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Voters Card is more potent than guns
Jan 14, 2026
This year, 2026, marks approximately 56 years since the Biafra/Nigeria fratricidal war officially ended in 1970. The scars of that unfortunate war still fester till this…
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Voters Card is more potent than guns
This year, 2026, marks approximately 56 years since the Biafra/Nigeria fratricidal war officially ended in 1970. The scars of that unfortunate war still fester…
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Africa 2026: Elections without viable option, jobs
Jan 10, 2026
Africa’s political and economic outlook in 2026 is defined less by crisis than by contradiction. Fewer elections are scheduled than in 2025, yet democratic choice continues…
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Dias accuses Guinea-Bissau junta of preparing Embalo’s return to Power
Dec 23, 2025
Fernando Dias da Costa, the candidate who claimed victory in Guinea-Bissau’s November 23rd presidential election, has accused the Gen. Horta Inta-A-led military junta of preparing the…
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Eminent Africans Demand Release of Guinea-Bissau Election Results
Dec 5, 2025
A group of 20 eminent Africans, including former President of Cabo Verde Pedro Pires, ex-Foreign Minister José Brito, former senior ECOWAS officials, heads of International bodies…
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Guinea-Bissau Coup: Kamara, Head of ECOWAS Election Observation Mission in Solidarity with Observers
Nov 28, 2025
Ambassador Baba Kamara, Head of the ECOWAS Election Observation Mission (EOM) to Guinea-Bissau, has decided to stay put until all 135 Medium- and Short-Term observers have…
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ECOWAS Suspends Guinea-Bissau, Threatens More Sanctions Over Military Coup
Nov 28, 2025
The ECOWAS Mediation and Security Council (MSC), held an extraordinary virtual meeting at the level of Heads of State and Government and took wide-ranging decisions, including…
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Guinea-Bissau Coup: Int’l Election Observers Call for Restoration of Constitutional Order
Nov 27, 2025
African-led International Observation Missions to Guinea-Bissau’s November 23 legislative and presidential elections have condemned the “blatant attempt to disrupt the democratic process…” and called on “ECOWAS…
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Guinea-Bissau Elections Peaceful, Orderly, Despite Initial Deficiencies, Says ECOWAS
Nov 26, 2025
The ECOWAS Observation Mission (EOM) has said that Guinea-Bissau's 23 November parliamentary and presidential “polls were conducted in a peaceful, orderly and professional manner… despite few…
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Int’l Observers Urge Calm as Guinea-Bissau Awaits Election Results
Nov 25, 2025
As Guinea-Bissau’s estimated 2.2 million people eagerly await the results of Sunday’s keenly contested parliamentary and presidential elections, the Heads of International Observation Missions have enjoined all…
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Forty-Five Days that Changed Elections in Africa?
Nov 16, 2025
An unlikely coincidence of ballots in a forty-five day period from the middle of September to the end of October 2025 has cast a new light…