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What to expect from Ecuador’s presidential elections
Ecuadorians head to the polls today to vote in the first round of the presidential elections. Incumbent Rafael Correa is reluctantly standing down after serving the country for a decade. Former Correa ally and vice-president Lenin Moreno is a popular political figure in Ecuador. He became paraplegic after being shot in the back in 1998. […]
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Trump critic, Frank-Walter Steinmeier is Germany’s new president
Frank-Walter Steinmeier, a social democrat is Germany’s new president. He was elected by a vast majority of the parliamentary assembly, receiving 931 out of 1,253 votes. His predecessor Joachim Gauck did not seek a fresh term. Steinmeier served as vice chancellor and foreign minister under Chancellor Angela Merkel. Although the presidential election was won in […]
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Turkmenistan’s incumbent president wins fresh seven-year term
Turkmenistan’s President Gurbanguly Berdymukhamedov won the presidential elections with 98 percent of the vote in a weakly contested election, election officials revealed on Monday. The former dentist and health minister beat out seven token opponents following a 97 percent turnout at the polls. Voting is mandatory in Turkmenistan. Last year Berdymukhamedov signed off on constitutional […]
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Meet Somalia’s new President, ex-Prime Minister Mohamed Abdullahi Farmaajo
Members of parliament elected ex-Prime Minister Mohamed Abdullahi Farmaajo as Somalia’s 9th President after the second round of the elections and many hours of deliberations, defeating the incumbent President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud in a surprise result and tight race. The election was held amid tight security at the heavily guarded airport base in capital city […]
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8 things you need to know about Somalia’s presidential election
Voting is underway in Somalia’s groundbreaking presidential election in a secure Air Force base in capital, Mogadishu. After a challenging electoral process marred by a lack of credibility, the elections which got postponed three times finally got a fixed date. Somalia’s elections are an exclusive process given their ethnic nature. The voting system requires lawmakers […]
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Turkmenistan’s autocratic presidential elections
Turkmenistan’s parliament set a date for the presidential elections in the nation widely regarded as the world’s second most isolated state after North Korea, with no free media. For the first time in its history, opposition parties can field candidates for the first time. Authorities in the bizarrely secretive and oppressive nation approved two nominal […]
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Marine Le Pen might become France’s new President
National Front Chief and one of France’s main political forces Marine Le Pen, is a main contender for the presidential elections in April. Le Pen has vowed to put French citizens first by curbing migration and holding an EU referendum if she is voted president. After the launch of her presidency in Lyon, she vowed […]