Via: Aljazeera
The Central African Republic’s constitutional court has confirmed President Faustin-Archange Touadera’s disputed re-election in polls last month that were marked by low turnout, as the United Nations said two peacemakers were killed by rebels in the violence-hit country. The opposition had urged the court to order a rerun of the voting, saying insecurity and alleged irregularities had marred the process.
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The Ugandan government, through its communications regulator, has ordered service providers to cut internet access just hours before voting starts. In a letter to telecoms, the head of Uganda Communications Commission Irene Ssewankambo ordered service providers to ‘implement a temporary suspension of the operation of all your internet gateways and associated access points’. She said the shutdown was to take effect at 7pm local time (16:00 GMT) Wednesday (13/01) ‘and continue until otherwise directed’. Polls in the east African country open on Thursday (14/01). President Yoweri Museveni, 76, is up against 10 contenders including popstar cum politician Bobi Wine, 38.
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Ghana’s President Nana Akufo-Addo won re-election with 51.59 percent of the vote, results from the election commission showed on Wednesday, as deadly violence gripped the West African country. The results follow a contentious poll that both candidates had said they were leading based on their camps’ tallies. Five people were killed in election violence, police said, marring what observers said was a well-organised vote. The Ghanaian Police Service said it recorded more than 60 incidents at Monday’s vote, in which President Nana Akufo-Addo ran for re-election against his main rival, former president John Mahama, and 10 other candidates. “Twenty-one of the incidents are true cases of electoral violence, six of which involve gunshots resulting in the death of five,” it said.
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