Roch Marc Christian Kabore has been elected Burkina Faso’s new leader, the second civilian to become president since the West African country won independence in 1960, according to preliminary results released by the country’s electoral commission. The Independent National Electoral Commission said on Tuesday morning that results showed that Kabore,[…]
Nobel laureate Aung San Suu Kyi has received more congratulations and pledges of support from Myanmar’s military rulers as well as world leaders, as her opposition party awaited official results on Thursday confirming an expected landslide win in historic elections. The National League for Democracy (NLD) has captured nearly 90[…]
Turkey will head into its second parliamentary election in five months, amid uncertainty due to escalating violence within its borders. With snap polls slated for November , Sevgi Akarçeşme, a columnist for the Zaman newspaper, the largest selling daily in Turkey, says that this is a repeat election. “Even though[…]
Greek leftist Alexis Tsipras stormed back into office with an unexpectedly decisive election victory on Sunday, claiming a clear mandate to steer Greece’s battered economy to recovery. The vote ensured Europe’s most outspoken leftist leader would remain Greece’s dominant political figure, despite having been abandoned by party radicals last month[…]
Burundi’s opposition has rejected a proposal by the electoral commission to hold presidential polls on 15 July. The opposition said its demand for free elections have not been met. It also called for UN mediator Said Djinnit to resign, saying he had failed to tackle the crisis in the poor[…]
Supporters of the pro-Kurdish People’s Democratic party (HDP) were celebrating the group’s gains in Turkey’s parliamentary election, amid a blow to President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s Justice and Development Party (AK party), which lost its majority. The HDP picked up about 13 percent of the vote and 79 seats, breaking the[…]
Economic promises, alleged state corruption and the Kurdish situation are some of the issues being considered by Turkish voters as they go to the polls in parliamentary elections on Sunday. The outcome of the polls could also determine whether ruling party politicians can rewrite the constitution to bolster the powers[…]
President Sepp Blatter has opened FIFA’s annual congress in Swiss city of Zurich with a call for unity after twin criminal investigations rocked world football’s governing body this week. Blatter, who is widely tipped to be voted in for a fifth term as president later on Friday, told congress attendees[…]
Nigerian election winner Muhammadu Buhari has congratulated outgoing president Goodluck Jonathan for peacefully relinquishing power, a day after becoming the first Nigerian politician to unseat a sitting leader at the ballot box. “President Jonathan was a worthy opponent and I extend the hand of fellowship to him,” Buhari told journalists[…]
Former military dictator Muhammadu Buhari had a commanding lead in Nigeria’s bitterly contested presidential election, according to a partial vote count Tuesday, and appeared set to oust President Goodluck Jonathan. If Buhari wins and Jonathan steps down, it would mark the first time in Nigeria’s history that an opposition party[…]
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