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AFP, Published on 23/12/2023
» ROZHDESTVENO, Russia - The Communist Party of Russia, the second largest party in parliament, on Saturday selected a 75-year-old to stand next March in presidential polls against Vladimir Putin.
AFP, Published on 23/12/2023
» DAKAR - Exiled Senegalese opposition figure Karim Wade, an ex-minister and the son of former head of state Abdoulaye Wade, said on Saturday that he had filed papers to contest presidential elections in February.
AFP, Published on 23/12/2023
» MOSCOW - Russia's Central Electoral Commission on Saturday rejected an application by a candidate calling for peace to stand in next year's presidential elections.
AFP, Published on 22/12/2023
» THURLOW (UNITED KINGDOM) - Emerging from woods in a quiet corner of rural England, a small band of anti-foxhunting campaigners have just one goal: to confuse the pack of dogs chasing a fox and prevent its death.
AFP, Published on 20/12/2023
» KINSHASA - Polling stations opened on Wednesday in a high-stakes Democratic Republic of Congo general election pitting the incumbent President Felix Tshisekedi against a fragmented opposition, while much of the east of the country is mired in conflict.
AFP, Published on 20/12/2023
» LOS ANGELES - Donald Trump is ineligible for the US presidency because of his involvement in the January 2021 assault on the Capitol, Colorado's supreme court ruled Tuesday, setting off a political earthquake that could upend next year's election.
AFP, Published on 20/12/2023
» LOS ANGELES - An appeals court in Colorado on Tuesday ruled Donald Trump cannot appear on the state's presidential primary ballot because of his involvement in the attack on the Capitol in January 2021.
AFP, Published on 20/12/2023
» BELGRADE - Hundreds of people demonstrated against alleged voter fraud in the Serbian capital of Belgrade on Tuesday, following calls by the main opposition camp to protest the weekend's election results that have been marred by reports of "irregularities".
AFP, Published on 18/12/2023
» BELGRADE - Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic looked poised to tighten his grip on power Monday after his party secured a parliamentary majority with a dominating victory at the polls, even as the opposition called for protests.
AFP, Published on 18/12/2023
» GENEVA - A United Nations rights expert said on Monday the "enforced disappearance" of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny was alarming, and demanded that Moscow release him immediately.