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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.
The Electoral Commission (EC) has revealed that only presidential candidates will be given free and equal airtime on the state owned media outlets as provided for in the Presidential Elections Act 2005.
Mr Byabakama said the electoral body will meet the Uganda Commissions Commission (UCC) to discuss the enforcement of the law which requires all presidential candidates to have the same access to the state-owned media outlets.
Section 23 (1 and 2) of Presidential Elections Act 2005 stipulates that all presidential candidates shall get equal treatment, freedom of expression and access to information of candidates.
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According to the electoral body, a presidential candidate is free to buy airtime from privately owned media houses to supplement their free access to the state owned media.
In February, Parliament passed the Presidential Elections Amendment Bill which stipulates punitive measures to state owned media managers such as a year in jail or a fine of up to Shs10m for denying presidential candidates coverage.
All planned Election Commission (EC) activities between March and May 2020, including elections for Special Interest Groups (SIG), have been suspended until further notice.
The EC secretary, Mr Sam Rwakoojo, on Tuesday said the Covid-19 lockdown affected many programmes on the elections roadmap and that discussions with different stakeholders are on-going to see how to readjust.
At the time government issued the directives, the EC was completing the public display of the national voters' register for the elections scheduled for April 2020.
The activities which have been affected according to the roadmap include display of tribunal recommendations for deletion or inclusion on the National Voters Register (NVR), gazetting and publishing of candidates' nomination dates and venues, Elections of Special Interest Groups (SIGs), including older persons, Persons with Disabilities (PWDs) and youth at village and parish levels and internal political party candidates identification processes.
Former coordinator of Citizen Coalition for Electoral Democracy in Uganda, Mr Crispy Kaheru, said the way out is to suspend the planned 2021 electoral programmes to fit between the months of July and October or have the elections of SIG after the General Election.
By MARILYNN MARCHIONE AP Chief Medical Writer A drug company says that partial results from a study testing an antibody drug give hints that it may help mild to moderately ill COVID-19 patients from needing to be hospitalized, a goal no current coronavirus medicine has been able to meet. Eli Lilly announced the results Wednesday in a press release, but they have not been published or reviewed by independent scientists. The drug missed the study's main goal of reducing the amount of virus patients had after 11 days, except at the middle of three doses being tested. However, most study […]
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Former Fifa employee Veron Mosengo-Omba has been appointed the new General Secretary of the Confederation of African Football (Caf). The Swiss-Congolese replaces Morocco's Abdel Bah, who had occupied the role in an acting capacity since March 2020. Mosengo-Omba has left his role at Fifa, 'with immediate effect' according to the global body, where he had recently been working as Chief Member Associations officer. 'On behalf of all of Fifa, we would like to thank Veron Mosengo-Omba for his excellent work,' said Fifa President Gianni Infantino and General Secretary Fatma Samoura in a joint statement on Saturday. Véron Mosengo-Omba appointed CAF General Secretary - https://t.co/mCBIq7dutB - FIFA Media (@fifamedia) March 13, 2021 '[We] wish him the very best of luck in his next challenge as Caf General Secretary. Fifa also looks forward to working with him on future projects in helping to project African football to the summit of world football.' Mosengo-Omba's appointment will raise further questions about the role of football's world governing body in Friday's African elections. An old friend of Infantino after the pair read law together at university, the Swiss-Congolese was one of two Fifa employees spotted talking to the four then presidential candidates in Morocco two weeks ago. In the Moroccan capital Rabat, it was mooted that Patrice Motsepe would become the new Caf president with the other three assuming secondary roles. That has now come to pass with Senegalese Augustin Senghor and Mauritania's Ahmed Yahya being named first and second Caf vice-president when the body's new Executive Committee met for the first time on Saturday. Congratulations Mr. Veron Mosengo-Omba for your appointment as the new General Secretary of @CAF_Online . The DR Congo National was appointed today by the new CAF Executive. pic.twitter.com/mNgq6j6Vrs - FUFA (@OfficialFUFA) March 13, 2021 When Senghor withdrew his candidacy, he said he had joined his onetime rivals in standing aside after accepting 'the proposal submitted to us by Fifa, Morocco and Egypt in the superior interest of the unity of African football'. BBC Sport Africa has twice asked Fifa why Mosengo-Omba and Fifa's Deputy General Secretary Mathias Grafstrom were meeting with the candidates in Rabat on 27-28 February, but has not received a direct answer. A quote by Infantino was suggested instead, with the Fifa president having said, on 6 March, when explaining his widespread travels across Africa in recent weeks: 'It is no secret that Caf has been facing some difficult times. 'So it is an opportunity to look forward to speak with everyone, to try to help African football in whichever way we can,' he replied, having also been asked if Fifa had a preferred candidate. 'I personally spoke with all four candidates for the presidency and many other presidents of associations, and I can confirm there is plenty of common ground between them.' After Caf's General Assembly voted to its vice-presidential tally from three to five, Djibouti's Suleiman Waberi, Cameroonian Seidou Mbombo Nj
Black people often end up in the demographic struggling to repay student loan debt for a variety of socio-economic reasons caused by systemic racism that wreaks havoc on generation after generation in a cruel cycle of poverty and resource deprivation.
