAD), which supports Venâncio Mondlane's presidential candidacy, from the October 9 general elections. In the ... Read More

Lieutenant-Colonel Damiba invested “president” of Burkina Faso

February 17, 2022

Lieutenant Colonel Paul-Henri Sandaogo Damiba was sworn in as president of Burkina Faso on Wednesday by the Constitutional Council, three weeks after taking power in ... Read More

Côte d’Ivoire: Constitutional Council validates only four candidacies out of forty-four

September 15, 2020

The Ivorian Constitutional Council validated on Monday four candidacies, including that of outgoing President Alassane Ouattara for a controversial third term, and rejected those of ... Read More

Cameroon to re-run local elections in 11 Anglophone constituencies

February 26, 2020

The Constitutional Council of Cameroon, on Tuesday, ordered a re-run of the local and parliamentary elections in 11 constituencies in the country’s restive English-speaking regions. ... Read More

Algeria: new amendment to candidacy application to presidential elections

July 24, 2019

The Algerian Constitutional Council Tuesday brought several amendments to its working rules, including the obligation for candidates to the presidential election to submit their bids ... Read More

Algeria: Constitutional Council scraps July 4 elections after canceling 2 candidacies

June 3, 2019

The Algerian Constitutional Council Sunday cancelled the July 4 presidential election after canceling the two candidacies it received for the unpopular electoral process rejected by ... Read More