Tag: vote
Burundi vote funding allegations
The youth league of Burundi’s ruling party is forcing citizens to donate money to fund next year’s election, Human Rights Watch said, as fears...
Second call for DR Congo vote recount
A second African bloc called for a recount of Democratic Republic of Congo's contested presidential election, raising pressure on Kinshasa to fix a dispute...
Run-off presidential vote in Mali
Malians voted in a run-off presidential election on Sunday with observers reporting low turnout and several polling stations coming under attack from...
Dispute over Ethiopian emergency rule vote
Footage of an Ethiopian parliamentary session posted online appeared to contradict official reports of votes cast to validate the state of emergency,...
No extra Parliamentary security for no confidence vote
While today's secret ballot vote on yet another motion of no confidence in President Jacob Zuma will be the first ever in...
Call for Libyan polls in March 2018
The head of Libya's UN-backed government has called for parliamentary and presidential elections in March 2018, although his proposals will likely have...
Bongo shrugs off calls for a vote recount
Gabon's re-elected President Ali Bongo shrugged off international calls for a recount of last week's disputed vote saying it was a matter...
Rwandans vote but no contest seen for Kagame’s party
Rwandans voted in a parliamentary election on Monday that is widely expected to hand an easy win to the ruling coalition in...
Egypt delays announcing final date for presidential
The judicial committtee supervising Egypt's first presidential election since Hosni Mubarak was overthrown last year said on Sunday it had yet to...
In final leg of vote, Egypt’s Islamists eye majority
The Islamist Muslim Brotherhood looks set for a dominant role in Egypt's first free parliament in decades and is promising rivals a...
Rwanda’s Kagame says fine with third term talk
Rwanda's President Paul Kagame said he had no problem with calls for the constitution to be changed to allow him to run...
Congo opposition plans protest over election results
Democratic Republic of Congo's opposition will call for peaceful marches across the country early next week to protest against Joseph Kabila's disputed...
Congo opposition welcomes vote results delay
Democratic Republic of Congo's main opposition party welcomed a delay in election results on Wednesday since this would allow time to make...
Putin’s party has domination cut in Russia
Several thousand protesters took to the streets to demand an end to Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin's 12-year rule after voters cut...
Egypt Salafis want no pact with Muslim Brotherhood
Egypt's ultra-conservative Islamist Salafis said they will not water down their views to ally with the more moderate Muslim Brotherhood, after a...
Feared “beltagia” thugs absent from Egypt polls
"Beltagia, beltagia," were words that once struck fear into the hearts of Egyptians trying to vote in elections under Hosni Mubarak, as...
Egypt’s Christians seek to be heard in election
Coptic Christians are trying to make their voices heard in Muslim-majority Egypt's parliamentary election, fearing Islamists could sweep in and deepen their...
Egypt Islamists expect gains in post-Mubarak poll
Egyptians voted yesterday in a parliamentary election that Islamists hope will sweep them closer to power, even though the army generals who...
Chaos, arson, violence mar Congo election
Deadly violence, arson and widespread voter confusion marred Democratic Republic of Congo's second post-war election yesterday, raising concerns of a protracted dispute...
Congo to vote despite violence
Congo plans to push ahead with the country's second-post war election defying fears that a delay would be needed due to logistical...
Islamists win most seats in Moroccan vote
Morocco's moderate Islamist PJD party won the most seats in the country's parliamentary election, final results showed Sunday, in the latest sign...
Media bias helped Gambia’s Jammeh win election: AU
Gambian President Yahya Jammeh benefited from a strong media bias and greater financial resources than his rivals to secure a new five-year...
UN calls for restraint on eve of Congo vote
International organisations appealed for calm on the eve of Democratic Republic of Congo's presidential election, after a run-up that has already been...
Citizens declare war on abuses in Egypt vote
Egyptians desperate to stop bullies and cheats stitching up the country's first free election in decades are lining up by the thousand,...
Gambian leader expects landslide in criticised vote
Gambian President Yahya Jammeh predicted a comfortable victory in a poll which West African regional bloc ECOWAS said has been marked by...
