TEHRAN, Iran (AA) – Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has called for high participation in the forthcoming snap presidential election, saying it “silences enemies.” Speaking to a gathering from different provinces in Tehran on Tuesday, Ayatollah Khamenei said public participation in the election “brings...
KAGALI, Rwanda (AA) – Chad’s Constitutional Council has confirmed transitional President Gen. Mahamat Idriss Deby as the winner of the May 6 presidential election. Deby garnered 61% of the vote compared to his main challenger, Prime Minister Succes Masra, who won 18.54%, according to final results announced by Constitutional Counci...
Dakar, Senegal – AFP Eighteen men and one woman are in the running on Sunday to become Senegal’s fifth president and replace Macky Sall, who has held the top job since 2012. Sall is not seeking a third term, making this the first time the West African nation will head to the polls without an […]
Jakarta, Indonesia — AFP In an upscale area of the capital Jakarta, Ganjar Pranowo says he can win Indonesia’s upcoming election against the odds by focusing on bread-and-butter issues, a lesson learned from his upbringing in a mountainside village. “Siding with the small… the poor. Why do I say that? Because I myself e...
CAIRO (AA) – Egypt’s incumbent President Retired General Abdel-Fattah al-Sisi was reelected to a third, six-year term in office till 2023, the country’s electoral commission announced on Monday. Commission chief Hazem Badawy said 44.7 million Egyptians cast ballots during last week’s presidential elections, out of 67.3 million elig...
ISTANBUL (AA) – Russian President Vladimir Putin has announced that he will seek reelection in March 2024, a move that could win him an unprecedented fifth term in office. “I won’t hide how at different times I had different thoughts. But now is the time when you need to make a decision. I will run […]
DOUALA, Cameroon (AA) – The military junta in Mali has said that presidential elections scheduled for February 2024 for a return to civilian power will be postponed. The two rounds, set for February 4 and 18, 2024, “will be slightly postponed for technical reasons” including financial difficulties for review of voter lists, g...
Dakar, Senegal – AFP Senegal President Macky Sall on Saturday designated Prime Minister Amadou Ba as the ruling party’s candidate for the 2024 presidential elections, presidential and governmental sources said. Sall, who took power in 2012 and was re-elected in 2019, announced in July after months of political uncertainty that he w...
