Nigeria Election And Your Mental Health
By Janet Adeyemo Mental health is a critical issue in Nigeria, where mental illness affects a significant portion of the population. However, mental health challenges in Nigeria are often stigmatized and underreported, leading to a lack of awareness, inadequate resources, and limited access to treatment. The World Health Organization (WHO) estimates that one in four […]
Over 500 Women Vie for District Councillor Positions
National Electoral Commission (NEC) has disclosed that 558 candidates are vying to fill the women councillor positions in the district council. The elections are slated for November 13, and each district has to elect five women councillors making up 30 per cent of the council. According to Charles Munyaneza, the Executive Secretary of NEC, preparations […]
ECOWAS Galvanizes Support to Increase Women Participation In Electoral Processes in the Region in Collaboration with UN Office to the African Union
The Directorate of Humanitarian and Social Affairs engaged virtually with ECOWAS Network of Electoral Commissions (ECONEC), Women Leaders, ECOWAS Election Assistance and Democracy and Good Governance Divisions, Civil Society Organisations and Independent Experts to fashion ways to increase effective engagement, participation and inclusion of women in the electoral processes and representation in Political and Governance […]
Benin and Ivory Coast Withdraw Declarations From Rights Court
Benin and Ivory Coast become the third and fourth countries to withdraw their declaration under Article 34 of the Protocol to the African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights on the Establishment of the African Court on Human and Peoples’ Rights (AfCHPR). Benin announced an end to individual and NGO direct access to the court […]
Ugandan Women Urged To Enter Politics Ahead Of 2021 General Elections
Former Ethics and Integrity minister Dr Miria Matembe has challenged women to take up more leadership positions in the forthcoming general elections, in order to achieve gender balance. Matembe also former Mbarara district woman Member of Parliament expressed concern that women are leaving their male counterparts to occupy most of the elective positions yet the […]
Women On the Front Line To Hold The Country Together After Polls
When Gladys Mbuya spoke at the African Peer Review Mechanism meeting in Kigali, her voice shook. She described her life as an internally displaced person in the violence ravaging her country, Cameroon. Her pre-conflict status in life stands in sharp contrast. Mbuya is the Queen Mother of Alatening village, and head of the women’s traditional […]
Optimism High On Burundi Elections
UNITED Nations (UN), Assistant Secretary-General for Africa, Ms Bintou Keita, has expressed the intergovernmental organization’s desire for peaceful, credible and democratic elections in Burundi. Speaking during her meeting with the EAC Secretary General midweek, the UN official observed that peaceful elections in Burundi were a prerequisite for political stability in the nation and the region […]
Cameroonians Fleeing Separatist Violence Head To Nigeria Ahead Of Elections
Villagers in Cameroon’s volatile northwest region are fleeing separatist violence ahead of February 9 local and parliamentary elections to neighbouring Nigeria. The rebels have vowed to stop the elections and are clashing with the military while civilians are caught up in the fighting. Christians at True Faith Ministries, in the Nigerian border village of Atta, […]
Mozambique Votes Amid Security, Fraud Concerns
Mozambique held general elections Tuesday, with pundits saying it could be the biggest test yet for Frelimo, the party which has been in power since independence. The president said the elections are being closely observed. But civil society groups say thousands of would-be election monitors were denied credentials by the authorities. As Mozambique went to […]
Mozambique Begins Voters Registration For General Elections
The chairperson of Mozambique’s National Elections Commission (CNE), Abdul Carimo, on Sunday urged citizens of voting age to make their way to the voter registration posts, to ensure that they are on the electoral role for the presidential, parliamentary and provincial elections due to be held on 15 October. Voter registration begins on Monday, and […]
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