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VIDEO: The ruling National Resistance Movement is financially handicapped and therefore unable to mobilize grassroot structures ahead of the local council elections. The party’s electoral commission chief Dr. Tanga Odoi says they are still waiting for the central executive committee to come up with a budget, before they embark on …

Banjul, Gambia | AFP | The Gambia’s Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) chairman Alieu Momar Njie has told AFP that he had not yet been informed why he was locked out of his own premises. He further dismissed Jammeh’s legal challenge of the IEC’s election result as unworkable because of the …

Banjul, Gambia | AFP |  Veteran Gambian leader Yahya Jammeh announced a legal challenge to an election in which he had already conceded defeat, in a weekend of dramatic twists that sparked international furore and fear of a crackdown in the west African state. A week after conceding defeat to …

Accra, Ghana | AFP | Ghana’s President John Mahama conceded defeat Friday two days after a hotly contested election, seen as a test for a country generally viewed as a beacon of stability in west Africa. Mahama called to congratulate opposition leader Nana Akufo-Addo, whose supporters had already gathered outside …

Tensions rise over delay of Ghana’s election results Accra, Ghana | AFP |  Opposition challenger Nana Akufo-Addo has a clear lead in Ghana’s hotly contested presidential election, local media reported Friday, although official results have yet to be published. Akufo-Addo has won more than 54 percent of the vote in …

Gambian president Jammeh ‘concedes’ defeat in election Banjul, Gambia | AFP | Gambian President Yahya Jammeh has conceded defeat to the opposition, the chairman of the electoral commission said Friday, bringing a dramatic end to his 22 years in power. “It’s really unique that someone who has been ruling this …

Raleigh, United States |   Donald Trump launched a final marathon Monday as the wildest US presidential campaign in memory drew to a close, desperate to persuade Americans they would be better served by a political outsider than establishment favorite Hillary Clinton. After a grueling Sunday crisscrossing seven states, the …

Los Angeles, United States | AFP | The US presidential election is only a few days away, but for most Americans worn out by the vicious campaign, the vote can’t come soon enough. “People are always somewhat stressed during elections but I’ve never seen it this extreme,” said Judi Bloom, …

Fort Lauderdale, United States | AFP | Hillary Clinton battled to contain renewed FBI focus on her emails Sunday as Donald Trump blitzed western states in the tightening race for the White House. Nine days before the vote, the 69-year-old former secretary of state hit the campaign trail hard in …

Washington, United States | AFP | Donald Trump fired off an erratic new broadside at Hillary Clinton on Sunday, making more explosive claims that American media and a conspiracy to commit voter fraud are rigging the presidential election against him. Amid the latest Twitter blasts from the Republican White House …