Election Irregularities
latest news & developments
Embracing the diaspora vote can enfranchise Zimbabwean economic nomads
The country needs to amend its laws and mandate the electoral commission to implement mechanisms to enable the diaspora to vote
African Transformation Movement challenges election results and demands a rerun
The party argues in court papers that its votes were ‘stolen’ because the IEC manipulated the voting process
Zuma’s MK party asks electoral court to order a rerun of May vote
The party claims that had it not been for blatant rigging, it would probably have won the elections
Concourt dismisses MK’s urgent application to stop National Assembly sitting
The court said the party’s 11th hour application was without merit
Ballot box lost in KwaZulu-Natal, says IEC
The commission stressed that the votes in the box were already counted and recorded
How colonial rule predisposed Africa to fragile authoritarianism
The unstable pathway many post-colonial African states followed was facilitated by the way in which European empires undermined democratic elements
Zimbabwe top court to hear appeal against election result
The Movement for Democratic Change has accused the ruling ZANU-PF party and the election commission of rigging the July 30 vote
Two more parties reject Ethiopia polls
Ethiopian opposition parties have rejected parliamentary elections which gave Prime Minister Meles Zenawi’s ruling coalition a majority last week.