Jacob Zuma’s nine lives: How South Africa’s ex-president keeps coming back | Jacob Zuma News

Jacob Zuma’s nine lives: How South Africa’s ex-president keeps coming back | Jacob Zuma News

In March, South Africa’s electoral commission barred former president Jacob Zuma from running as a parliamentary candidate in next month’s general elections due to a previous criminal conviction which rendered him ineligible under the law. However, just days later, the Electoral Court declared that Zuma was eligible to run, overturning…

Croatia ruling party heading for election win without majority: Exit poll | Elections News

Croatia ruling party heading for election win without majority: Exit poll | Elections News

Exit poll projects Croatia’s governing HDZ party on track to win 58 seats in 151-seat parliament. Croatia’s governing HDZ party is projected to win Wednesday’s parliamentary election but with fewer seats than before and without a majority, according to an Ipsos exit poll published on local Nova TV. HDZ was…

Behind India’s Manipur conflict, a tale of drugs, armed groups and politics | Business and Economy

Behind India’s Manipur conflict, a tale of drugs, armed groups and politics | Business and Economy

Sugnu, India – Ratan Kumar Singh, a 58-year-old high school teacher, never imagined he would be happy to see armed fighters, or “revolutionaries” as he called them. But on May 28 last year, Singh welcomed them to his town of Sugnu in Manipur, a state in India’s northeast corner bordering…

Solomon Islands prepares for ‘most important election since independence’ | Elections News

Solomon Islands prepares for ‘most important election since independence’ | Elections News

The people of the Solomon Islands are set to vote for their next government on April 17, in an election that could have repercussions for the rest of the Asia Pacific region due to the country’s close relationship with China. The Pacific state’s 760,000 citizens are spread across its 900…

Six takeaways from first day of Trump’s historic New York criminal trial | Donald Trump News

Six takeaways from first day of Trump’s historic New York criminal trial | Donald Trump News

So it begins. On Monday, history was made as former United States President Donald Trump appeared in a New York courtroom for the start of his trial over charges of falsifying business records. He became the first US president, past or present, to stand trial on criminal charges. Monday was…

Manipur’s BJP CM inflamed conflict: Assam Rifles report on India violence | India Election 2024

Manipur’s BJP CM inflamed conflict: Assam Rifles report on India violence | India Election 2024

Kangpokpi/Imphal, India – On Christmas Eve, it was eerily calm inside a makeshift bunker with piles of gunny bags and a tin roof. Hunkered inside and clutching their single-barrelled rifles, 19-year-old Chonminlal Kipgen and 26-year-old Paolal Kipgen from the predominantly Christian Kuki-Zo community looked out and scoured the hills of…

As US inflation ticks back up, it could impact the presidential election | Business and Economy News

As US inflation ticks back up, it could impact the presidential election | Business and Economy News

Wednesday’s “disappointing” inflation data in the United States showed a jump from February, dampening expectations of an interest rate cut and raising concerns that inflation could remain stubbornly high. The data has implications not just for the US Federal Reserve, which sets interest rates, but also for the candidates in…

‘Don’t touch my constitution!’ Togolese resist reforms ahead of election | Elections News

‘Don’t touch my constitution!’ Togolese resist reforms ahead of election | Elections News

Tensions are rising in Togo over major constitutional reforms ahead of delayed parliamentary elections. The constitutional reboot was approved by lawmakers last month but resubmitted for “consultations” as public anger over its stealthy passage through parliament mounted with police breaking up an opposition news conference and cracking down on protests….

South Korea’s Yoon left humbled by opposition election landslide | Elections News

South Korea’s Yoon left humbled by opposition election landslide | Elections News

President Yoon Suk-yeol promises changes, top aides quit, after opposition parties sweep National Assembly elections. South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol has promised changes to his conservative administration after opposition parties romped to victory in Wednesday’s elections for the National Assembly. With 99 percent of the votes counted, the main opposition…

Thirty years waiting for a house: South Africa’s ‘backyard’ dwellers | Housing

Thirty years waiting for a house: South Africa’s ‘backyard’ dwellers | Housing

Cape Town, South Africa – In the backyard of a small house in Cape Town’s Mitchells Plain stands a one-room corrugated iron structure. Inside, Cheryl-Ann Smith, her husband and three grandsons have made a home. They are among thousands of so-called “backyard dwellers” in this impoverished area locals call Lost…