Ruling ANC faces a tough challenge to retain its majority in the seventh election since the end of the apartheid system. South Africa will hold national and provincial elections on May 29, President Cyril Ramaphosa’s office has said. Ramaphosa’s ruling African National Congress (ANC) party is expected to face a…
A senior bureaucrat in Pakistan has said he helped rig Pakistan’s elections, a week after polls marred by allegations of manipulation returned no clear winner. On Saturday, Liaqat Ali Chattha, commissioner of the garrison city of Rawalpindi, where the country’s powerful military has its headquarters, said he would hand himself…
New Delhi, India — A little more than two months ago, the Congress party, India’s biggest opposition force, seemed to be on a roll. Rahul Gandhi, the leader of what is the country’s oldest political movement, the party of Mahatma Gandhi, had attracted large crowds on a nationwide march, rekindling…
A group of 20 tech companies announced on Friday they have agreed to work together to prevent deceptive artificial-intelligence content from interfering with elections across the globe this year. The rapid growth of generative artificial intelligence (AI), which can create text, images and video in seconds in response to prompts,…
The Indian National Congress party says its bank accounts with 2.1 billion rupees ($25.3m) in deposits have been frozen by the Income Tax Department months before the national election. The main opposition party on Friday called the action “a deep assault on India’s democracy”, adding that an income tax tribunal…
New Delhi, India — The Indian Supreme Court verdict on Thursday scrapping an opaque, election funding system has set off powerful tremors in the country’s politics, with transparency advocates arguing that it could expose those involved in a controversial form of political financing ahead of national elections. Opposition leaders say…
John Muhammad is worried about the future of Indonesia’s democracy. The activist played a key role in the student-led protests in 1998 that ended more than 30 years of hardline rule by former Indonesian leader Soeharto and ushered in an era of democratic reform. But now, Prabowo Subianto, one of…
NewsFeed Prabowo Subianto claimed victory in Indonesia’s presidential election, ahead of an official result due by March 20. Here’s a look at who he is – and his controversial past. Published On 15 Feb 202415 Feb 2024 Check out our Latest News and Follow us at Facebook Original Source
A mysterious source of electoral funding, which has generated hundreds of millions of dollars in revenues for the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), is under scrutiny in India after the country’s top court found in November that they “put a premium on opacity” and can be “misused for money laundering”….
Islamabad, Pakistan – Five days after Pakistan’s general election, two opposing parties, Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) and Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP), have both announced plans to form a government – with the PTI allying with religious parties and the PPP supporting the rival Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PMLN). The PTI leadership on…
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