elections

Alexandre Soares

‘A new chapter’ dawns for democracy in Guinea-Bissau: top UN official

10 March 2019
Peace and Security

The UN’s Deputy Special Representative in the West African state of Guinea-Bissau, has congratulated politicians, voters and officials across the country for the peaceful conduct of Sunday’s national assembly elections.

Alexandre Soares

Voters head to polls with expectation of ‘peaceful, free and fair' elections: UN News special report from Guinea-Bissau

9 March 2019
Peace and Security

After months of preparation by hundreds of national and international officials, including the United Nations, around 760,000 registered voters from Guinea-Bissau headed to the polls on Sunday to choose new members of the National Assembly.  

UNOWAS photo

‘Maintain calm’ and ‘exercise patience’ UN envoy urges, as Nigeria heads to polls

15 February 2019
Law and Crime Prevention

As Nigerians get ready to head to the polls on Saturday, the Head of the UN Office for West Africa and the Sahel (UNOWAS), described the pre-election period as “largely, peaceful and participatory”, and called for that spirit to prevail through election day and beyond.

© UNHCR/Santiago Escobar-Jaramillo

News in Brief 25 January 2019

25 January 2019
News in Brief
  • Bachelet condemns Venezuela killings, urges restraint lest situation ‘spirals out of control’
  • DRC Ebola infections increase in two health zones as numbers decline in former hotspot
  • Alarm over violent attacks in Malawi ahead of elections
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MONUSCO/John Bopengo

News in Brief 10 January 2019

10 January 2019
News in Brief
  • UN Chief calls for calm following disputed Congo election result
  • Regional Somalia elections praised by UN
  • Conflict in North-East Nigeria ‘has created a humanitarian tragedy’
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UNDP Somalia

Somalia: UN congratulates Puntland region’s newly-elected President

9 January 2019
Peace and Security

The UN’s Deputy Special Representative for Somalia, on Wednesday congratulated the newly-elected president of Puntland, Somalia’s semi-autonomous region in the country’s north east.

World Bank/ Dominic Chavez

Bangladesh elections: Hold those responsible accountable for ‘violent attacks and intimidation’

4 January 2019
Human Rights

Violence and alleged human rights violations in Bangladesh “before, during and after” 30 December elections have prompted the United Nations human rights office (OHCHR) to call on Friday for those responsible to be held to account.

MONUSCO/John Bopengo

DRC ‘calm but tense’ as country awaits presidential election result

4 January 2019
Peace and Security

The post-election environment in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) is “calm but tense” as the country waits for the results of the presidential poll, the UN Human Rights office (OHCHR) said on Friday.

World Bank/Dominic Chavez

News in Brief 27 December 2018

27 December 2018
News in Brief
  • UN chief calls for ‘peaceful, credible and inclusive poll’ in Bangladesh
  • World Food Programme prepares to aid Indonesia tsunami survivors
  • WHO condemns armed attacks in Libyan hospital
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UN OCHA/Giles Clarke

News in Brief 01 November 2018

1 November 2018
News in Brief
  • Yemen famine may be worst in recent history of world
  • ‘Stand-off’ between Somalia’s federal, state authorities threaten to ‘paralyze’ progress – UN envoy
  • Celebrating South Sudan’s ‘Dawn of peace’
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