The African Elections Project (AEP) http://www.africanelections.org/coted’ivoire/ will be covering Cote d’Ivoire general election, taking place on Sunday 31st October 2010 to elect a president out of the 14 candidates. AEP was established in 2008 to empower journalists to cover elections using Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) across the continent. AEP has successfully covered elections in Botswana, Namibia, Ghana, Mauritania, Mozambique, Malawi, Togo and with plans are far advanced to cover Nigeria, Burkina Faso, Liberia, Uganda, Cameroon and Niger. According to Kofi Mangesi who is leading a team of journalists to cover the elections said “African Elections Project is excited that... Continue Reading
By Nangayi Guyson – Conakry – AFP- Guinean presidential candidate Alpha Conde pulled out Thursday of a scheduled joint tour of a peace with rival Cellou Dalein Diallo, saying his supporters were against the visit, a spokesperson said. The tour was aimed to ease tensions between their followers ahead of the vote. A spokesman for Alpha Conde said that his supporters had opposed him travelling to the areas affected by violence with his opponent. It is his base that is against this tour,” said Francois Lonseny Fall, spokesperson for the pro-Conde Rainbow alliance. A spokesperson for Conde’s Rally of the... Continue Reading
By Own Correspondent – THE Civic United Front (CUF) Union presidential candidate, Prof Ibrahim Lipumba, on Thursday defended his party’s policy of giving free education to all if elected this Sunday, saying his government would increase revenue collection to 22 per cent to finance the plan. Prof Lipumba who was speaking at the closing of his election campaigns in Dar es Salaam said his government would also make sure the country retains 30 per cent of revenue from the mining sector to facilitate development. “We want to raise revenue collection from the mining sector from the current 3 per cent... Continue Reading
By Nangayi Guyson Conakry – AFP- Guinean presidential candidate Alpha Conde pulled out Thursday of a scheduled joint tour of a peace with rival Cellou Dalein Diallo, saying his supporters were against the visit, a spokesperson said. The tour was aimed to ease tensions between their followers ahead of the vote. A spokesman for Alpha Conde said that his supporters had opposed him travelling to the areas affected by violence with his opponent.It is his base that is against this tour,” said Francois Lonseny Fall, spokesperson for the pro-Conde Rainbow alliance. A spokesperson for Conde’s Rally of the People of... Continue Reading
By Own Correspondent – In pursuit of its journalistic duties in the build-up to the coming presidential, parliamentary and local government elections, which are due next year through 2013, The Point continues to elicit comments from notable political functionaries in the country. The latest to join the widely commended debate on political parties’ plans and preparations ahead of the elections is Ousainou Darboe, Secretary General and party leader of the opposition United Democratic Party, whose comments came barely a week after Halifa Sallah of the opposition PDOIS and Yankuba Colley of the ruling APRC opened the debate. Darboe, who was... Continue Reading
