Yulia Navalnaya, the widow of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny, has called for an election day protest against President Vladimir Putin. As part of the protest, people should form long queues at polling stations on 17 March at midday, Ms…
Biden and Trump head to border for high-stakes duel
Joe Biden and Donald Trump will both travel to the US-Mexico border on Thursday, locked in a high-stakes political duel on an issue that could ultimately decide the US presidential election. That border was crossed last year by 2.5 million…
Russia set to hold presidential election in March 2024
Russia’s upper house of parliament has voted to set the date for the country’s next presidential election for March 17, 2024, potentially moving President Vladimir Putin closer to a fifth term in office. Members of the Federation Council of the…
Peña elected Paraguay president as right-wing party remains in power
Santiago Peña, the candidate of the governing conservative Colorado party, has won the presidential election in Paraguay. The 44-year-old had 42.8 per cent of votes with nearly all ballots counted, the national electoral authority said on Sunday. Peña, a former…
NIM advises President-elect on inclusive government
The Nigerian Institute of Management (Chartered) has charged the President-elect, Sen. Bola Tinubu, to be magnanimous in victory by running a government of inclusion. President and Chairman of Council, NIM, Dr Christiana Atako, gave the advice in an interview with…
There is a lot of work to be done — Gbubemi Atimomo
Reflections on the presidential election and the work ahead for Nigeria’s incoming president We have gone to the polls, we have voted, and the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has declared Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu as the winner of the…
I am disappointed in Atiku, he lied – Kwankwaso
The presidential candidate of the New Nigeria Peoples’ Party (NNPP), Sen. Rabiu Kwankwaso has said he is not in talks with the Presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP and former Vice President Atiku Abubakar. Kwankwaso’s reaction is a…
Tight race expected as Czech presidential election draws to a close
The two-day presidential election in the Czech Republic comes to an end on Saturday. Citizens of the EU and NATO member state can still cast their votes until 2 pm (1300 GMT). Three favourites are fighting for entry into the…
Bolsonaro breaks silence without publicly conceding
Brazil’s far-right president, Jair Bolsonaro, has broken the silence he had maintained since being defeated in Sunday’s presidential election. He thanked voters who had cast their ballots for him but did not acknowledge defeat. But he did not contest the…
Kenya’s president-elect will ‘engage’ in any court challenge
Kenyan president-elect William Ruto says that if there’s a court challenge to the election results, “we will engage in those” as East Africa’s most stable democracy awaits a likely petition from losing candidate Raila Odinga. Ruto spoke to journalists on…
