Senegal goes to the polls
President Macky Sall is the favourite to win re-election is Senegal’s elections today. He’s banking on the country’s 6.5 million voters favoring him over three other candidates because of impressive infrastructure projects introduced since he took power in 2012. Today elections are the first since Senegalese voted in a referendum to reduce the presidential term […]
Counting underway in Nigeria
Counting’s underway after yesterday’s elections in Nigeria with both major candidates expressing confidence of victory. Voting had to be extended last night in areas where polls opened late or voting was disrupted by ballot machine malfunctioning. President Muhammadu Buhari, seeking a second term, says he’s confident of victory in Africa’s largest election to date. Equally […]