Somalia has delayed elections that were due to start on Sunday after months of political crisis in the deeply unstable Horn of Africa country, officials told AFP. Indirect parliamentary and presidential polls were due to open on July 25 with four days of voting for the upper house by state delegates. The election cycle was […]
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Somalia postpones long-delayed election
Somalia has postponed elections that were were due to start on Sunday after months of delays in the deeply unstable Horn of Africa country, officials told AFP. Indirect parliamentary and presidential polls were due to open on July 25 with four days of voting for the upper house by state delegates. The election cycle was […]
The US battle over voting rights
Americans turned out in record numbers for the 2020 election, despite the Covid-19 pandemic, but Republicans in many states are marking that achievement with new laws to make it harder to vote. Republicans claim that expanded hours for voting, wider access to mail-in ballots, and other accommodations made for the coronavirus pandemic led to extensive […]
Moldova pro-Europeans win resounding election victory
Moldova’s main pro-European party has won a resounding victory in parliamentary polls, results showed Monday, strengthening the hand of President Maia Sandu as the former World Bank economist pushes to reform her ex-Soviet country. Sunday’s snap election — called by Sandu in April to shore up her position against pro-Russia forces — saw her centre-right […]
Pro-Europeans hope for gains as Moldova elects parliament
Voters headed to the polls to elect a new parliament in Moldova on Sunday after President Maia Sandu dissolved the previous assembly to shore up her position against pro-Russia forces. Casting her ballot in the capital Chisinau, Sandu said she had voted for change in the small ex-Soviet country beset by poverty and corruption. “I […]
Transformation and turmoil: Ethiopia under Abiy Ahmed
Abiy Ahmed promised a fresh start after years of iron-fisted rule in Ethiopia, where he became prime minister in 2018 following anti-government street protests in Africa’s second-most populous nation. Results issued Saturday showed his party winning a June election after the country witnessed rapid and historic change in the three years under Abiy. But Ethiopia […]
Ethiopia’s PM Abiy: From peace prize to wartime leader
Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed took office vowing sweeping reforms that earned him a Nobel Peace Prize, before becoming mired in a gruesome internal conflict that has drawn global outrage. Now, as he prepares for a new term following a landslide win in a national election, he finds the surge of hope that accompanied his […]
US calls on Haiti to hold elections this year as planned
The United States on Wednesday called on Haiti to go ahead with elections scheduled later this year, saying they would provide a path forward after the assassination of President Jovenel Moise. “It is still the view of the United States that elections this year should proceed,” State Department spokesman Ned Price told reporters. Price said […]
Biden reaffirms support for Venezuela opposition leader
President Joe Biden reaffirmed US support for Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaido in a letter Monday even in the midst of efforts to resume negotiations with President Nicolas Maduro’s government. “Under your leadership and in coalition with civil society leaders you are preserving those ideals of freedom democracy and sovereignty,” Biden wrote in a letter […]
Somalia to hold presidential election October 10
Somalia will hold a long-delayed presidential election on October 10, the prime minister’s office said Tuesday, following months of deadlock that turned violent at times. Prime Minister Mohamed Hussein Roble’s office unveiled the timetable for indirect parliamentary and presidential elections on Twitter, saying political leaders had agreed to a roadmap for a vote after two […]