You are watching Africa 54, your daily news and feature magazine-style program, from the Voice of America. Host Esther Githui-Ewart and a team of correspondents zero in on the big stories making news on the continent and around the world with context and analysis.
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President Alassane Ouattara is feeling confident on Monday after taking a strong early lead Sunday as he seeks a third term in An Ivory Coast election that has been marked by violence. The nation’s Electoral Commission announced Sunday that Ouattara, 78, was winning in all 26 voting districts that had been announced, according to Reuters, most of which are ruling party strongholds. There are 108 districts in total.
Tanzanian President John Magufuli on Sunday received his re-election certificate from the country’s electoral commission after defeating main opposition challenger Tundu Lissu in the October 28th election. The electoral commission says President Magufuli won 12.5 million votes compared to 1.9 million for Lissu. This means Magufuli will serve for a second five-year term. He is promising to work with the opposition to deliver on his campaign promises. However, the two main opposition parties; Chadema and the Alliance for Change And Transparency – Wazalendo are refusing to accept the results, alleging fraud. Both parties are called for peaceful demonstrations beginning Monday. Main opposition leader lissu says the purpose of monday’s protest is to pressure the government to hold new elections supervised by a reconstituted elections commission.
Guinean opposition leader Cellou Dalein Diallo filed a challenge Sunday in the country’s constitutional court against the results of the October 18th presidential election. The electoral commission declared incumbent president alpha conde winner of the election. Ousmane Diallo, a political advisor and director of communications for Dalein Diallo’s UFDG party says the challenge documents the fraud and inconsistencies in the results. Ousmane Diallo says the challenge was filed because the social peace and stability of guinea is at stake. He says he’s confident the court will overturn the results in favor of the opposition.
More than one dozen first or second-generation Americans of African descent are running for office across the U.S. in November 3rd's general elections.
VOA Swahili reporter BMJ Muriithi spoke with Henry Momanyi, a Kenyan-American who is running for Brooklyn City Park council in Minnesota.
With the U.S. presidential election just one day away, Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden leads President Donald Trump nationally in the polls, but only by a razor-thin margin in key states. White house correspondent Patsy Widakuswara has the latest on both campaigns and the millions of votes already cast.
As we've mentioned, on Tuesday millions of American voters are casting their ballots to decide who will become their next president. Unlike elections in many other countries, there are aspects of the American electoral processes that are unique and unfamiliar to some of our viewers. For more insight, Africa 54 managing editor Vincent Makori spoke with VOA executive producer and senior analyst Steve Redisch about early voting and mail-in ballots.
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