Presents views on South Africa's 1999 presidential elections. Description of the status of poverty in South Africa; Challenges facing South African President Thabo Mbeki; Views on the African National Congress; Criticisms on the 1999...
Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah(R), presidential candidate of the South West Africa People's Organization, casts her ballot at a polling station in Windhoek, Namibia, Nov. 27, 2024. Namibia's eighth presidential and National Assembly elections kicked off early Wednesday, with 15 presidential candidates an...
“The Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) in South Africa itself has been having challenges to the extent of setting up a commission to see on the feasibility of holding elections under these circumstances whose recommendation was that it would be difficult. “We know South Africa is mov...
In the 1997 elections, the reformist Mohammad Khatami was one of the four candidates to run for presidency and was open on social issues. With strong support from the country's youth, women, and intellectuals, he was elected the fifth president by almost 70 percent of the vote. Some of t...
Former President Donald Trump is poised for a face-off with President Joe Biden in November’s US presidential elections. Despite a storm of legal challenges, Trump’s campaign juggernaut rolls on, with polls suggesting a lead over Biden. Trump’s decisi
The author analyzes the resurgence of "American Nationalism" in the con- text of Donald Trump's electoral victory in November 2016. He argues that elections of 2016 have underscored that the United States may be charting a course in which it increasingly pursues its national interests autonomously...
We would also like to pay tribute to our security forces, in all their ranks, for the distinguished role they have played in securing our first democratic elections and [the] transition to democracy, from blood-thirsty forces which still refuse to see the light. ...
Al-Sabah, who heads the Olympic Council of Asia, has been kingmaker in recent sporting elections and was hugely influential in Salman’s accession to the AFC presidency in 2013 and will be again tomorrow. Sheikh Salman weathering storm of allegations ...
"It is more than urgent to restore the sovereignty of Brazil," he said during his speech at the rally, adding that if he wins the elections scheduled for Oct. 2, he will work "again on the mission to combat hunger." The 76-year-old has run for president several times before: he wa...
Some context: Then-President Donald Trump’s actions in 2020 — constant lying about how elections are run followed by an attempt to overturn the results — ushered in a toxic era where once-quiet election offices transformed into the dangerous frontlines of US democracy. This new climate led...