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    Omanyano ovanhu koikundaneki yomalungula kashili paveta, Commisiner Sakaria takunghilile Veronika Haulenga

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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 24

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Namibia

Homeless used for political points

U-turn Homeless Ministries in South Africa is alarmed by the apparent disinterest among the homeless towards the upcoming elections. CEO Jean-Ray Knighton Fitt stresses the vital need to engage homeless individuals in the electoral process, acknowledging the challenges they face in voter registration. Underscoring the importance of including the homeless in the democratic process, Fitt advocates for their voices to be heard and their rights to be recognized. Namibian activist […]

todayFebruary 20, 2024 20

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Opinion Pieces

200 million voters, 820,000 polling stations and 10,000 candidates: Indonesia’s massive election, by the numbers

    By Stephen Sherlock, Australian National University   Indonesians are going to the polls to elect a new president on Wednesday. There are three candidates running, alongside their vice presidential candidates. According to opinion polls, the favourite is Prabowo Subianto, leader of the Greater Indonesia Party (Gerindra), a populist and nationalist party he founded in 2008. A former army general, Prabowo has already stood unsuccessfully for president twice before. He […]

todayFebruary 14, 2024 12

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World

Pakistan blocks internet access on polling day

As Pakistan votes to elect a new government today, internet services have been suspended across the country due to 'heightened security concerns'. Pakistan's poll body claims the Election Commission did not instruct the government to cut off internet services. Hira Mustafa reports from Islamabad.

todayFebruary 8, 2024 38

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South Africa

Over 18-thousand South Africans living abroad have registered to vote so far

The SA Independent Electoral Commission says 18-thousand-469 South African citizens living in 101 countries have started registering to vote using the online registration portal system launched last month. The commission briefed the media on the readiness for the registration process this weekend. In 2019, about 21-thousand South Africans voted abroad. Chief Electoral Official Sy Mamabolo encourages eligible voters to check their registration status at the nearest diplomatic mission with their […]

todayJanuary 26, 2024 6

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Africa

DR Congo polls open amid conflict in east, delays

  By Annie Thomas and Emmet Livingstone Polling stations opened Wednesday in a high-stakes Democratic Republic of Congo general election pitting the incumbent President Felix Tshisekedi against a fragmented opposition, while much of the east of the country is mired in conflict. Polling stations opened at 6 am (0400 GMT in the east; 0500 GMT in the west) and will close at 5 pm local time. AFP journalists saw the […]

todayDecember 20, 2023 6

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Africa

Breaking: African Leadership Magazine Unveils Nominees for the African Persons of the Year (POTY) 2023

Following the call for nominations which ended recently and attracted submissions from Africans across the continent and in Diaspora, the African Leadership Magazine (ALM) is pleased to unveil a shortlist of nominees for the 12th African Leadership Magazine Persons of the Year 2023. Subsequently, public voting is now open and the general public is therefore invited to visit the ALM website (www.africanleadershipmagazine.co.uk) to vote for their choice nominees on the […]

todayNovember 28, 2023 21

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World

People experiencing news fatigue are less likely to be voters

Paul Whiteley, University of Essex In a comprehensive analysis of news consumption across the globe, a recent report by Reuters concluded that “interest in news continues to decline, fuelling disengagement and selective news avoidance”. In the 46 countries surveyed in the report, public interest in news has dropped significantly in the UK, France, the US and Spain over the eight year period from 2015 to 2023. The study was commissioned […]

todayOctober 23, 2023 5

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