Elections

Global survey reveals South Africans hold distorted views of their country's challenges while municipal failures, parliamentary controversies, and stagnant economic growth compound governance concerns ahead of local elections.

Digital rights advocates and government officials across Africa are sounding alarms about artificial intelligence networks spreading misinformation ahead of crucial 2027 elections in Nigeria and Kenya.

Tanzanian authorities arrested opposition activists during Women's Day celebrations, whilst in Nigeria, grassroots mobilisation for the 2027 elections has begun with ward-level campaigns across Ondo State.

Colombia holds pivotal legislative elections that could shift power dynamics in President Gustavo Petro's final term, while Turkey's government pursues corruption charges against Istanbul's former mayor and leading opposition figure.

Delta State mediates escalating boundary conflict between Ibusa and Ogwashi-Uku kingdoms while Anambra's N5 million electoral fee draws criticism from opposition parties ahead of local government polls.

Tanzania's opposition claims mass killings following disputed elections, while Kenya's seed sector faces collapse over Rwanda debt and regional leaders challenge Africa's credit ratings.

Nigeria's ruling All Progressives Congress conducted state congresses across multiple states, returning incumbent party chairmen to office in Lagos, Ebonyi, and Kwara, while Ondo elected new leadership amid legal controversy.

Nigeria's main opposition party dismisses reports of internal congresses as expelled members spread misinformation, while a northern governor faces mounting pressure to defect ahead of 2027 elections.

Nigerian opposition parties unite to question democratic processes while regional political developments highlight governance challenges across West and Southern Africa.

Three campaign workers for an independent candidate in Zimbabwe's Chegutu Ward 1 by-election have been arrested on charges of defacing ruling party posters, marking the latest in a series of detentions ahead of the local poll.

Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has attributed recent gubernatorial defections to pressure and intimidation, while the PDP launches nationwide membership recruitment amid concerns over electoral reforms and declining voter participation.

Nigeria's electoral commission confronts escalating political tensions as opposition figures demand leadership changes over new election timetables, while civil society groups rally behind technological reforms aimed at improving transparency.

Political tensions escalate as opposition parties reject INEC's revised election timetable while a Federal High Court orders the restoration of suppressed constituencies in Kogi State, highlighting growing disputes over Nigeria's electoral framework ahead of 2027 polls.

The All Progressives Congress has strengthened its political position through recent by-election victories and FCT area council polls, while the opposition PDP prepares legal action over alleged electoral irregularities despite celebrating its Gwagwalada win.

The Platform for Concerned Citizens argues that Nigeria's decade-long political and economic malaise demands systemic reforms beyond electoral cycles, pointing to the entrenched nexus between political power and corruption as the fundamental obstacle to national development.