Tag: presidential elections

Mayor of Senegalese town of Thiès unveils plans to run for 2024 presidential elections

January 30, 2023

Babacar Diop, Mayor of the Senegalese town of Thiès announced Sunday he will be a candidate for 2024 presidential elections for which incumbent Macky Sall ... Read More

Equatorial Guinea: President Obiang runs again for office, seeking to extend record 43-year rule

November 18, 2022

President Teodoro Obiang of Equatorial Guinea, the world’s longest-standing leader, is running for office again in Sunday elections, as he wants to extend his 43-year ... Read More

Macky Sall vows to preserve democracy as presidential elections near

September 10, 2022

Senegalese President Macky Sall has pledged not to transgress democracy amid heated debate about a possibility of a third term in office. “I've never answered ... Read More

Fathi Bashagha to unveil cabinet next week – HoR member

February 21, 2022

Libya’s designated Prime Minister Fathi Bashagha will present his administration lineup next week to the House of Representative (HoR), a house member has told Libya ... Read More

Khalifa Haftar resumes position of Commander in chief of rival Libyan army

February 4, 2022

Khalifa Haftar, the strongman of the Libyan eastern region, has resumed his position as general commander of the Libyan National Army (LNA); an army opposed ... Read More

Libya: Interim PM submits candidacy for Dec. 24 Presidential elections

November 22, 2021

Abdel Hamid Dbeibah, the interim Libyan Prime Minister submitted Sunday his candidacy for next month crucial presidential elections set to endow the oil-rich country with ... Read More

Libya: After Haftar, HoR speaker unveils candidacy for Dec. 24 presidential elections

November 18, 2021

The Speaker of the Libyan House of Representative (HoR), Aguila Saleh, announced Wednesday that he will run for December 24 presidential elections, one day after ... Read More

Libya: Military court demands suspension of candidacies of Saif al Islam Gaddafi, Khalifa Haftar for presidential election

November 15, 2021

The prosecutor of the Libyan military court Sunday ordered the head of the Electoral commission to freeze the presidential candidacies of Saif al Islam Gaddafi ... Read More

Côte d’Ivoire: Opposition does not recognize October 31 election, calls for a civilian transition

November 2, 2020

The Ivorian opposition announced that it did not recognize the October 31 election and noted the end of President Alassane Ouattara's term. In response, the ... Read More

Côte d’Ivoire: African Court on Human and Peoples’ Rights calls for restoration of Guillaume Soro to electoral list

September 16, 2020

With 46 days to go before the presidential election in Côte d'Ivoire, the African Court on Human and Peoples' Rights (ACHPR) has asked Abidjan to ... Read More