EISA in the news 2006
Updated 2006
The stories below feature instances where EISA has been cited in the media.
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December
Kwanza Norte: Elections Role In Democracy Analysed In Conference
AngolaPress - 12 Dec 2006
A conference on "Elections role in the promotion of democracy, peace and national reconciliation" happens on Wednesday and Thursday in the northern Kwanza Norte
Province, promoted by the Electoral Institute of Southern Africa (EISA).
Seminar On Electoral Coverage Starts Monday
AngolaPress - 11 Dec 2006
A seminar on electoral process coverage directed to journalists with various mass media organs of southern Benguela province will begin on Monday here.
MADAGASCAR: Ravalomanana likely to win presidential election
Reuters - 11 Dec 2006
Source: IRIN
Provisional results show president Marc Ravalomanana has been re-elected in what observers have generally considered free and fair elections. Although some votes -
but not enough to influence the results - still need to be counted, government projections gave Ravalomanana 54.80 percent of the presidential ballot on 3 December,
a comfortable lead that will allow him to avoid a second round runoff.
Madagascar poll gets thumbs up
05 Dec 2006, News24.com, Antananarivo
Election observers applauded Madagascar's presidential poll on Tuesday despite some reservations as millionaire leader Marc Ravalomanana stormed towards a second term on the vast Indian Ocean island.
October
EISA Promotes Conference On Elections Role In Democracy
AngolaPress - 10 Oct 2006
The role of the elections in the promotion of democracy and strengthening of peace and national reconciliation is the theme of a conference being held Tuesday and
Wednesday in Ondjiva, southern Cunene Province, in a promotion of the Electoral Institute of Southern Africa (EISA) in Angola.
Kwanza-Sul: Journalists Update Knowledge On Electoral Coverage
AngolaPress - 05 Oct 2006
Sumbe, 10/05 - Around 30 journalists of different Social Communication organs in the province of Kwanza-Sul are attending since Wednesday in Sumbe, a seminar on
electoral coverage promoted by the Electoral Institute of Southern Africa (EISA) and the Angolan Journalists Trade Union.
Southern African observers declare Zambian elections free, fair
01 Oct 2006, People's Daily Online, Source: Xinhua
Election observers from the southern African region have declared Zambia's elections as free and fair.
September
Zambia feeling free and fair
Mail & Guardian Online - 29 Sep 2006, Robert Chisanza
Zambians turned out in large numbers to vote in the country’s fourth multiparty general elections since Kenneth Kaunda was defeated at the polls in 1991.
Long queues formed outside polling stations in the capital, Lusaka, as early as 5am, although polls only opened at 6am. People waited anxiously but patiently to cast their votes for
the president, members of Parliament and local government representatives.
Bie: Electoral Institute Of Southern Africa Holds Seminar
AngolaPress - 20 Sep 2006
The Electoral Institute of Southern Africa (EISA) promotes, as from today in Kuito city, Angola`s central Bie Province, an upgrading seminar relating to the issues on
the electoral process, its director to Angola, Augusto Santana, has revealed here.
August
Kuando-Kubango: Journalists Get Electoral Coverage Skill
AngolaPress - 22 Aug 2006
Journalists with State and privately run media organs working in Angola`s southeastern Kuando-Kubango province, started Monday, a three-day seminar on electoral
coverage, sponsored by the Electoral Institute of Southern Africa (EISA), Angop learned.
July
POLITICS-DRC: Challenging Times for Election Observers
19 Jul 2006, Inter Press Service, Moyiga Nduru, Johannesburg
General elections that loom at the end of the month in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) present considerable difficulties to all involved -- not least local and foreign observers.
June
Lunda Sul: Conference On Elections Opens Thursday
AngolaPress - 22 Jun 2006
The role of elections in promotion of democracy, peace and national reconciliation is the theme of a two-day conference started Friday here, promoted by the Electoral
Institute of the Southern Africa (Eisa).
Zaire: Elections Role In Democracy Analysed At Conference
AngolaPress - 09 Jun 2006
M´banza Kongo, 09/06 - With an objective to expand debates on electoral matters, a conference on the "Role of Elections In Democracy, Peace and Reconciliation
Promotion" started on Tuesday, in the northern Zaire Province, promoted by the Electoral Institute of Southern Africa (EISA).
March
ZIMBABWE: Concern over the absence of SADC and EISA teams at poll
IRIN - 14 Mar 2005
Human rights activists and election observers are concerned that two of the "most credible" election observer groups in Southern African will not be in Zimbabwe for the
31 March elections.
January
Referendum results pave way for DRC polls
Jan 2006, Regional Economic Development and Integration, Juakali Kambale
The people of the Democratic Republic of Congo have overwhelmingly endorsed a new constitution, laying the groundwork for what could be the country’s first democratic elections since independence in 1960.