Yearly Archives: 2021

Gambia presidential candidates Darboe, Faal and Kandeh join forces to reject election results

África, África Ocidental, Eleições presidenciais, Gâmbia

Via: RFI Africa

Gambia’s Independent Electoral Commission declared incumbent President Adama Barrow the winner of the presidential election late Sunday evening (05/12) with 53 percent of the vote. Earlier Sunday afternoon, three Gambia presidential candidates rejected the election results after all but three constituency results were called. “At this point in time, we reject the results thus far announced by the Independent Electoral Commission,” read United Democratic Party (UDP) chair and candidate Ousainou Darboe. “We reserve the right to embark on any lawful course of action the situation requires. To this end all options are on the table,” he read. Darboe read the statement from his compound in the Pipeline neighborhood of Karaba Avenue, which was agreed upon by independent candidate Essa Faal and Gambia Democratic Congress candidate Mama Kandeh, who were present. They cited an inordinate delay in transmitting the result, that political party agents at polling centers and the Independent Electoral Commission had issues with some of the counts and refused to endorse the results.

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ECOWAS imposes individual sanctions on coup plotters in Guinea, Mali

África, África Ocidental, CEDEAO, Eleições presidenciais, Golpe

Via: Africanews

The West African regional grouping ECOWAS on Sunday (07/11) hardened its stance against military-ruled Mali and Guinea, imposing new individual sanctions and calling on both countries to honour timetables for a return to democracy. The Economic Community of West African States “has decided to sanction all those implicated in the delay” in organising elections set for February 27 in Mali, ECOWAS Commission President Jean-Claude Kassi Brou told AFP after a summit of the 15-nation group in the Ghanaian capital Accra. He said Mali had “officially written” to Ghanaian President Nana Akufo-Addo, who holds the rotating presidency of ECOWAS, to inform him that the Sahel country could not hold elections as planned.

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Sudan military dissolves transitional government in apparent takeover

África, Crise Política, Golpe, Sudão

Via: CGTN Africa

A military takeover is under way in Sudan on Monday (25/10). Civilian rule has been dissolved by the military, and the Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok has been detained and moved to an undisclosed location after refusing to issue a statement in support of the takeover, said the information ministry, still apparently under the control of Hamdok’s supporters according to Reuters. Sudan’s ruling council head Abdel Fattah al-Burhan announced on Monday a state of emergency across the country and the dissolution of the transitional sovereign council and the government. Al-Burhan spoke in a televised statement, saying “A government that consists of independent national calibre will lead the country until the elections, with a fair representation of all the people of Sudan”. Soldiers arrested most of the members of Sudan’s cabinet on Monday while opponents of the takeover took to the streets to show support for civilian rule.

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