Voting has begun, after almost a three-hour delay, in the Democratic Republic of the Congo’s (DRC) presidential election as authorities scrambled to finalise preparations in an election facing steep logistical and security challenges. Some 44 million people — almost half the population — are expected to vote. But many, including…
Colorado’s Supreme Court has ruled former United States President Donald Trump is ineligible to run for the White House because of his role in the 2021 assault on the Capitol by his supporters and should be removed from the state’s primary ballot. While the ruling only applies to Colorado, it…
NewsFeed The Democratic Republic of the Congo goes to the polls this week to decide who will lead the country as it faces an insurgency, a refugee crisis, and immense poverty despite huge mineral wealth. Al Jazeera’s Shola Lawal takes a look at what’s at stake in this election. Published…
The first council elections in a decade are expected to strengthen the grip of pro-Iran groups. Iraqis are headed to the polls to elect provincial councils for the first time in 10 years, with thousands vying for seats in the powerful assemblies. Ballots will be cast in 15 of Iraq’s…
Ruling populists claim sweeping victory in the parliamentary election, which was marred by reports of significant irregularities. Exit polls say the ruling right-wing Serbian Progressive Party (SNS) of President Aleksandar Vucic is in the lead in a snap parliamentary election widely regarded as a referendum on his government. According to…
Kenya’s foreign ministry says it ‘strongly disassociates’ with a DRC opposition figure who forged an alliance with rebels in Nairobi. Kenya has “strongly disassociated” itself from a Congolese opposition figure who forged an alliance with rebels in Nairobi, spurring a diplomatic row with Kinshasa. The Kenyan Ministry of Foreign Affairs…
For the voters, the referendum marks a long-awaited return to civilian rule since the April 2021 military takeover. Chadians have started voting on a new constitution as a stepping stone to next year’s election that aims to mend political and community division in the oil-producing, yet impoverished and fragmented country….
While President Aleksandar Vucic is not on the ballot, the contest is seen as a referendum on his government. Serbians have begun voting in parliamentary and local elections that will test the strength of the country’s governing party amid unrest over high inflation, corruption, and gun violence. The snap elections,…
For more than a decade, architect Julio Ñanco Antilef has campaigned to rewrite Chile’s constitution, a relic from when General Augusto Pinochet ruled the country as a military dictator. But now, as Chile prepares to vote on a new draft, Ñanco Antilef finds himself in a paradoxical position: hoping to…
UN human rights chief calls ‘persistent and systematic’ attempts to undermine poll outcome ‘extremely disturbing’. The United Nations high commissioner for human rights deplored “persistent and systematic” attempts to undermine the outcome of Guatemala’s elections and called for the will of voters to be upheld, after public prosecutors moved to…
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