The Kimpact Development Initiative (KDI), a civil society organisation, has unveiled a new digital platform aimed at tracking human rights abuses, electoral violations and restrictions on civic space ...

Following the declaration of election results, Banerjee argued that her party had not been defeated by the will of the people ...

A civic advocacy group, The Osun Masterminds, TOM, has raised concerns over worsening insecurity in Nigeria and rising ...

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 ...

Haiti launched two specialized judicial units to investigate gang crimes, corruption, massacres and sexual violence. Authorities say the reform aims to combat impunity, while rights groups warn ...

The undersigned International civil society organizations that form part of Cooperation for Peace Space (ECP) make this ...

Johnson Asiedu Nketia, has called for strict punishment for perpetrators of electoral violence, insisting that justice, rather than peace declarations, remains the only effective deterrent against ...

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 ...

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 ...

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, ...

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 ...