Russian President Vladimir Putin has not yet decided if he will run for president in 2018, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on Friday. “It’s basically not accepted that one talks about elections two years [before they happen], and it’s still quite a ways until the beginning of election campaigns. I[…]
Fresh from her Paul Kruger photo controversy, DA MP Anchen Dreyer warned that the ANC would “grab at any crumb” to use racism accusations as an election strategy. “They may think they are going to get short-term gain from it, but in the long term it can actually tear the[…]
Some “touch-ups” needed to be done before a date for the local government elections could be announced, Co-operative Governance and Traditional Affairs Minister David van Rooyen said on Thursday. The finalisation of voting districts and the Constitutional Court’s ruling on the Tlokwe by-elections were some of the reasons why a[…]
The Electoral Commission of SA will officially launch the 2016 Municipal Elections at the Gallagher Convention Centre in Midrand. IEC chairperson Vuma Mashinini was expected to unveil the communications campaign for the upcoming elections, which were aimed at encouraging voter participation especially among young and first-time voters. The campaign included[…]
People in the Central African Republic (CAR) are voting on Wednesday in a crucial election that it is hoped will restore peace and democracy to a divided country scarred by years of violence. The presidential and parliamentary vote has been delayed several times, with the latest date set for Sunday[…]
At least 18 women have won seats in Saudi Arabia’s municipal polls, the country’s first-ever elections open to female voters and candidates, local reports said. The women who won hail from vastly different parts of the country, ranging from Saudi Arabia’s largest city to a small village near Islam’s holiest[…]
The party of democracy champion Aung San Suu Kyi has won a majority in Myanmar’s parliament, the election commission said on Friday, giving it enough seats to elect its chosen candidate to the presidency when the new legislature convenes next year. Suu Kyi’s National League for Democracy (NLD) had been[…]
Myanmar President Thein Sein congratulated democratic champion Aung San Suu Kyi on Wednesday, as her party appeared to have trounced the ruling camp in the first free election in 25 years and inched towards an absolute majority in parliament. Thein Sein reiterated that the government would accept the results of[…]
Despite embarking on its first democratic elections after years of military rule, Myanmar still faces an uncertain political future. While pro-democracy leader and Nobel Laureate, Aung San Suu Kyi’s National League for Democracy (NLD) party is headed for a sweeping election victory, questions remain as to whether the country’s military[…]
Opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi was officially re-elected to her seat in the lower house of parliament on Wednesday as her National League for Democracy party continued to steam towards victory in the country’s historic elections. Suu Kyi called on leading members of military-backed Union Solidarity and Development Party[…]
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