presidential elections

Spotlight Feature – Ally Angula

Learn more about the well known Namibian businesswoman, analyst and advisor, and now presidential contender. https://iono.fm/e/1404083

February 9, 2024 72

World

Russia’s next election is likely to put Putin in power for longer than anyone since Peter the Great

By Rod Thornton, King's College London Presidential elections will be held in Russia in March. It is inevitable that the incumbent president, Vladimir Putin, will win. Putin has been in power (whether as president or as prime minister) since 2000. If he wins again, and he serves his full six-year term, he will have been in power for 30 years, longer than any Russian or Soviet […]

February 8, 2024 14

Africa

Sall throws Senegal’s democratic credentials into doubt

By Douglas Yates, American Graduate School in Paris (AGS) Senegal’s President Macky Sall announced in early February that presidential elections, originally scheduled for 25 February, would be postponed indefinitely. The announcement has raised fears of popular protests, violent repression, a once democratic president transforming into an authoritarian ruler – and possibly even another coup d’état in west Africa. There has been a flurry of coups in the region […]

February 7, 2024 17