Sentences with phrase «election violence in the country»

On election violence in the country, Buhari said: «I agonised over the elections in Kogi, Bayelsa and Rivers states».

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In the days since the presidential election, states across the country have seen increased incidents of racist or anti-Semitic vandalism and violence, many of which have drawn directly on the rhetoric and proposals of President - elect Donald Trump.

It is not the first attack on Christians in recent times in the country - there has been an escalation of violence since the election of the Hindu Nationalist party, the Bharatiya Janata Party (the BJP, «Indian People's Party») in 2014.

The Nigeria Police Force says it is determined to ensure violence free and credible elections across the Country in the fourth coming 2019 General Election.

Asantehene, Otumfuo Osei Tutu II is urging the police to be resolute in dealing with election - related violence that has the tendency to mar the country's peace.

Elections caught with fraud, corruption and violence can destabilise a country, allowing citizens to loose fate in the process of democratic practice.

The elections were marred by widespread sectarian violence, which claimed the lives of 800 people across the country, Buhari's won 12,214,853 votes, coming in second to the incumbent president Goodluck Jonathan of the PDP, who polled 22,495,187 votes and was declared the winner.

The elections, though largely successful, were not without pockets of violence in some constituencies across the country.

«As the 2019 general elections draws nearer, election security and especially election violence, may spike in certain parts of the country.

«In addition to this election - related violence, the country has been ravaged by widespread insecurity for years, with a recent increase in attacks targeting humanitarian workers, including the deadliest incident in Congolese history, in which five aid workers were killed in October in South Kivu,» the NGOs saiIn addition to this election - related violence, the country has been ravaged by widespread insecurity for years, with a recent increase in attacks targeting humanitarian workers, including the deadliest incident in Congolese history, in which five aid workers were killed in October in South Kivu,» the NGOs saiin attacks targeting humanitarian workers, including the deadliest incident in Congolese history, in which five aid workers were killed in October in South Kivu,» the NGOs saiin Congolese history, in which five aid workers were killed in October in South Kivu,» the NGOs saiin which five aid workers were killed in October in South Kivu,» the NGOs saiin October in South Kivu,» the NGOs saiin South Kivu,» the NGOs said.

This observation and assertion is grounded on the clear understanding and full knowledge of the Traditional NDC Members and even the National Executive Committee (NEC) of the NDC, that the Parliamentary Primaries which was held on the 22nd November, 2015 to elect a candidate was fraught and marred with violence, intimidations, fraud and false accusations spearheaded by Sam George, one of the candidates, for which reason the result of that elections could not be said or taken to represent the Will and aspirations of the majority of the NDC membership in the constituency and the country at large.

A Deputy Chief of Staff in charge of Operations, Kenneth Wujangi, has admonished the country's youth not to allow themselves to be used as tools of violence in this year's election.

«Since the election there have been a number of incidents across the country in which minorities, including Muslim Americans, African Americans, Hispanic Americans, and Jewish Americans, have been the targets of violence, harassment and intimidation,» the letter reads.

Violence in Asunafo South Asunafo South is one of the hot spots in the country especially during election periods.

Opposition leader Keith Rowley described the election campaign as one of the most «gruelling» in the country's history, but highlighted that the campaign had been conducted in high spirits and without violence or unrest.

«The proliferation of illicit arms in the country, the existence of numerous land and chieftaincy disputes, the prevalence of terrorist activities in some neighboring countries of our regions all serve as triggers for violence and therefore pose real threats to the 2016 general elections,» he outlined.

Schamus's script omits this grim episode and commences earlier, at a bright and bucolic country wedding, after Lincoln's election but before Missouri explodes in partisan violence.

The election was monitored by numerous international missions representing over 170 countries, and regional bodies such as the OAS and UNASUR supported the result, while encouraging a dialogue between the government and opposition to prevent any further post-election violence, which had claimed seven lives in the days following the contested poll.

Recent events — a polarizing presidential election, incidents of racial and religious targeting, community violence, the sounding of once - fringe voices — have exposed ugly divisions in our country, as well as lingering stereotypes and entrenched biases.

In the aftermath of the election, students and educators across the country are mobilizing to transform their schools into places of sanctuary to protect students of immigrant backgrounds from the violence perpetrated by the state, as well as interpersonal violence.