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Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Libya's High Council of State has rejected the vote in the eastern-based House of Representatives on Monday to complete positions in the High National Elections Commission and increase the salaries of members of the Libyan army in the east.In a statement, the western-based Council affirmed its [...]
©- - 30 december 2025 - 11:15:11 - thread Politics (529 words)


New York, US (PANA) - With Central Africans set to vote in presidential, legislative, regional and long-delayed municipal elections this weekend, the United Nations has appealed for calm and restraint, warning that the credibility of the process will be critical to consolidating peace after years of conflict and instability.Ahead of [...]
©- - 25 december 2025 - 07:27:13 - thread Politics (425 words)


New York, US (PANA) - Four years after the resounding failure of the elections scheduled for 24 December, 2021, Libya remains trapped in a fragmented political system, unable to transform promises of transition into institutional reality. The mechanisms are in place and the timetables have been set, but nothing is happening. [...]
©- - 20 december 2025 - 08:57:23 - thread Politics (998 words)


Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) - About a dozen Western embassies in Tanzania have are adding to the pressure on the government of the East African country to open up on the post-election violence that rocked the country in which hundreds of people are said to have been killed and [...]
©- - 05 december 2025 - 17:23:12 - thread Politics (657 words)


Bissau, Guine-Bissau (PANA) - The ECOWAS Observation Mission (EOM) has said that Guinea-Bissau's 23 November parliamentary and presidential polls were conducted in "a peaceful, orderly and professional manner… despite few initial organisational and set-up deficiencies observed”.“In the light of the foregoing, the Mission commends the voters, and election officials for [...]
©- - 26 november 2025 - 08:01:11 - thread Politics (642 words)


Bissau, Guinea Bissau (PANA) - As Guinea-Bissau’s estimated 2.2 million people eagerly await the results of Sunday’s parliamentary and presidential elections, the heads of international observation missions have enjoined all stakeholders to remain calm and abide by the country’s electoral laws and constitution.A press release by ECOWAS said at their post-election [...]
©- - 25 november 2025 - 06:16:42 - thread Politics (398 words)


Bissau, Guinea Bissau (PANA) - Guinea-Bissau’s National Electoral Commission, CNE, has assured the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) Election Observation Mission (EOM) of its readiness to deliver credible and transparent Presidential and Legislative elections on 23 November.A press release by ECOWAS said receiving an EOM team at the Commission’s headquarters [...]
©- - 19 november 2025 - 07:45:32 - thread Politics (759 words)


Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - Tanzania's 2025 General Elections did not comply with AU principles, normative frameworks, and other international obligations and standards for democratic elections.This is the verdict of the African Union Election Observation Mission (AUEOM) of the 29 October presidential election that President Samia Suluhu Hassan won by [...]
©- - 07 november 2025 - 13:19:35 - thread Politics (596 words)


Arusha, Tanzania (PANA)  The East African Community (EAC) has officially launched its Election Observation Mission (EOM) to observe Wedensday's General Elections in Tanzania.A press release by the Community said this follows an invitation by the Government, adding that this is in line with a directive of the EAC Council of [...]
©- - 27 october 2025 - 12:38:10 - thread Politics (693 words)


Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), in collaboration with the ECOWAS Network of Electoral Commissions (ECONEC), is holding a five-day training workshop from 17 to 21 October 2025 in Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire, to prepare young observers to participate in election observation missions.The initiative, [...]
©- - 20 october 2025 - 12:57:22 - thread Politics (180 words)


Johannesburg, South Africa (PANA) - Tanzanian authorities have intensified their repression of dissent against the opposition, journalists, civil society and human rights defenders in a deliberate strategy to instil fear, suppress civic engagement and entrench power.This is stated by human rights group, Amnesty International, on Monday in a briefing released [...]
©- - 20 october 2025 - 07:55:32 - thread Politics (725 words)


Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) has welcomed the holding of municipal council elections Saturday, 18 October, in 16 municipalities in eastern, central and southern Libya, following the interruption of the process on 16 August. A press release said the UNSMIL commends the agreement reached [...]
©- - 18 october 2025 - 13:52:26 - thread Politics (308 words)


Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - The Chairperson of the African Union Commission (AUC), Mr. Mahmoud Ali Youssouf, has congratulated Patrick Herminie, president-elect of Seychelles, on his electoral victory in the 2025 presidential elections.Herminie, the main opposition leader, won the vote by defeating incumbent Wavel Ramkalawan in a runoff, gaining 52.7% [...]
©- - 12 october 2025 - 16:44:23 - thread Politics (246 words)


Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The High National Electoral Commission (HNEC) of Libya on Monday announced 18 and 20 October as dates for elections for the third group of municipal councils whose legal mandates have expired and whose new management boards will be set up.In a statement to the press in [...]
©- - 06 october 2025 - 13:16:38 - thread Politics (194 words)


Blantyre, Malawi (PANA) - Malawi’s 16 September presidential and parliamentary candidates must ensure the promotion and protection of human rights before, during and after elections, Amnesty International said on Thursday.The organisation has published a human rights manifesto ahead of the elections, setting out what it considers to be eight key human [...]
©- - 05 september 2025 - 09:45:49 - thread Politics (666 words)


Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The European Union (EU) delegation and the diplomatic missions of EU member states in Libya have welcomed the new political roadmap announced by the Special Representative of the United Nations Secretary-General for Libya, Hanna Tetteh, at the UN Security Council last Thursday.A statement from the EU [...]
©- - 25 august 2025 - 11:24:42 - thread Politics (327 words)


Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) has welcomed the High National Elections Commission’s (HNEC) announcement of the preliminary results of elections for 26 municipalities in the Western region. A statement issued on Saturday called on all parties to peacefully accept the outcome of the voting [...]
©- - 24 august 2025 - 06:23:10 - thread Politics (194 words)


Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Voting began Saturday morning in seven Libyan municipalities of group II 2025 municipal elections in which the poll could not take place last week.The municipalities are: Sabratha, Sorman, Zaouia, Zaouia Centre, West and North, and Bir al-Ghanam in the western region of the country where the [...]
©- - 23 august 2025 - 12:00:28 - thread Politics (168 words)


New York, US (PANA) - Recent elections in Libya are a sure sign of the people’s desire to choose their own representatives, the UN Secretary-General’s Special Representative for the country said in the Security Council on Thursday. Hanna Tetteh, who also heads the UN Mission in Libya (UNSMIL), briefed ambassadors in [...]
©- - 22 august 2025 - 05:37:57 - thread Politics (833 words)


Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The Counting and Statistics Centre of the Libyan High National Electoral Commission (HNEC) began counting the results of local elections in 26 municipalities on Sunday, with a turnout of 71%. The elections were hailed as a success.The Commission said in a statement that the centre's 157 [...]
©- - 17 august 2025 - 13:27:07 - thread Politics (716 words)


Tripoli, Libya (PANA) -  The United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) has congratulated the citizens of 26 municipalities for Saturday's “successful” conduct of Municipal Council elections with a reported high preliminary turnout of 71%. A statement on Sunday said according to reports, the elections were held in an “orderly and [...]
©- - 17 august 2025 - 06:22:12 - thread Politics (284 words)


Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Voting for the 2025 municipal elections (Group II) began on Saturday morning in Libya, amid tight security measures aimed at ensuring the smooth running of the polls, following attacks on some polling stations that led to the postponement of voting in those constituencies.Polling stations opened at [...]
©- - 16 august 2025 - 13:51:08 - thread Politics (848 words)


Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The Libyan High National Electoral Commission (HNEC) has condemned attacks on its offices on the west coast and in Zaouia (45 km west of Tripoli) on the eve of the 2025 Group II municipal elections in 51 municipalities across the country.In a statement issued on Friday, [...]
©- - 15 august 2025 - 11:51:55 - thread Politics (293 words)


Trpoli, Libya (PANA) - The United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) has condemned, in the strongest terms, the armed attack by unknown assailants that took place in the early hours of 12 August against the office of the High National Elections Commission in Zliten.The attackers reportedly damaged property and injured [...]
©- - 14 august 2025 - 12:24:48 - thread Politics (298 words)


Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The secind phase of 2025 municipal elections in 51 municipalites will be held on 16 August, the Council of Libya's High National Electoral Commission (HNEC) has announced.In a statement issued on Monday, the Electoral Commission called on the candidates system of lists and individual to accelerate [...]
©- - 04 august 2025 - 13:05:42 - thread Politics (265 words)


Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The president of the Libyan High National Electoral Commission (HNEC), Imad Al-Sayeh, has stressed the essential role of the security services in supporting and ensuring the success of the electoral process.During an expanded meeting on Sunday in Tripoli, Mr. Al-Sayeh, praised the efforts of the security [...]
©- - 03 august 2025 - 16:20:44 - thread Politics (370 words)


Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The Special Representative of the UN Secretary General in Libya, Ms. Hanna Tetteh, on Friday engaged with 239 citizens in an open Zoom call, discussing issues including options to take the country to elections, accountability measures for potential spoilers, and the inclusion of women, youth and [...]
©- - 02 august 2025 - 17:22:31 - thread Politics (937 words)


Tripli, Libya (PANA) - Libya's 6+6 and Advisory committee have agreed on the necessity of amending the North African country's constitutional and legal framework to facilitate presidential and parliamentary elections with broadly accepted results.This was at the end of their two-day consultative meeting under the auspices of the United Nations [...]
©- - 01 august 2025 - 05:31:41 - thread Politics (227 words)


Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Mohamed Takkala on Sunday won the election for president of the High Council of State, an advisory body acting as the Senate, with 59 votes, during an election session attended by 95 of the 145 members.The remaining votes of the 95 participants at the election in [...]
©- - 28 july 2025 - 11:46:06 - thread Politics (474 words)


Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) has expressed deep concern following the announcement of the suspension of the electoral process in 11 municipalities as part of the second phase of municipal elections.This is contained In a statement published on Monday on its Facebook page, [...]
©- - 22 july 2025 - 12:24:02 - thread Politics (494 words)


Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The UN Secretary-General's Deputy Special Representative in Libya for Political Affairs, Stephanie Khoury, has held public consultations in Beni Walid, about 170km south-west of Tripoli, focusing on the proposals put forward by the Advisory Committee and on the urgent need to unify institutions in the face [...]
©- - 06 july 2025 - 13:30:54 - thread Politics (379 words)


New York, US (PANA) - As the Central African Republic (CAR) prepares for upcoming elections, the country continues to grapple with a fragile security and humanitarian context, the UN Security Council heard on Thursday. December’s local, legislative and presidential elections “represent a crucial opportunity” to strengthen democratic governance, promote reconciliation and [...]
©- - 27 june 2025 - 05:57:18 - thread Politics (341 words)


Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) is on Tuesday evening organising a round table discussion between members of the Advisory Committee and Libyan media professionals on the Committee's proposals on how to hold elections.Members of the Committee will briefly present the Advisory Committee's conclusions [...]
©- - 17 june 2025 - 19:39:05 - thread Politics (446 words)


Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) has expressed concern about recent political and security developments and warned against the risk of escalating unilateral actions by political and security actors.“UNSMIL calls on all political and security actors to refrain from taking steps that could jeopardise [...]
©- - 01 may 2025 - 10:08:07 - thread Politics (629 words)


Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The Libyan Prime Minister, Abdulhamid Al Dbaiba, says that the real obstacle to the organisation of elections in the country is not security, but the absence of consensual electoral laws.During his participation, on Monday evening in Tripoli, in the second meeting of the officers of the [...]
©- - 25 march 2025 - 14:06:02 - thread Politics (340 words)


Washington, DC, US (PANA) - The United States says it is concerned by the 23 December announcement by the Mozambican Constitutional Council regarding the controversial 9 October national elections in the country. A press release by the US State Department noted that civil society organisations, political parties, the media, and international [...]
©- - 27 december 2024 - 09:51:12 - thread Politics (380 words)


Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – South Africa’s ruling ANC has welcomed Mozambique's court ruling which reaffirmed Daniel Chapo as President-elect. The Constitutional Court's decision comes after Venancio Mondlane of the Podemos party disputed the outcome of the 9 October elections. ANC spokesperson Mahlengi Bhengu-Motsiri said the party respected the decision. "As a [...]
©- - 24 december 2024 - 09:51:08 - thread Politics (270 words)


