Stakeholders in Nigeria’s electoral process have called for tougher measures against vote-buying and electoral violence ahead ...

Keynote speaker, Prof. Shola J. Omotola, a former Deputy Vice Chancellor and Professor of Comparative Politics at the Federal University, Oye Ekiti, warned that electoral offences continue to pose a ...

Nigeria’s Federal High Court in Abuja has delivered a judgment ordering the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to prosecute state governors and others for electoral violence, bribery, ...

As African elections have become more competitive, the amount of violence associated with them has increased. Political parties maintain their own militias or keep ties to gangs of young men who, come ...

Demonstrators use firecrackers against police during a rally against the government’s decision to suspend negotiations on joining the EU for four years, in Tbilisi, Georgia, Dec. 2, 2024 (AP photo by ...

Observers and political analysts have said elections are essential to strengthen nascent democracies and engender peaceful hand over of power. They also noted that elections held in the country since ...

Attacks on political candidates in Mexico's violence-torn southern state of Chiapas have left at least 14 people dead in recent days, local authorities and candidates said Sunday. The latest attack ...

Despite the number of electoral violence witnessed across the country, none of the victims have come forward to push for the prosecution of those behind the act States like Lagos, Abia, Nasarawa, ...

Uganda’s Law Society, government, media, and civil society have signed a joint declaration pledging to prevent and address violence against journalists during elections. This statement was originally ...

Human Rights Watch (HRW) on Saturday urged Congolese authorities to investigate incidents of electoral violence that the human rights organization says imperil the country’s upcoming general elections ...