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LABOUR PARTY WINS GENERAL ELECTIONS IN JAMAICA

Jamaica’s Labour Party (JLP) was declared winner of the 2016 general elections after they won 33 of the 63 constituency seats. The People’s National Party (PNP) won 30 of the constituency seats in a tight race. Labour Party’s win came as a shock to the PNP who believed the competition was tight but did not […]
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Kiribati Has A New President

The Republic of Kiribati officially elected Taneti Maamau as the new President. Kiribati’s Chief Justice, Sir John Muria declared him as the new President.   Kiribati has a two-party system, meaning two dominant political parties and extreme difficulty for other parties to win national elections in the country. A distinguishing feature of its electoral system […]
Cape Verde Parliament wins back power after 15 years
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Cape Verde Parliament wins back power after 15 years

With almost all the votes counted after the polls, main opposition party Movement for Democracy (MpD) won parliamentary elections taking back power after 15 years. MpD had 53.7 percent of the votes and the ruling party African Party for the Independence of Cape Verde (PAICV) got 37 percent. The president of the African Party for […]
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Businessman Patrice Talon wins Benin’s Presidential Elections

Patrice Talon won the presidential elections after the second round of voting. The incumbent Prime Minister and only challenger, Lionel Zinsou acknowledged and conceded defeat before official results were released. Talon got 65% of the votes while Zinsou secured 35%. In a gracious move, Lionel Zinsou told the press “the provisional results point to a […]
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Bolivia’s Constitutional Referendum

A constitutional referendum was held on 21 February 2016. The proposed constitutional amendment was to grant the President and Vice President the mandate to run for a consecutive third term under the 2009 constitution. A 51.3% majority voted down the referendum. The 2009 constitution allows the President and Vice President stand for re-election only once, […]