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Speaker of the Lower House of Somalia, Mohamed Mursal Abdirahman (photo credit: AMISOM Public Information/flickr)

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16 July 2020

Lower house speaker says Somalia will not conduct indirect elections but that parliament will determine electoral model

Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania (photo credit: David Stanley/flickr)

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16 July 2020

Tanzania ordered to amend constitution to allow challenges to presidential election results

Local government elections in South Africa, 2016 (photo credit: GovernmentZA/flickr)

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15 July 2020

South Africa's electoral commission says constitutional amendment may be needed to hold merged polls

Flag of Sudan (photo credit: pixabay)

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14 July 2020

Sudan passes liberal reforms bringing penal code in line with constitutional rights

President Nana Akufo-Addo of Ghana (photo credit: Paul Kagame/flickr)

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10 July 2020

Ghana's president places Auditor-General on leave in move critics call unconstitutional

Parliament of Uganda (photo credit: sweggs/flickr)

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10 July 2020

Ugandan parliament approves regulations of political party activities during pandemic

President Adama Barrow of the Gambia (photo credit: Paul Kagame/flickr)

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8 July 2020

In the Gambia, legislators pass amendment allowing appointment of magistrates as judges

President George Weah of Liberia (photo credit: AfDB Group/flickr)

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8 July 2020

Liberian legislators boycott session amid disagreements with executive over state of emergency

Elections in Uganda, 2016 (photo credit: Commonwealth Secretariat/flickr)

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1 July 2020

Op-ed: Ugandan electoral commission's digital campaign order is unconstitutional

President Nana Akufo-Addo (photo credit: Paul Kagame/flickr)

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30 June 2020

Ghana's president says country will hold elections as planned despite pandemic

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