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JOHANNESBURG | Xinhua |  South Africa’s ruling African National Congress (ANC) has secured about 40 percent of votes with over 99 percent of ballot counting completed in the country’s general elections, the Independent Electoral Commission’s (IEC) results showed on Saturday. Millions of people went to the polls on Wednesday in …

JOHANNESBURG, South Africa | Xinhua | South Africans began to cast their ballots on Wednesday morning in the country’s 2024 general elections. More than 27 million voters are expected to vote at over 23,000 voting stations across the country to elect a new National Assembly and provincial legislatures, according to …

Mbarara, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Mbarara City authorities have started plans to organize the election for Mbarara City Boda Boda riders. The riders have been without leadership for the past four years, after the term of office expired in 2020. Although elections were scheduled to take place, they were disrupted …

ANKARA | Xinhua |  Türkiye’s main opposition, the Republican People’s Party (CHP), led in local elections in key cities, including the country’s largest city Istanbul and the capital Ankara, on Sunday, with over 51 percent of the votes, local NTV broadcaster reported, citing initial results. Turkish Supreme Election Council Chairman …

MOSCOW | TASS |  Moscow’s Western opponents actively tried over the past year to disrupt the Russian presidential election, Russia’s Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova told TASS on Saturday. “Our opponents stirred up not just a week or a month ago. It seems to me that over the past year …

Luwero, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT |  Aspirants eyeing Parliamentary seats in Luwero district have started early campaigns ahead of nominations next year. According to the Electoral Commission Road Map, Parliamentary candidates’ nominations shall be held on Tuesday 16th and Wednesday 17th of September 2025. Polling shall be held on a …

KIGALI | Xinhua | The National Electoral Commission (NEC) of Rwanda has announced that it will begin accepting nominations for the positions of president and members of the lower chamber of deputies from May 17-30. “We have started training on electoral laws and regulations governing the presidential and lower chamber …

Why Dr. Besigye’s party could be no more by 2026 Kampala, Uganda | IAN KATUSIIME | 2024 is the year the Forum for Democratic Change (FDC) marks twenty years. Ideally, it should have been a milestone for the first major opposition party in the era of multiparty politics. Instead the party …

ISLAMABAD | Xinhua | Just a day before Pakistan’s general elections, two powerful explosions hit election campaign offices in the country’s southwest Balochistan province on Wednesday, killing at least 26 people while injuring over 45 others, said police and hospital officials. The deadly bombings, targeting the offices of candidates contesting …

DAKAR | Xinhua |  Senegal’s parliament on Monday adopted a bill postponing the presidential election until Dec. 15 this year. Deputies from the ruling Benno Bokk Yakaar coalition and the main opposition Senegalese Democratic Party (PDS) voted on the bill, which enjoyed majority backing. The bill was proposed by PDS …