New Delhi, India – In 2019, political consultant Tushar Giri found himself in a room with a distraught veteran leader from Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). The politician was a five-time legislator and, until a few days before that meeting, had been a chief ministerial candidate…
Michael Mezzatesta is a climate educator based in Los Angeles, California. For the last two years, he’s used TikTok and Instagram as a means to spread the word about climate marches and real-life ways people can get involved and fight to take on climate change. In September 2023, he helped…
In the run-up to the 2016 United States presidential election, a set of mainstream Republicans worried about the rise of Donald Trump kicked off what came to be known as the “Never Trump” movement. In essence, they were making clear that they were so fundamentally opposed to what Trump –…
About 28 million voters were registered to vote in national and provincial elections. Millions of South Africans went to the polls on May 29 for national and provincial elections that could test the African National Congress’s (ANC’s) 30-year rule. Partial results are expected over the next three days, with final…
Johannesburg, South Africa – Mpimo Hlavanganwane is far younger than South Africa’s democracy. The 23-year-old grew up in Chiawelo, the same area of Soweto that President Cyril Ramaphosa calls home. Moments before the president arrived at the Hitekani Primary School to cast his ballot in front of the glare of…
South Africans are voting at schools, community centres, and in large white tents set up in open fields in an election seen as the country’s most important in 30 years, which could put the young democracy in unknown territory. At stake on Wednesday is the three-decade dominance of the African…
Diane Abbott says Labour will not allow her to run in July election despite party reinstatement. Diane Abbot said she has been barred from standing as a candidate for the Labour Party in Britain’s upcoming general election. Britain’s first Black female lawmaker told the BBC on Wednesday that the party…
Schoof, 67, is currently the top official at the justice ministry and a former head of the Dutch intelligence service. Dutch right-wing coalition parties have nominated former security chief Dick Schoof as their preferred candidate to become the Netherlands’ next prime minister. Schoof, 67, is currently the top official at…
Election campaign marred by assassinations of dozens of candidates. Dozens of candidates have been killed ahead of Mexico’s general election amid surging political violence. Dozens of public servants, party members and politicians across the country have also been attacked ahead of the June 2 election, which will see almost 100…
On June 2, people across Mexico will head to the polls to choose a new leader, as part of the largest election in the country’s history. The election will allow voters to decide more than 20,700 positions at the federal and local level, including 500 seats in the country’s House…
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