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The COVID-19 pandemic has had adverse effect on countries around the world over. As at November 22, over 55.6 million and 1.34 million people globally have been infected and killed respectively by COVID-19. Africa accounts for only 3.7 percent (2,057,299 people) and 3.7 percent (49,415 people) of the number of infections and deaths in the […]

The current covid-19 pandemic has undoubtedly had significant adverse effect on world democracies, especially elections scheduled this year, 2020. In order to protect the general public from spreading the virus during electioneering activities, there have been calls for countries to either postpone and re-schedule initially planned elections, or consider alternative voting processes and procedures. Per