WINDHOEK, Namibia (AP) — Namibia has elected its first female leader, with Vice President Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah declared the winner Tuesday of last week’s presidential election as the long-ruling party remained in power. The 72-year-old Nandi-Ndaitwah won with 57% of the vote, according to official results, defying predictions that she might be forced into a runoff….
BUCHAREST, Romania (AP) — Romanians are casting ballots in a parliamentary election on Sunday sandwiched between a two-round presidential race, the first round of which has plunged the European Union and NATO member country into unprecedented turmoil following allegations of electoral violations and Russian interference. Sunday’s vote will elect a new government and prime minister…
India’s main opposition party Congress is often targeted with misinformation that fans accusations it is more favourable to the country’s Muslim minority. In the latest case, a video spread online ahead of local elections purportedly showing supporters of a Muslim Congress politician brandishing flags from various Islamic countries and organisations. The footage in fact shows…
In the run-up to state assembly elections in India’s Maharashtra and Jharkhand states in November, a video of opposition leader Rahul Gandhi made the rounds on social media alongside false claims it showed him threatening Hindu voters in the South Asian nation. The video actually showed Gandhi criticising government agencies under Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s…
Official White House photo by Shealah Craighead Tom Leary, head of Government Relations at HIMSS, is tracking what the change in the administration could mean for interoperability and data sharing regulations that are already well underway. He and his team are also looking at what a new Congress means for other policies. “We absolutely expect…
The opposition leader of the self-declared republic of Somaliland, Abdirahman Mohamed Abdullahi, has won the territory’s presidential election. More popularly known as Irro, he won with 64% of the vote to become Somaliland’s sixth president since it broke away from Somalia in 1991. The 69-year-old, a former speaker of Somaliland’s parliament, beat incumbent Musa Abdi…
Hello, everyone! With less than 50 days until Election Day, we’re back for another round of BuzzFeed’s 2024 Election Diaries! This weekly series highlights different groups of voters nationwide to find out what political issues are most important to them AND who they plan to support for president in 2024 Similarly, in a recent interview…
Hello, everyone! With 49 days until Election Day, we’re back for another round of BuzzFeed’s 2024 Election Diaries! This weekly series highlights different groups of voters nationwide to find out what political issues are most important to them AND who they plan to support for president in 2024. Out of all voting groups in the…
DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — President Bassirou Diomaye Faye of Senegal dissolved the opposition-dominated parliament on Thursday, paving the way for a snap legislative election six months after he was voted in on an anti-establishment platform. The new election has to take place within the next 90 days, according to the country’s constitution. Analysts say that…
