Senegal votes as President Faye eyes parliamentary majority to push reforms | Elections News

Senegal votes as President Faye eyes parliamentary majority to push reforms | Elections News

More than seven million people eligible to vote in the snap election, with jobs and rising prices on their minds. Polls have opened in Senegal’s parliamentary elections as President Bassirou Diomaye Faye aims for a resounding majority to see through the promises of ambitious reforms that swept him to power…

What have Trump administration nominees said about Israel and its wars? | Donald Trump News

What have Trump administration nominees said about Israel and its wars? | Donald Trump News

During the final weeks of the 2024 United States presidential race, former President Donald Trump spoke with sympathy to Arab American and Muslim voters enraged by the country’s support for Israel’s wars in Gaza and Lebanon. Trump visited Dearborn, Michigan, known as the “capital” of Arab America. And he spoke…

Georgia election body confirms ruling party’s disputed win amid protests | Protests News

Georgia election body confirms ruling party’s disputed win amid protests | Protests News

Head of Central Electoral Commission is doused with black paint during unruly session as protesters gathered outside. Thousands of people are protesting in Georgia after the election commission confirmed the governing party as the winner of last month’s disputed parliamentary polls. The Caucasus nation’s Central Electoral Commission (CEC) said on…

Gabon votes in referendum on new constitution after military coup last year | Elections News

Gabon votes in referendum on new constitution after military coup last year | Elections News

Transitional leader urges voters to back draft charter, which proposes changes that include presidential term limits. Gabon is voting in a referendum on whether to adopt a new constitution that would pave the way to democratic rule after the military deposed President Ali Bongo Ondimba last year, ending 55 years…

‘Need a change’: Sri Lanka’s leftist win sparks hopes, bridges old divides | Elections News

‘Need a change’: Sri Lanka’s leftist win sparks hopes, bridges old divides | Elections News

Colombo, Sri Lanka – Abdul Rahuman Seyyadu Sulaiman, 56, wanted to be heard. As Sri Lankan President Anura Kumara Dissanayake left the polling station at the Abeysingharama Temple in Maradana, Colombo, on Thursday, Sulaiman called out to him, urging him to stop and listen to his grievances. The police quickly accosted…

House Speaker Johnson resists calls to make Matt Gaetz ethics report public | US Election 2024 News

House Speaker Johnson resists calls to make Matt Gaetz ethics report public | US Election 2024 News

The leading politician in the United States House of Representatives, Speaker Mike Johnson, has resisted calls to release a report examining allegations against Matt Gaetz, President-elect Donald Trump’s choice to be attorney general. The report, led by the House Ethics Committee, examined accusations that Gaetz, 42, had inappropriate sexual relations…

How controversial is Trump’s pick of RFK Jr as US health secretary? | Donald Trump News

How controversial is Trump’s pick of RFK Jr as US health secretary? | Donald Trump News

On Thursday, US President-elect Donald Trump nominated vaccine sceptic Robert F Kennedy Jr to head up the country’s top health agency, the Department of Health and Human Services. “I am thrilled to announce Robert F Kennedy Jr as the United States Secretary of Health and Human Services [HHS],” Trump wrote…

Sri Lanka parliamentary elections 2024: What’s at stake? | Elections News

Sri Lanka parliamentary elections 2024: What’s at stake? | Elections News

Sri Lankans will cast ballots in a snap parliamentary election on Thursday, months after electing a Marxist-leaning president in the Indian island nation’s first election since the 2022 economic meltdown and political crisis. The election was called by President Anura Kumara Dissanayake, who won the September election after blaming the…

Somaliland eyes recognition as it goes to polls | Elections News

Somaliland eyes recognition as it goes to polls | Elections News

Voting begins in Somaliland amid regional tensions and hopes for international recognition after 30 years of self-rule. Voting is under way in presidential elections in Somalia’s breakaway region of Somaliland. More than 1 million people are expected to cast votes on Wednesday at more than 2,000 polling stations. Eyeing a…

Germany set for snap elections in February | Elections News

Germany set for snap elections in February | Elections News

After collapse of Chancellor Scholz’s three-party coalition, President Frank-Walter Steinmeier backs timeline for February 23 vote. Germany is set to hold snap elections on February 23, in an effort to establish a stable government following the collapse of Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s three-party coalition last week. The election date, agreed upon…