But partial results suggest the party was losing support for the first time since 2010 when it entered parliament. Sweden has two major political blocs featuring four parties on the right and four on the left – meaning coalition and minority governments are relatively common. On Sunday night, Andersson urged supporters to wait for the…
Voting is under way in Sweden in a closely fought election that could see the far-right Sweden Democrats enter government for the first time, or centre-left leader Magdalena Andersson return to power. Published On 13 Sep 202613 Sep 2026 Share Swedes vote in election that could see far-right in government on social media share-nodes Share…
Nairobi — The United States was the lone country to reject an African-led campaign to change how the world is depicted on maps, as 164 countries backed a United Nations resolution promoting more geographically accurate projections. The vote at the UN General Assembly on Friday put Washington at odds with the overwhelming majority of member…
The United Nations General Assembly will on Friday, September 4, vote on an African-led initiative calling for wider use of world maps that represent the size of continents particularly Africa more accurately. The draft resolution, led by Togo and backed by the African Union (AU), encourages governments, schools, international organisations and technology companies to use…
New York / Amsterdam — An African-led campaign against the dominance and ‘cartographic colonialism’ of the Mercator projection of the world map has won overwhelming backing at the United Nations after centuries of maps that visually diminished the continent In a historic vote, the United Nations has backed an African-led campaign to move the world…
Thousands of people marched on Washington DC, invoking Martin Luther King Jr.’s legacy on the 63rd anniversary of his ‘I have a dream’ speech, warning that voting rights and other civil liberties are under threat. Published On 29 Aug 202629 Aug 2026 Share Bernie Sanders, AOC join marchers in Washington to ‘defend the vote’ on…
The amended law was an attempt by state Republicans to crack down on unproven claims of voting by noncitizens. Published On 25 Aug 202625 Aug 2026 A United States federal court has temporarily blocked an Ohio law that required proof of US citizenship from residents who wanted to register to vote while they obtained a…
At Telkom’s AGM, shareholders representing about 84.4% of the company’s ordinary shares voted on most resolutions. Telkom shareholders have backed the re-election of the telecommunications group’s directors and the appointment of its board committee members. However, they showed resistance to proposals that would give the board broad powers to issue shares. At Telkom’s annual general…
Zambia’s electoral commission has resumed the counting of votes from Thursday’s presidential, parliamentary and local elections after it was halted over alleged attacks on polling staff. The authority paused the process nationwide expressing concern about reports of violence that had “resulted in the theft of marked ballot papers in ballot boxes”. President Hakainde Hichilema is…
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