Democratic candidate, Joe Biden, has put forward a student loan debt cancellation plan for people who earn $125,000 a year or less.
The plan would forgive all undergraduate federal student debt for borrowers who attended community college, four-year public institutions, or private HBCUs.
Trump is also proposing to cut the Public Service Loan Forgiveness program, which offers student loan cancellation for full-time public service and non-profit employees who make 120 on-time payments over 10 years.
Trump seeks to replace that program with an income-based repayment plan that forgives undergraduate federal student loans after 15 years of payments for everyone, not just public service employees.
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.
Audie Cornish is leaving NPR after more than a decade, announcing Tuesday that she will no longer host Weekend Edition
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The hostility toward Big Tech was on display from both Democrats and Republicans during last week’s antitrust hearing. And despite expectations, lawmakers on both sides of the aisle had thoroughly prepared. “It was not a great day for the tech companies,” said Paul Gallant, an industry analyst at Cowen & Co. “[Lawmakers] were remarkably well-versed […]
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In summary Here’s why California, with our 55 electoral votes, is largely useless when it comes to picking the president of the United States. By Jessica A. Levinson and Jessica Levinson is a professor at Loyola Law School and the director of the Public Service Institute at Loyola Law School, jessica.levinson@lls.edu. She is the host […]
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Vote counting is underway following Ivory Coast's tense presidential election on Saturday.
President Alassane Ouattara is trying his luck for a contested third term, leading to two opposition candidates calling for a boycott and labelling the vote as a \"failure\" of power.
Official numbers on voter turnout have not been released but according to media reports, it was low.
But the ruling Rally of Houphouëtists for Democracy and Peace (RHDP) said voters come out \"massively\".
\"October 31 was not the day of the flood as predicted by all the opposition leaders, but better, Ivorians have appropriated this election by going to vote massively this morning,\" said Adama Bictogo, executive director of ruling RHDP.
The Electoral Commission President Ibrahime Kuibiert-Coulibaly said there were some local problems at polling stations but that only 30 or 40 of them had been ransacked out of 22,000 nationwide.
He did not say the number of polling stations that were not opened.
Electoral authorities by law have up to five days to announce the results.
A new regulatory framework for space activities is under consideration, as Nairobi and Rome prepare for fresh cooperation.
The plan would forgive all undergraduate federal student debt for borrowers who attended community college, four-year public institutions, or privateHBCUs.
After Trump’s executive action, Congress passed the CARES Act, which extended student loan suspension and 0 percent interest through Sept. 30th, in addition to no wage garnishment for student loan debt collection in that time period.
SANTO DOMINGO, (Reuters) The Dominican Republic heads to the presidential polls today in a pandemic-driven drama, with delays caused by one of Latin Americas worst outbreaks and the leading candidate briefly suspending appearances after testing positive for coronavirus.
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Atlanta Public Schools Delays First Day Back, Requires Masks The Atlanta Public School district announced that the first day of school has been pushed back and students will receive lessons … Continued
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Businessman Jimi Wanjigi has joined the race to succeed President Uhuru Kenyatta in the 2022 General Election.
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 […]
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Lobbying firms, public interest advocates and some California constitutionalists are concerned about what would happen if the Legislature approves a rule that would allow lawmakers to vote in their absence. They are also urging Californians to vote ‘no’ on a similar measure that might make it to the November ballot as a proposition. “It has been widely reported that the Assembly is going to consider a ‘rule’ allowing ‘proxy voting’ […]
Une personne a été tuée au volant de sa voiture, ce mercredi, à Delmas 19, lors d’une tentative de kidnapping.
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ATLANTA (AP) — Voters waited as long as five hours to cast ballots in some Georgia precincts on Tuesday amid reports of voting machine malfunctions and high turnout in a state that President Donald Trump and Democrat Joe Biden are expected to hotly contest in the fall.
The state’s chief elections officer, Republican Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger, announced plans to investigate voting problems that plagued Fulton and Dekalb counties, where roughly half the population is black.
Even before Georgia voters ran into problems Tuesday, Raffensperger warned that results may be slow to come in as poll closures and virus restrictions complicate in-person voting and counties process a huge increase in ballots received by mail.
For the first time, Georgia sent absentee ballot applications to all active registered voters, although many reported on Tuesday that they never received them.
Democratic National Committee Chairman Tom Perez said Tuesday that he wasn’t surprised that Georgia had voting problems given that the state’s elections chief is a Republican.
