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Partial results showed Panduleni Itula of the Independent Patriots for Change (IPC) trailing Vice President Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah, the ruling South West Africa People's Organization (SWAPO) candidate. Scheduled for Wednesday, the vote went on until Saturday due to logistical and technical hitches
\t On Friday, internet and international calls were cut off across the West African nation in anticipation of the election results, according to locals and international observers in the capital, Conakry.
\t This was the third time that Conde matched-up against Diallo. Before the election, observers raised concerns that an electoral dispute could reignite ethnic tensions between Guinea's largest ethnic groups.
[Monitor] Presidential candidates have condemned the violence meted out on candidates and supporters of the National Unity Platform (NUP) and the Forum Democratic Change (FDC) Opposition political parties.
Police have detained Ugandan presidential aspirant Bobi Wine, just moments after the pop star-turned-politician registered his nomination to challenge next year's election.
Says he will campaign all over Mt Kenya, urges residents to register as voters ahead of next year's polls.
[Dalsan Radio] The HirShabelle Presidential Election Commission has today released the timetable for the Presidential and Vice Presidential elections in HirShabelle.
[Monitor] The United Nations Commission on Human Rights (UNCHR) has raised a red flag over the rising human rights violation cases in Uganda ahead of presidential and parliamentary elections slated for January 14.
The policy pursued by the US president has a huge impact on people's lives both at home and abroad, so the outcome will matter to everyone when Americans go to the polls on 3 November,
[CISA] Lusaka -- The Jesuit Center for Theological Reflection (JCTR) has implored Zambians to carefully evaluate manifestos from politicians as campaigns kicked off in the run up to the General Elections.
Candidates seeking electoral positions in Uganda's general election due early next year will have to conduct their campaigns without physical contact as dictated by Covid-19 social and physical distancing, the Electoral Commission has announced.
The commission, which released a new roadmap of electoral activities, has set November 2 and 3, 2020 as nomination dates for Presidential candidates.
NO POSTPONING ELECTION
Article 61(2) of the Constitution provides that the \"Electoral Commission shall hold general presidential, parliamentary and local government council elections within the first thirty days of the last ninety days before the expiration of the term of the President.\"
Responding to questions about calls for postponing the election to give all candidates a fair chance in light of the Covid-19 disruption, Mr Byabakama said, \"The option of postponing the election has not even occurred to us as a commission because it is not in our mandate.
Mr Byabakama added that the commission's mandate is limited only to state (public) media which is required to give equal space to all presidential candidates.
Fredrick, Maryland resident James Dale Reedwas arrested last Friday for threatening to kidnap and kill Democratic presidential nomineeJoe Bidenand his running mateKamala Harris, according toThe New York Times. It was reported that on Oct. 4, James Dale Reed left a handwritten note on a Biden-Harris […]
The post Maryland Man Threatening To Kill Joe Biden And Kamala Harris Has Been Arrested And Charged appeared first on The New York Beacon.
[Mozambique News Reports And Clippings] Anglican bishops last week demanded the immediate resignation of CNE head Carlos Matsinhe from his church post as Bishop of the Libombos, because he abstained in the National Elections Commission (CNE) vote to approve fraudulent municipal election results. And CNE member Daud Dauto Ussene Ibramogy has been dismissed from his post as leader of the mosque in the Maputo city neighbourhood of Aeroporto, because he voted to approve the results. Both faith leaders are accused of violating a principle of their
[Monitor] The Head of the European Union (EU) Delegation in Uganda, Ambassador Atillio Pacifici, has said they are impressed with the level of organisation and peaceful conduct exhibited during the presidential and parliamentary polls held on Thursday.
OPEN LETTER BY BLACK WOMEN LEADERS IN RESPONSE TO THE NARRATIVE SURROUNDING BLACK WOMEN NOMINEES FOR VICE PRESIDENT Black women are many things. We are business executives, political strategists and … Continued
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[Nation] Kenya has four months to the 2022 General Election calendar and a year to the presidential primaries.
Georgia became the fifth American state to record 200,000 confirmed cases of coronavirus on Wednesday, as the state also neared 4,000 deaths from the COVID-19 respiratory illness that the virus causes. The milestone comes amid signs that the pace of new infections in the current upsurge has slowed, although hospitalizations and deaths remain high. The resumption of in-person classes at […]
BY THE FLORIDA COURIER STAFF - America’s only Black conservative political action committee, BlakPAC, has instituted a national effort to help Blackowned businesses earn some of the billions of dollars spent during America’s political campaigns. BlakPAC, [...]
Malawi Supreme Court of Appeal perfected judgment on the elections case has given a deadline on the swearing-in of president-elect in the Constitution Court sanctioned presidential poll.
