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    Omanyano ovanhu koikundaneki yomalungula kashili paveta, Commisiner Sakaria takunghilile Veronika Haulenga

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Namibia

Electoral Commission of Namibia announces voter registration dates

Namibia is poised for a pivotal democratic moment as it prepares for presidential and National Assembly elections slated for November 27, 2024. Voter registration is set to take place between June 3 and August 1, with all eligible Namibians expected to register afresh to participate in the upcoming elections. The nomination of independent candidates is expected to take place on October 14, while the nomination court for political parties is […]

todayMay 6, 2024 117

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Africa

Chad’s election outcome already seems set: 4 things Mahamat Déby has done to stay in power

      By Helga Dickow, University of Freiburg   Chad’s presidential election campaigns officially kicked off on Sunday 14 April 2024 in the capital city, N'Djamena. Transitional president Mahamat Idriss Déby held a large meeting on the Place de la Nation directly in front of the presidential palace. In attendance were members of the government, the military and various political parties, identifiable, in the blistering heat, by their different […]

todayApril 24, 2024 11

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Business / Economics

South Africa’s electricity crisis: what political parties say in their election manifestos about solving it

    By Hartmut Winkler, University of Johannesburg   South Africa is in the middle of a deep electricity crisis. In 2023 the public, many of whom are voters, experienced the worst loadshedding to date, losing power for an average of five hours a day. The power shortages were largely due to excessive breakdowns in the country’s coal power plant fleet, which generates over 80% of South Africa’s electricity, combined […]

todayMarch 28, 2024 23

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Business / Economics

How politicians can draw fairer election districts − the same way parents make kids fairly split a piece of cake

Unchecked, politicians are likely to try to grab as much electoral power as they can. Fabrice LEROUGE/ONOKY via Getty Images Benjamin Schneer, Harvard Kennedy School; Kevin DeLuca, Yale University, and Maxwell Palmer, Boston University Redistricting – the process of determining the boundaries of election districts in which people vote – is a key element of politics that has more of an effect than people might realize. One Republican political consultant […]

todayFebruary 21, 2024 21

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Opinion Pieces

200 million voters, 820,000 polling stations and 10,000 candidates: Indonesia’s massive election, by the numbers

    By Stephen Sherlock, Australian National University   Indonesians are going to the polls to elect a new president on Wednesday. There are three candidates running, alongside their vice presidential candidates. According to opinion polls, the favourite is Prabowo Subianto, leader of the Greater Indonesia Party (Gerindra), a populist and nationalist party he founded in 2008. A former army general, Prabowo has already stood unsuccessfully for president twice before. He […]

todayFebruary 14, 2024 13

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World

Coalition talks collapse in the Netherlands

In the Netherlands, talks to form a new coalition government after recent elections have collapsed. That's after the New Social Contract party - which had been holding talks with far-right politician Geert Wilders and his Party for Freedom - pulled out.

todayFebruary 7, 2024 45

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Africa

Burundi’s quota for women in politics has had mixed results, but that’s no reason to scrap it

    By Reginas Ndayiragije, University of Antwerp; Petra Meier, University of Antwerp, and Stef Vandeginste, University of Antwerp Since 2005, Burundi has set quotas to ensure that the country’s three ethnic groups (Hutu, Tutsi and Twa), as well as women, are represented in its parliament, central government and municipal administrations. Its constitution states that women should make up at least 30% of these institutions. The senate, Burundi’s highest chamber […]

todayJanuary 31, 2024 5

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