Mali : Why is the CMA calling for postponement of the...
In small steps, Mali is moving towards three types of coupled elections: local elections, regional elections and partial communal elections. But, some voices are...
Mali : local elections in December for a new start?
The December 17 elections are expected to signal a new beginning in the regions, where collectivities are led by councilors who have been in...
Mali : the government maintains elections on December 17
Unless a big surprise, Malians will go to the polls on December 17 to elect circle councilors and regional councilors. The mandates of those...
Mali: The election of municipal councilors postponed again
The election of municipal councilors, initially scheduled for December 17, was postponed again to April 2018. Another umpteenth report, that comes with no surprise...
Mali: Soumeylou Boubeye Maïga appointed Prime Minister
Soumeylou Boubeye Maïga, 63 years old, was secretary-general of the presidency of Mali. This Saturday, December 30, he is appointed Prime Minister by the...
Mali: two candidates in the parliamentarian elections kidnapped during the electoral...
Soumaïla Cissé, leader of the Malian opposition and Mamadou Sory Coulibaly, mayor of the rural commune of Kareri (Dioura) were kidnapped by armed groups...
Mali: the June 5 Movement holds its position
Tension has temporarily eased in the Malian capital on Tuesday July 14 after several days of violence. The June 5 Movement, which demands the...
U.S. Congresswoman Eddie Bernice Johnson drafts TPS legislation for Cameroon
U.S. Congresswoman Eddie Bernice Johnson, a Democrat who represents Texas’s 30th congressional district, is in the early stages of drafting legislation for Temporary Protected...
First-time voters on Ghana’s democracy
Photographs and text by Misper Apawu
Ghanaians went to the polls on December 7 to vote in presidential and parliamentary elections. Incumbent President Nana Akufo-Addo...
#EndSARS is a rare moment of class solidarity in Nigeria
By Saratu Abiola
The protest movement now known as #EndSARS began when the notorious Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS) of the Nigerian police shot a man...