The panel of judges of the Malawi Supreme Court of Appeal who made the ruling included Chief Justice Andrew Nyirenda, Justice Rezine Mzikamanda, Justice Edward Twea, Justice Anaclet Chipeta, Justice Lovemore Chikopa, Justice Frank Edgar Kapanda and Justice Anthony Kamanga
In the perfected judgment, the case gives July 3, 2020 as the deadline for the swearing in of the president-elect.
The 151st day of the 150 days ordered by the Constitutional Court within which to hold the election falls on July 3 as the Constitutional Court ruling was made on February 3, 2020.
By the terms of the order of the Court below that there be a fresh election for the office of the President within 150 days, it is a legal requirement that a President must be elected and duly returned and sworn in by the commencement of the 151st day from the date of the judgement of the Court below [Constitution Court],\" the unanimous decision of seven-judges panel of the Supreme Court ruled.
There was no immediate comment from the Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) on the perfected ruling but this week its chairperson Jane Ansah suggested that the election be held on June 23 so that the counting of votes and the swearing in of the president elect falls under the court's prescribed 150 days.
Content Last Updated: 01/30/2012
Issues of faith and religion come to the forefront quite often during elections and presidential campaigns. In preparation for the 2012 elections, Im providing a faith snapshot of each of the presidential candidates. This project will be updated as I find additional faith-related statements from the candidates. Please check back often!
Barack Obamas Political Profile:
Party: Democratic
Age: 50
Education:
Columbia University, B.A.
Harvard Law School, J.D.
Current Position: President of the United States
Experience: Attorney, Illinois State Senator
Declared Candidacy: April 4, 2011
Website: BarackObama.com
Barack Obamas Faith Snapshot:
Religion/Church: Former member of the United Church of Christ.*
President Barack Obama was not raised in a religious household. Like his mother, he said he grew up with a healthy skepticism of organized religion. His father was born Muslim but became an atheist as an adult. His mothers family members were non-practicing Baptists and Methodists. It was after college that he encountered a spiritual dilemma. Realizing something was missing in his life, he felt drawn to be in church.
Obama said he had begun to sense God beckoning him to submit to his will and dedicate himself to discovering truth. So one day he walked down the aisle at Trinity United Church of Christ in Chicago and affirmed his Christian faith.
Remaining a member of the church for 20 years, Trinity, Obama said, is where he found Jesus Christ, where he and Michelle were married, and where his children were baptized.
In a Call to Renewal Keynote Address in June 2006, Obama referred to himself as a progressive Christian.
During Obamas 2008 presidential campaign, the pastor of Trinity United Church of Christ, Rev. Jeremiah Wright Jr.
, made headlines for what many considered highly offensive and controversial remarks from the pulpit. Distancing himself from his pastor, Obama publicly denounced Wrights comments as divisive and racially charged.
*In May 2008, Obama
Blacks have been fighting for equality since they first arrived in North America. John Lewis had been on the front lines of the Civil Rights Movement from 1954-1968. Lewis survived numerous confrontations and he took those risks to assure an opportunity of victory for those who were disenfranchised.
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Electoral authorities in Guinea on Saturday declared President Alpha Conde winner of Sunday's election with 59.49% of the vote, defeating his main rival Cellou Diallo.
\t Some people went to the streets to protest immediately after the announcement. Such demonstrations have occurred for months after the government changed the constitution through a national referendum, allowing Conde to extend his decade in power.
\t Opposition candidate Cellou Diallo received 33.50% of the vote, the electoral commission said. Voter turnout was almost 80%.
\t Political tensions in the West African nation turned violent in recent days after Diallo claimed victory ahead of the official results. Celebrations by his supporters were suppressed when security forces fired tear gas to disperse them.
They accuse the electoral authorities of rigging the vote for incumbent president Alpha Conde.
\t At least nine people have been killed since the election, according to the government. The violence sparked international condemnation by the U.S. and others.
\t ``Today is a sad day for African democracy,'' said Sally Bilaly Sow, a Guinean blogger and activist living abroad. The government should take into account the will of the people who have a desire for change, he said.
ICC warning
The International Criminal Court’s chief prosecutor warned on Friday that warring factions in Guinea could be prosecuted after fighting erupted.
“I wish to repeat this important reminder: anyone who commits, orders, incites, encourages and contributes in any other way to crimes … is liable to prosecution either by the Guinean courts or the ICC,” she said.
#ICC Prosecutor #FatouBensouda: "I wish to repeat this important reminder: anyone who commits, orders, incites, encourages or contributes, in any other way, to the commission of #RomeStatute crimes, is liable to prosecution either by #Guinean courts or by the #ICC."
— Int'l Criminal Court (@IntlCrimCourt) October 23, 2020
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