Tag: presidential elections

Côte d’Ivoire: RHDP deputies call on Alassane Ouattara to run for a third term in office

July 23, 2020

A little over 100 days before the Ivorian presidential election, the question burns everyone's lips: will Alassane Ouattara finally resolve to run? The death of ... Read More

Algerian regime resorts to Polisario to inflate turnout in Tindouf

December 15, 2019

A look at the turnout of the Algerian Presidential elections shows the scale of the boycott in most Algerian regions except Tindouf, home to the ... Read More

Algeria: The army is gambling its credibility

December 11, 2019

The Algerian military hierarchy finds itself on Thursday, December 12, confronted to a serious test, that of a boycott of the presidential election, at a ... Read More

Polisario Fate Hinges on Outcome of Presidential Vote in Algeria

December 11, 2019

As uncertainty continues to hover over the presidential elections in Algeria, slated for Dec.12, due to the massive popular opposition to this disputed vote, the ... Read More

Boycott haunts Algerian elections wanted by army to recycle same old elite

December 10, 2019

Sham elections that is how Algerian youth call the first elections to be held in the country since long-ruling Abdelaziz Bouteflika stepped down earlier this ... Read More

Algeria: 22 candidates apply for December 12 elections

October 28, 2019

Twenty two candidates, including two former Prime Ministers, have applied for the December presidential elections, state-run news agency APS said Sunday, after deadline for bids ... Read More

Côte d’Ivoire: Former rebels’ leader Guillaume Soro to run for president

October 16, 2019

Former Ivorian rebels’ leader Guillaume Soro has announced he will run in next year’s presidential election -- the first major politician to do so. “There ... Read More

Tunisia: Nabil Karoui to sue people behind smear campaign in connection to lobbying firm

October 4, 2019

The party of presidential hopeful, currently in prison on money laundering charges, has pledged to sue people behind the revelation that the businessman signed a ... Read More

Tunisia: Grand Mufti denies supporting front runner in second round

October 3, 2019

Tunisia’s highest religious leader Wednesday debunked rumors that he has thrown support behind Kaïs Saïed who is touted as the next President of the North ... Read More

Algeria: Former PM Ali Benflis & several others announce candidacies for presidential elections

September 23, 2019

Sixteen Algerian political figures including former Prime Minister Ali Benflis have unveiled their plans to run for the December 12 presidential elections announced few days ... Read More