New York, US (PANA) - A new UN plan for Libya aims to overcome political deadlock, put the country back on the path to long-awaited presidential elections and renew the legitimacy of its institutions, the Security Council heard on Monday.  Stephanie Koury, Deputy Special Representative for Libya and acting head of [...]
©- - 17 december 2024 - 04:47:07 - thread Politics (783 words)


Accra, Ghana (PANA) - Vice-president Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia has conceded defeat to former President John Dramani Mahama in Ghana's presidential and parliamentary elections.Speaking on Sunday at a press conference at his residence in Accra, he said he has called former President Mahama to concede defeat to him."I have just called His [...]
©- - 08 december 2024 - 10:35:10 - thread Politics (524 words)


Accra, Ghana (PANA) - Vice-president Dr Mahamudu Bawumia has conceded defeat to former President John Dramani Mahama in Ghana's presidential and parliamentary elections.He said at a press conference in Accra that although the collation is not complete, the results will not change.-0- PANA MA 8Dec2024  [...]
©- - 08 december 2024 - 10:23:26 - thread Politics (61 words)


Accra, Ghana (PANA) - Ghanaians are awaiting the official results of Saturday's presidential and parliamentary elections that were largely peaceful but saw two people being shot dead in two separate incidents in the Northern Region and Central Region.There were many allegations of attempted buying of vote and ballot stuffing.Tallies by [...]
©- - 08 december 2024 - 08:09:45 - thread Politics (261 words)


Accra, Ghana (PANA) - Voting has officially ended in Ghana's presidential and parliamentary elections held on Saturday.The Electoral Commission (EC) said those in the queue 1t 1700 local time (GMT) when voting ended would be allowed to vote.There were 18.7 voters on the electoral roll.The vote saw several violent incidents [...]
©- - 07 december 2024 - 17:08:11 - thread Politics (232 words)


Accra, Ghana (PANA) - Voting started in Ghana on Saturday to elect a president and 276 parliamentarians as the West African country consolidates multiparty democracy in the region where military regimes are digging in.Some 18.7 million people have registered to vote in the 9th elections since the Fourth Republican Constitution [...]
©- - 07 december 2024 - 07:03:18 - thread Politics (654 words)


Accra, Ghana (PANA) - Ghanaian voters go to the polls on Saturday, 7 December to elect a president and 276 parliamentarians as the West African country consolidates multiparty democracy in the region where military regimes are digging in.Some 18.7 million people have registered to vote in the 9th elections since [...]
©- - 03 december 2024 - 13:39:05 - thread Politics (1179 words)


Juba, South Sudan (PANA) - The head of the UN Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS), Nicholas Haysom, has called on provincial governors to take decisive steps to foster civic and political freedoms as the nation prepares for its first democratic elections, scheduled for December 2026.Speaking at the annual Governors’ Forum [...]
©- - 28 november 2024 - 05:06:44 - thread Politics (189 words)


Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The UN Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) has lauded Libyans for the peaceful 16 November municipal elections.UNSMIL, in a press release on Sunday, also congratulated all stakeholders, including the media, and observers for their participation and positive contribution to a peaceful and transparent electoral process. The Mission [...]
©- - 25 november 2024 - 07:33:49 - thread Politics (270 words)


Accra, Ghana (PANA) - The Core Team of the ECOWAS Long-Term Observation Mission has stepped up consultation meetings with stakeholders ahead of Ghana’s 7 December 2024 Presidential and Parliamentary elections.Following their arrival last Sunday, the team met on Monday in Accra with the ECOWAS Resident  Representative to Ghana, Ambassador Mohamed [...]
©- - 21 november 2024 - 05:59:48 - thread Politics (603 words)


Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The Deputy Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General and Acting Head of the United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL), Stephanie Koury, has described municipal council elections that were held in 58 municipalities on Saturday as a "significant milestone in Libya's journey toward democracy”. “Transparent, inclusive, and [...]
©- - 18 november 2024 - 05:23:12 - thread Politics (455 words)


New York, UN (PANA) - The decision to extend the transition period in South Sudan once again and postpone long-awaited elections cannot be “business as usual”, the UN Special Representative for the country told the Security Council on Thursday. Nicholas Haysom updated ambassadors on developments in the world’s youngest country, which [...]
©- - 08 november 2024 - 06:16:42 - thread Politics (804 words)

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