Embattled German Chancellor Friedrich Merz has vowed to stay on despite exit polls in two local elections suggesting damaging defeats for his centre-right Christian Democratic Union (CDU) party. In the north-eastern state of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, the party was projected to only just scrape into parliament, while the AfD was on track to win the most votes….
Nairobi Senator and Linda Mwananchi leader Edwin Sifuna speaking at Jacaranda grounds. PHOTO/UGC. By PATRICK MAYOYO There are moments in the life of a nation when politics ceases to be merely a contest for power and becomes a referendum on its future. Kenya is approaching such a moment. As the country inches towards the 2027…
How Sifuna is changing the 2027 presidential polls narrative and why State House has panicked Senator Edwin Sifuna with Trans Nzioa Governor George Natembeya and Kakamega Senator Dr Bonny Khalwale during a rally in Kakamega. PHOTO/UGC. By PATRICK MAYOYO [email protected] I watched Nairobi Senator Edwin Sifuna’s interview with Citizen TV’s Yvonne Okwara, and the developments…
“If the people want me to have a third term, I will accept,” Tshisekedi says, with him due to step down in 2028.
South Africa will hold its next municipal elections on 4 November, President Cyril Ramaphosa said in a post on X. The country holds municipal elections every five years, and South Africans had been waiting to know the date of the next local government vote. The biggest political party, Ramaphosa’s ANC, has tended to do worse…
Japan’s conservative prime minister Sanae Takaichi has won a landslide victory after she gambled on a high-stakes snap election, exit polls suggest. Takaichi, who took office in October after being elected leader of the governing Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), is set to win between 274 and 326 seats out of a total of 465, according…
After a tense general election in Uganda last week, presidential elections are set to follow in the Democratic Republic of Congo in March then in Benin and Djibouti in April. With elections also due this year in Libya, Zambia, Ethiopia, Gambia and South Sudan, could the African continent see a democratic sea change in 2026?…
Hong Kong Chief Executive John Lee urges the public to come out and vote amid expectations of a low turnout. Voters in Hong Kong are heading to the polls to elect new lawmakers under China’s “patriots only” rules, though government efforts to drive turnout have been overshadowed by anger over the city’s handling of a…
The exclusion of the main opposition and rivalry between military factions could destabilise the 23 November elections. Tensions are rising in Guinea-Bissau as the 23 November presidential and legislative elections approach. They take place in unusual circumstances. First, Parliament has not convened since December 2023, when it was dissolved by the president after the National…
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