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Elections

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World

UN migration chief warns about populist electioneering

With 2024 set to see more elections worldwide than any previous year, Amy Pope, who last year became the first woman to head the UN's International Organization for Migration, says increasing anti-migrant rhetoric from politicians seeking to score points is harming societies. Pointing out that the fear-mongering is rarely rooted in what is happening on the ground, Pope told the AFP news agency that some countries where anti-migrant rhetoric is […]

todayMarch 22, 2024 6

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Africa

Investors watching Senegal election closely

Foreign investors are keeping a close eye on Senegal’s upcoming election, already marred by delays and uncertainty, amid concerns over the political and economic direction in which key opposition leaders might take the country if voted into power. Al Jazeera reports that nineteen candidates are running in Sunday’s election, including former Prime Minister Amadou Ba, and Bassirou Diomaye Faye, a tax inspector running in place of jailed opposition figure Ousmane Sonko. While […]

todayMarch 22, 2024 5

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The West can’t ‘solve’ its Russia problem. Here’s how it should handle 6 more years of Vladimir Putin

  By Peter Tesch, Australian National University   In perhaps the least surprising news of the year, Vladimir Putin has triumphed at the Russian ballot box and been enthroned for the fifth time as president. He will serve for six more years. He will be 77 years old in 2030. According to the constitution, which he re-wrote to his benefit in 2020, he then could stand again for a further […]

todayMarch 20, 2024 20

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South Africa

South Africa’s election management body has done a good job for 30 years: here’s why

    By Dirk Kotze, University of South Africa   More than in previous elections, South Africa’s Electoral Commission (IEC) will be tested to the hilt in this year’s national and provincial elections on 29 May. For the first time in 30 years, the electoral majority of the ruling African National Congress (ANC) is in jeopardy. This makes the upcoming poll the most consequential one since 1994, when the country […]

todayMarch 20, 2024 35

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Six more years: Putin claims landslide election victory in Russia

Vladimir Putin has won a fifth term as president in a landslide election victory that had an all but certain outcome. Russia's number one faced no credible opposition candidates, amid a ruthless crackdown on dissent and critical voices. Russian election officials said Putin - who will now serve another six-year term on top of his nearly quarter-century rule - won more than 87% of the vote. Putin claimed Russia's democratic […]

todayMarch 18, 2024 44

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Russian elections: despite fixing the opposition, Vladimir Putin wants lots of people to vote for him

    By Natasha Lindstaedt, University of Essex   Russians head to the polls this week in a presidential election that will almost certainly result in Vladimir Putin decisively winning yet another six-year term. When he does, it will make him the longest-serving leader since Joseph Stalin. Advance polling indicates he will earn 75% of the vote and face little or no meaningful opposition. His three main opponents are each […]

todayMarch 14, 2024 12

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Health / Medical

America Worries About Health Costs — And Voters Want to Hear From Biden and Republicans

(ISTOCK / GETTY IMAGES PLUS) By Julie Appleby and Phil Galewitz via KFF Health News President Joe Biden is counting on outrage over abortion restrictions to help drive turnout for his reelection. Former President Donald Trump is promising to take another swing at repealing Obamacare. But around America’s kitchen tables, those are hardly the only health topics voters want to hear about in the 2024 campaigns. A new KFF tracking poll shows that health care […]

todayMarch 5, 2024 22

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Chad’s election agency sets dates for presidential polls

  Chad's election agency has announced the dates for the upcoming presidential election, affirming its commitment to transitioning the country back to democracy from junta rule. The election will consist of two rounds, with provisional results expected by July 7. Initially, the military authorities, who seized power in 2021, proposed holding elections within 18 months. However, they later extended the transition period to October 10, 2024. The election agency emphasized […]

todayFebruary 28, 2024 21

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