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Trump campaign sues to stop Pennsylvania certifying Biden win

In a new lawsuit filed in Pennsylvania on Monday, the campaign of United States President Donald Trump sued Kathy Boockvar, Pennsylvania’s secretary of state, and a handful of county boards of elections, alleging they had run an unfair election in the state. The Trump campaign is asking the court to issue an emergency order stopping election officials from certifying President-elect Joe Biden’s win in the state, and a permanent injunction […]

10 November 2020

International News

Belarus election challenger Tikhanovskaya flees to Lithuania

The main challenger in Belarus's disputed presidential election has fled to Lithuania after a second night of street clashes between police and opposition supporters left a protester dead. Svetlana Tikhanovskaya, who refused to concede her defeat against President Alexander Lukashenko in Sunday's vote, had arrived in the neighbouring country and was safe, Lithuanian Foreign Minister Linas Linkevicius told the AFP news agency on Tuesday. He did not provide any further […]

11 August 2020

International News

Syria votes for new parliament amid war, economic woes

Syria is holding parliamentary elections across government-controlled areas of the country on Sunday, as President Bashar al-Assad marks 20 years in power amid a continuing war and deep economic woes. More than 2,000 candidates, including businessmen under recently-imposed United States sanctions, are running in the legislative election - the third since the start of the 2011 protests and ensuing civil war. The elections, originally scheduled to be held in April, […]

19 July 2020

International News

Several high-profile Egyptians call for presidential election boycott

Several leading opposition figures called on Sunday for a boycott of Egypt's March election, citing a wave of repression that has cleared the field of challengers to President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi. A string of candidates have withdrawn from the election on concerns over intimidation and the arrest of Sisi's leading challenger, leaving the former general the sole contender only a day before the 29 January nomination deadline. Former military commander […]

29 January 2018

International News

Kenya police, protesters clash after poll fraud claim

Kenyan police have fired tear gas and shot at a group of chanting supporters of opposition leader Raila Odinga after the presidential candidate claimed "massive" fraud in this week's elections. Leonard Katana, a regional police commander, said Wednesday's shooting took place when protesters clashed with security forces in South Mugirango constituency in Kisii County, the Associated Press reported, adding that one person was killed in the incident. Earlier, Odinga rejected […]

9 August 2017

International News

Kenya goes to the polls in closely contested election

Kenyans are casting their votes to elect a president and a new parliament following weeks of campaigning and claims of a plot to rig the results. Polling began at 6.00am (3:00 GMT) and is expected to end at 5.00pm (14:00 GMT) local time with results to be announced within seven days. More than 19 million voters have registered to cast their vote in Tuesday's election in 40,883 polling stations across […]

8 August 2017

International News

Egyptians launch social media campaign calling on Sisi to step down

The hashtag #We_DoNotWant_Sisi in Arabic, went viral on social media on Tuesday night, following a remark made by Egyptian President Abdel Fatah al-Sisi that he would "not remain in his position for one second," if the people did not want him. Sisi's remarks came during his speech at the third National Youth Conference on Tuesday in the Egyptian governorate of Ismailia. The conference has traditionally commemorated Sinai Liberation Day by […]

27 April 2017

Local

The ANC’s R50m election ‘black ops’

The ANC planned to spend R50 million on a covert campaign targeting opposition parties in the 2016 local government elections, according to court papers filed in the High Court in Johannesburg. A covert team, initially known as the War Room, intended to “disempower DA and EFF campaigns” and set a pro-ANC agenda using a range of media, without revealing the ANC’s hand. As traditional election campaigns lose their impact with […]

24 January 2017

International News

Protests against Donald Trump continue across US

Thousands of protesters have taken their frustration over Donald Trump's presidential election win onto the streets for a third straight night, following previous outbreaks of window-smashing and fire-setting. Protests swept on Friday across the cities of Miami, Atlanta, Philadelphia, New York, San Francisco and Portland - where one protester was shot, voicing anger at Trump's controversial campaign rhetoric about immigrants, Muslims and women. The unidentified man was wounded on Portland's […]

12 November 2016

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