Liberia’s Nimba precincts vote today ahead of run-off declaration
Liberia’s National Elections Commission (NEC) confirmed on Monday that two polling stations in the Nimba county would be voting today. Voting in the area … source
Tunisia: Confusion over electoral body [The Morning Call]
Confusion is looming in Tunisia following the surprise resignation of Chafik Sarsar. He resigned on Tuesday for being unable to work “independently and … source
Turkish PM ‘scores hat-trick’ in football match
Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan scored an improbable three goals in just 15 minutes as he took to the field in a football friendly to mark the … source
Judge Won’t Give Texas Woman Sentenced To 5 Years For Illegal Voting A New Trial
A Texas woman who was sentenced to five years in prison for voting in the 2016 election while she was on supervised release won’t get a new trial, a judge…
Grover Norquist Thinks Vaping Will Make The GOP Cool (HBO)
Grover Norquist is a conservative. He is not a vaper. But he thinks vaping could make conservatism cool again. Norquist is the president of the conservative … source
Liberians hopeful for change, vow to vote overwhelmingly
Flagba, a slum community in Liberia’s capital Monrovia is home to several hundreds of low-income earning Liberians. Sitting on the edge of a river, the … source
Russian cyber meddling ‘deflected scandalous news about Trump’ – AP
Russian cyber meddling actively distorted and distracted attention away from scandalous news about Donald Trump in the run-up to last year’s US election, … source
Bridging Asia: Will Myanmar be a democracy in a decade?
Myanmar is undergoing the most sweeping political reform in a generation. Seemingly almost overnight, Myanmar has liberalised its economy and released … source
Voting underway in Kenya’s re-run presidential election [The Morning Call]
Voting is taking place in Kenya’s repeat presidential polls in the east african country. Controversy had surrounded the possibility of the polls going ahead with … source
Liberians await results of presidential elections [The Morning Call]
Votes are being counted across Liberia to determine the country’s next president and legislators. Unofficial reports from the Liberia Broadcasting System suggest … source