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 ...

Electoral violence in Africa comprises a spectrum of coercive and destructive acts that coincide with electoral cycles, including intimidation, physical assault, sabotage of polling stations and ...

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, ...

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 ...

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

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Peering Advocacy and Advancement Centre in Africa (PAACA) has called for stronger enforcement of electoral laws ahead of the 20 June 2026 governorship election in Ekiti State, warning that weak ...

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, ...