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October 31, 2024
Tag: Polls
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ECN focuses on drawing youth to polls in November
The Electoral Commission of Namibia (ECN) is calling on young people to take the lead in the Presidential and National Assembly Elections slated for November 27th. The ECN just launched its electoral calendar, which contains all electoral activities. The general voter registration will take place from the 3rd of June to the 1st of August....
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Agriculture to feature on SA polls issues – Windhoek Observer
Economist Wandile Sihlobo has said this year’s elections in South Africa has come when the agricultural sector faces serious challenges, thus offering an opportunity to hear whether the political leaders or various parties’ manifestos will speak to the pressing challenges of the sector. The most pressing issues, according to the Agbiz/IDC Agribusiness Confidence Index results...
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Pakistan elections 2024: Mobile internet cut as controversial polls held
Pakistan has suspended mobile calls and data services as millions head to the polls to vote in a new government. An interior ministry spokesman said the measure was warranted, citing recent incidents of terror in the country. The election comes almost two years since the previous prime minister, cricketer-turned-politician Imran Khan, was ousted in a...
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DRC to go to polls tomorrow
Namibia’s head of mission to the Democratic Republic of Congo, Ambassador Simeon Uulenga, is confident that the DRC elections to be held tomorrow will be credible. Uulenga says that Namibia enjoys sound relations with the DRC dating back to pre-independence and will continue to do so, regardless of who wins the presidential race. The DRC...
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Kinshasa residents eagerly anticipate attending the upcoming polls next week
In the Democratic Republic of Congo, Congolese voters will elect their new president alongside parliamentary, regional assembly, and local council positions on December 20. nbc’s reporter, Ndishishii Hamufungu, took to the streets of Kinshasa ahead of next week’s elections. This bustling Kintambo Mangasin is a locality in Kinshasa. Here, like in the rest of the...
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UN chief expresses concern over Zimbabwe polls
UN Secretary–General António Guterres has expressed concern over the arrest of Zimbabwe election observers amid “reports of voter intimidation, threats of violence, harassment and coercion”. According to the BBC, the UN chief has called on political leaders and their supporters to reject all forms of violence and respect human rights and the rule of law....
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Polls close in Zimbabwe amid ballot shortages and delays
Zimbabweans are waiting with bated breath for election results as millions cast their votes yesterday morning until polling closed at 19h00. Two running horses, Emmerson Mnangagwa of the Zimbabwe African National Union Patriotic Front (Zanu-PF) and Nelson Chamisa of the Citizens Coalition for Change, are vying for power in a country battling an ailing economy...