Ivorian parliamentary vote list closes without FPI
The list of candidates for Ivory Coast's parliamentary election closed with 1,182 candidates vying for 255 seats, but the former ruling FPI...
Italy’s Monti to lay out reform plans ahead of vote
Prime Minister Mario Monti is expected to outline austerity measures aimed at restoring confidence in Italy's strained public finances when he goes...
Liberia’s Sirleaf has over 90 pct of votes: partial count
Liberia's Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf has won 90.8 percent of the votes counted after results from most of the country's boycotted presidential election had...
Tunisia vote turnout to exceed 70 pct: election chief
Turnout in Tunisia's first ever democratic election, being held was nearly 70 percent with three hours left until polling stations close, the...
Tunisia vows no poll rigging, calls on people to vote
Tunisians should vote without fear of rigging or any violence in the first free election after an uprising earlier this year, the...
Cameroon court rejects opposition bid to annul vote
Cameroon's top court has rejected an appeal by opposition parties to annul the results of last weekend's presidential election, throwing out their...
Liberian opposition mulls next move ahead of vote
Two runner-up candidates in Liberia's presidential election were locked in backroom negotiations with other parties as they rushed to decide who to...
Berlusconi faces confidence vote; seen surviving for now
Italy's Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi is expected to scrape through a vote of confidence despite the scandals, economic stagnation and intense...
Liberia’s Johnson-Sirleaf leads on early vote count
Liberian President Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf has won 44.5 percent of votes counted so far in the West African country's election, the poll body...
Vote fraud complaints mount up at Cameroon court
Cameroonian political parties have launched around 12 lawsuits calling for all or part of Sunday's presidential election to be annulled because of...
Cameroon poll shortfalls leave voters frustrated
Opposition leaders and voters in Cameroon have complained of delays at polling booths and other organisational shortfalls at a presidential election expected...
Zimbabwe’s Mugabe says poll timing beyond his control
Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe aid the country's coalition government was illegitimate and needed to give way to an elected administration, but said...
Egypt parties threaten poll boycott, protest planned
Political parties from across Egypt's political spectrum threatened to boycott elections scheduled to start in November unless the country's military rulers amend...
Egypt’s parliamentary vote starts Nov 28
Egypt's parliamentary election will start on November 28, a military source said launching the process of handing back power to civilian rule...
UAE’s second election has low turnout
Just over a quarter of eligible voters cast their ballot for the second election held in the United Arab Emirates for an...
Fewer than 1 in 5 vote in Bahrain by-elections
Fewer than one in five voters cast ballots in Bahraini by-elections this weekend, a government website showed, after the Shi'ite majority in...
Bahrain holds vote as Shi’ite enclave protests
Bahrain's main opposition boycotted elections held to fill parliamentary seats vacated by its members during a crackdown on a mostly Muslim Shi'ite...
Saudi king gives women right to vote
Saudi Arabia's king announced women would be given the right to vote and stand in elections, a bold shift in the ultra-conservative...
Poll riots hit Zambia, opposition leads tight race
Youths went on the rampage in northern Zambia's Copper Belt, a stronghold of opposition leader Michael Sata who is leading the race...
Liberia suspends election campaign on eligibility row
Liberia's Supreme Court suspended campaigning for the October 11 presidential election after a legal challenge to the right of President Ellen Johnson...
Egypt to start parliamentary vote on November 21: media
Egypt will start parliamentary elections on November 21, Al Arabiya Television and the Al-Ahram newspaper reported the country's first vote since a...
Liberia referendum to test readiness for main vote
Liberia will hold a constitutional referendum to determine whether elections due in October will be pushed back, and the voting process itself...
Egypt to hold parliamentary vote in 3 stages
Parliamentary elections to smooth Egypt's transition from military to civilian rule will take place in stages to make it easier for monitors...
UAE expands voter list to head off protest
The United Arab Emirates will increase the number of citizens eligible to vote for a national advisory council to 129 000 from...
Turnout key as Moroccans vote for king’s reforms
Morocco's King Mohammed is widely tipped to win Friday's referendum on a revised constitution he has offered to placate "Arab Spring" street...
