Christian Democratic Union (CDU) party's top candidate Kai Wegner (left) celebrates with CDU party members after the first exit poll results for the Berlin state's repeat elections at the State parliament in Berlin on Feb 12, 2023. (PHOTO / AFP) BERLIN – Germany's conservative CDU party was course for a clear victory in a repeat […]
A Tunisian voter casts their ballot in the second round of parliamentary elections on Jan 29, 2023, in the capital Tunis. (PHOTO / AFP) TUNIS – Tunisia opened polls on Sunday for run-offs in a parliamentary election that drew only 11 percent turnout in the first round last month. With political parties boycotting the vote, […]
In this file photo taken on Jan 12, 2022, Czech Prime Minister Petr Fiala delivers a speech in the Czech Parliament in Prague. (MICHAL CIZEK / AFP) PRAGUE – The Czech government survived an opposition attempt to overthrow it in a no-confidence vote, a widely expected outcome of the motion which the cabinet had called […]
Panoramic view of the city of Caracas, on Sept 12, 2022. (YURI CORTEZ / AFP) MADRID – The Spanish government has appointed a new ambassador to Venezuela, signalling a thaw in relations that comes two years after Madrid vacated the post to protest over what it said was the absence of free elections in the […]
Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro speaks from his official residence of Alvorada Palace in Brasilia, Brazil, Nov 1, 2022, the leader's first public comments since losing the Oct 30 presidential runoff. Behind his Bolsonaro's son Eduardo, a lawmaker. (ERALDO PERES / AP) BRASILIA — The head of Brazil's electoral court Alexandre de Moraes on Wednesday rejected […]
In this file photo taken on Nov 1, 2022, Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro makes a statement for the first time since the presidential run-off election held on Oct 30, at Alvorada Palace in Brasilia. (EVARISTO SA / AFP) BRASILIA – Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro has challenged the election he lost last month to leftist rival […]
Presidential candidate Anze Logar (right) and former Slovenian Prime Minister Janez Jansa shake hands as they wait for the first official results of the presidential election, in Ljubljana, on Oct 23, 2022. (JURE MAKOVEC / AFP) LJUBLJANA – Slovenia is due to hold the second round of presidential election on Nov 13 after no candidate […]
Gains by populist parties show failures of establishment players, experts say Leader of Italian far-right party "Fratelli d'Italia" (Brothers of Italy), Giorgia Meloni reacts on Oct1, 2022 during a visit to the "Villagio Coldiretti" in Milan, a three-day event organized by the Italian Italian Farmers' Association. (PIERO CRUCIATTI / AFP) The success of far-right parties […]
Leader of Italian far-right party "Fratelli d'Italia" (Brothers of Italy) Giorgia Meloni (rear center on stage) delivers a speech on Sept 23, 2022 at the Arenile di Bagnoli beachfront location in Naples, southern Italy, during a rally closing her party's campaign for the Sept 25 general election. (ANDREAS SOLARO / AFP) ROME – Millions of […]
Kenya's Supreme Court judges led by Chief Justice Martha Koome (centre) flanked by her deputy, Philomena Mwilu (second left) and judges (from left) Isaac Lenaola, Smokin Wanjala, Mohamed Ibrahim, Njoki Ndung'u and William Ouko arrive to begin hearing the day's submissions from counsel representing president-elect William Ruto at the Supreme Court of Kenya in Nairobi […]
In this file photo taken on Nov 2, 2021 Angola's President Joao Lourenco makes a national statement on the second day of the COP26 UN Climate Summit in Glasgow. (ADRIAN DENNIS / POOL / AFP) LISBON – Angola's electoral commission on Monday declared the ruling MPLA, in power for nearly five decades since independence, the […]
Kenya's defeated presidential candidate Raila Odinga reacts to supporters as he arrives to hold a press conference at the Kenyatta International Convention Centre (KICC) in Nairobi on Aug 22, 2022, after filing a petition to the country's top court challenging the result of the Aug 9, 2022 election that handed victory to his rival William […]
Kenya's defeated presidential candidate Raila Odinga speaks to supporters as he arrives to hold a press conference at the Kenyatta International Convention Centre in Nairobi on Aug 22, 2022, after filing a petition to the country's top court challenging the result of the Aug 9, 2022 election that handed victory to his rival William Ruto. […]
Kenyan opposition leader Kenyan Raila Odinga speaks during a rally at which he announced he would make his fifth bid for the presidency in Kenya's 2022 general election, in Nairobi, Dec 10, 2021. (SIMON MAINA / AFP) KISUMU/NAIROBI – Kenyan opposition leader Raila Odinga rejected as "null and void" the result of an Aug 9 […]
William Ruto(left), and his deputy Rigathi Gachagwa, show the certificate after the announcement in the presidential race at the Centre in Bomas, Nairobi, Kenya, on Aug 15, 2022. (SAYYID ABDUL AZIM / AP) NAIROBI – Kenya's Deputy President William Ruto has won the presidential election, the electoral commission chairman announced on Monday evening. The Independent […]
Recently elected MPs and governors from Azimio party, led by presidential candidate Raila Odinga, gather at their campaign headquarters in Nairobi, Kenya, Aug 13, 2022. (MOSA'AB ELSHAMY / AP) NAIROBI – Veteran opposition leader Raila Odinga led Kenya's presidential race, official election results showed on Saturday, pushing Deputy President William Ruto into second place. With […]
Election officials count votes at a polling station in Kilimera Primary School in Nairobi, Kenya on Aug 9, 2022. (MOSA'AB ELSHAMY / AP) NAIROBI – Preliminary results from Kenya's presidential election showed a tight race between the two main candidates vying to replace outgoing President Uhuru Kenyatta. The Tuesday election is an important test for […]
Washington, D.C., Aug 3, 2022 – (ACN Newswire via SEAPRWire.com) – The 2020 US elections were a painful display of a breakdown in public trust. Declining trust in elections threatens democratic institutions all over the world, and it is imperative we restore it in our democratic institutions. US Federal law requires that overseas, military, and […]
President Joe Biden reacts when asked how he was feeling as he leaves St. Edmund Roman Catholic Church in Rehoboth Beach, Delaware, after attending a Mass, on June 18, 2022. (MANUEL BALCE CENETA / AP PHOTO) WASHINGTON – Republicans in Texas formally rejected President Joe Biden's election in 2020 as illegitimate and voted in a […]