The Lebanese Parliament, on Thursday, failed for the third time to elect a new president, bringing the country closer to a political vacuum. Out of the Parliament's 128 parliamentarians, 119 attended the plenary session for half an hour on Thursday. Election rules require a quorum of two-thirds of members of the deeply divided Parliament so that no party or coalition can impose its choice. Source: Middle East Monitor
INTERNATIONAL William Samoei Arap Ruto, deputy president of Kenya since 2013, has been declared winner of a keenly contested election in East Africa’s powerhouse. Ruto won the election by a narrow margin, garnering 50.49 percent of the votes to his closest challenger Raila Odinga’s 48.85 percent. “I stand before you despite intimidation and harassment,” Wafula Chebukati, chairperson of the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) said early Monday evening. “I […]
INTERNATIONAL It is election season in Kenya and even beyond the 22.1 million registered voters going to the polls on August 9, the biggest catchphrase of the campaign has been the “deep state”. Over the last couple of years, the phrase has emerged to convey the notion of a powerful shadowy cabal, not officially elected to government but, nonetheless, contorting the wishes of the people during elections and afterwards in […]
INTERNATIONAL Pro-Israel groups have claimed victory in the Democratic primary for Maryland's fourth Congressional district, after spending millions of dollars in recent months to back their preferred candidate. Former prosecutor Glenn Ivey defeated ex-congresswoman Donna Edwards after the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (Aipac) and allied groups waded into the race. Ivey claimed victory late on Wednesday after an Associated Press tally said he had clinched 51.2 percent of the votes compared […]
The Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) will be announcing the results of the 2021 municipal elections at 6pm today. Officials are swiftly scanning and auditing the final ballot papers. The IEC said one of the biggest lessons learned during the latest election is to never attempt to do an election of this magnitude in such a short span. The electoral commission added that it has so far received over 80 objections, […]
NATIONAL The African National Congress’ (ANC) Acting Secretary-General Jessie Duarte says the party is preparing for elections should the polls go ahead on the 27th of October. This after the Electoral Commission confirmed that it is applying to the Constitutional Court for a postponement of the elections. The IEC wants the polls to be changed from October to February next year. There are mixed views in the political sector over whether […]
Israel’s parliament speaker has scheduled a vote for Sunday on a new government that would end Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s 12-year rule, the longest in the country’s history. “The debate and vote on the new government will take place Sunday… during a special session of parliament,” speaker Yariv Levin, a Netanyahu ally, said in a statement on Tuesday. If the coalition of right-wing, left-wing, centrist and Arab parties wins the […]
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has condemned what he branded the "biggest election fraud in the history of the country" as a group of opposition parties prepare to form a government to unseat the premiere. Speaking to a gathering of members of his Likud party on Sunday, he lashed out at his opponents, accusing them of trying to shut down right-wing politics in Israel. He described the new government, which […]
The Palestinian Hamas movement, which governs the besieged Gaza Strip, has slammed President Mahmoud Abbas’s decision to delay parliamentary polls that were scheduled to take place on May 22. Late on Thursday, President Abbas announced the postponement, citing Israel’s rejection of allowing elections to be held in occupied East Jerusalem. He stressed, however, that once Israel permits elections in Jerusalem, he will hold the polls “within a week”. “We received […]
VOC became the first Muslim radio station in South Africa when a special events license was granted to the station in Ramadan/January 1995. Subsequent temporary broadcast licenses were granted, permitting the station to broadcast for 24 hours.
