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28 July 2020

Nigerian House passes bill granting fiscal autonomy to judiciary and state legislatures

Prime Minister Hassan Ali Khaire of Somalia (photo credit: AMISOM Public Information/flickr)

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27 July 2020

Somalia's parliament passes no-confidence vote over prime minister's failure to finalize draft constitution

Parliament building in Nairobi, Kenya (photo credit: Richard Portsmouth/flickr)

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22 July 2020

In Kenya, politicians clash over proposed referendum bills

Parliament of Uganda (photo credit: Rand Snyder/flickr)

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17 July 2020

In Uganda, reserved seats for elderly in parliament will require constitutional amendment

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

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