Botswana’s national election is scheduled for October 30, featuring President Mokgweetsi Masisi as the leading candidate against three main opponents. The Botswana Democratic Party (BDP), led...
Mozambique held elections on Wednesday, capturing regional attention as the country embarks on a significant leadership transition. Around 17 million eligible voters were expected to participate,...
AFP | Nigerians voted on Saturday for a successor to President Muhammadu Buhari in a tightly fought race, with three frontrunners for the first time in...
With less than two weeks to South Africa’s elections, political parties are stepping up their campaigns to win the hearts and minds of close to 26...
Uganda’s ruling NRM has nominated President Yoweri Museveni to stand for re-election in two years-time. Museveni has been in power since 1986 and if he wins...
Election observers have certified Madagascar’s run-off presidential election as free and credible on Sunday, urging the candidates to stay calm as counting continued after the vote....
Opposition Leader Owen Arthur (l) and incumbent Barbados Prime Minister Freundel Stuart. PHOTO/File Sixty seven candidates, including seven independents, have been nominated to contest the February...
Kenya Presidential front runners, Raila Odinga (l) and Uhuru Kenyatta (r). PHOTO/File Kenya is gearing up for its first presidential debate to be aired live on...
African American voters. PHOTO/John Gress/Getty Images After back-to-back presidential losses, Republicans in key U.S. states want to change the rules to make it easier for them...
U.S. President Barack Obama. PHOTO/File A month after the bitterly fought election, President Barack Obama has his highest approval ratings since the killing of Osama bin...
Ghana President John Mahama (l) and Challenger Nana Akufo-Addo. PHOTO/File AP – Voters in Ghana lined up as early as 2 a.m. on Friday to select...
Sierra Leone’s governing party said Monday it was confident that incumbent President Ernest Bai Koroma would win the weekend election without the need for a second...
My Ballot Paper for November 6, 2012 On a cold evening here in Princeton, New Jersey – an evening where many people in America’s North East...
Job applicants fill out applications for positions at a new bar and restaurant in Detroit. PHOTO/Paul Sancya/AP U.S. employers added 171,000 jobs in October and hiring...
U.S. Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. addresses the audience at the Democratic National Convention 2008 at the Pepsi Center in Denver, Colorado, on August 25, 2008. PHOTO/Richards/AFP/Getty...
By Ryan Elcock Like many of you, I was tuned into the debate between Mitt Romney and President Barack Obama and I must say; Romney came...
Angola President Jose Eduardo dos Santos. PHOTO/Press Association President Jose Eduardo dos Santos’ ruling party has won 74 percent of the national vote assuring his government,...
U.S. President Barack Obama, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, and Former President Bill Clinton. PHOTO/UPI/Kristoffer Tripplaar Once a tense rivalry, the relationship between President Barack Obama...
U.S. President Barack Obama on the campaign trail. PHOTO/File President Barack Obama, with the help of a slowly improving US economy, is gaining ground in many...
Belize Prime Minister Dean Barrow. PHOTO/File (CMC) – The ruling United Democratic Party (UDP) of Prime Minister Dean Barrow has won the general election by the...
Director of Elections Orrette Fisher has declared that the Electoral Office of Jamaica (EOJ) will be ready to conduct the upcoming general election if it is...