Election
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No Clear Front-runners Seven Months Out From Senegal Election
Leading Senegalese political opponent Ousmane Sonko was on Monday indicted on criminal charges AFP Senegal has been plunged into uncertainty over who could become the next president, seven months ahead…
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Vice Presidential Picks Will Be Crucial In Indonesia’s Knife-Edge Election
A year of definitive elections, 2024 will see contests in superpower states the US and India, fading power but G7 member Britain, and geopolitical focal point Taiwan. Indonesia will also…
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Guatemalan Raid Leads To US Concern Of Election Interference
Bernardo Arevalo has made it to a presidential run-off in a surprise upset in Guatemala. AFP KEY POINTS Guatemalan police raid Movimiento Semilla headquarters This comes as the run-off election…
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Cambodia Votes As Hun Sen Near-guaranteed Election Win
Hun Manet looks set to take over the reins from his father, Cambodia’s long-time leader Hun Sen AFP Cambodians will vote Sunday in an election that longtime leader Hun Sen…
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The Right-Wing on Cusp of Victory in Spain General Election; Key Facts
Voters in Spain are heading to the polls on Sunday to decide the fate of the Socialist Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez, who called for a snap election after suffering a…
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Who Are The Candidates In Spain’s General Election?
Spain’s election candidates (l to r): current PM Pedro Sanchez, Popular Party head Alberto Nunez Feijoo, Yolanda Diaz of the Sumar alliance, and Vox leader Santiago Abascal AFP Spain votes…
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‘Victory Day’: Cambodia Heir Leads Final Rally Ahead Of One-sided Election
A crowd of tens of thousands on motorbikes gathered to hear Hun Manet’s speech, before he roared off in a motorcade parade around Phnom Penh AFP Cambodian leader Hun Sen’s…
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UN Concerned Over ‘Attempts To Impact’ Guatemala Election
A placard reads ‘No to the coup’ as Guatemalans protested a court ruling to suspend the party of one of two candidates due to contest a runoff presidential election in…
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Thai Election Body Recommends PM Frontrunner’s Suspension
While popular among voters, Pita Limjaroenrat’s bid for the premiership faces stiff opposition over his plans to amend Thailand’s royal defamation laws AFP Thai election chiefs on Wednesday asked the…
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Uzbek President Cements Power With Election Win
Uzbek President Shavkat Mirziyoyev has won a third term that will keep him in charge of the tightly controlled, gas-rich Central Asian state until 2030 AFP Uzbek President Shavkat Mirziyoyev…
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Seven Killed In Indian Village Election Clashes
Voters in West Bengal are currently casting their ballots to elect municipal leaders, with more than 200,000 candidates across the state of 104 million people AFP At least seven people…
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Uzbeks See Little Chance For Change In Looming Election
Uzbekistan leader Shavkat Mirziyoyev is widely expected to get re-elected on Sunday AFP In the streets of Tashkent, there is little doubt as to who will win Sunday’s presidential election…
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Analysis: Why Guatemala’s Election Was Frozen
KEY POINTS Guatemala’s general election ended with a presidential run-off required in August The election results were challenged, and now the certification of results is suspended Guatemala’s general election ended…
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Poland Debates Migrants Ahead Of General Election
Poland has built walls along its borders with Belarus and Russia in response to a migrant influx into the EU AFP Migration has inflamed Poland’s political debate ahead of the…
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South Sudan’s Kiir Pledges Country’s First Election
Salva Kiir has been South Sudan’s only president since it gained independence from Sudan in 2011 AFP South Sudan’s leader Salva Kiir on Tuesday pledged that delayed elections set for…
