South Africa elections live results 2024: By the numbers on day 2 | Elections News
With more than half the votes counted, results show the ruling ANC could lose their majority and be forced to seek coalition partners. With more…
‘In shadows’: Meta, YouTube black market clouds India election integrity | India Election 2024 News
New Delhi, India – In 2019, political consultant Tushar Giri found himself in a room with a distraught veteran leader from Indian Prime Minister Narendra…
US activists worry about ‘losing major asset’ TikTok as potential ban looms | Social Media
Michael Mezzatesta is a climate educator based in Los Angeles, California. For the last two years, he’s used TikTok and Instagram as a means to…
Why Did Rishi Sunak Call Snap Elections?
On May 22, 2024, British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak made a surprising announcement: the United Kingdom will hold a snap general election on July 4,…
Inside South Africa’s vote counting centre | Elections
NewsFeedAl Jazeera’s Fahmida Miller is inside South Africa’s ‘Result Operation Centre’ where votes are being counted to determine the outcome of the country’s most hotly-contested…
‘Appalling cull’: Britain’s Labour bars another left-winger from election | Politics News
Critics accuse party of conducting a purge of left-wingers, as Faiza Shaheen deselected over social media posts. Britain’s Labour Party has barred prominent left-winger Faiza…
Opinion: ‘Zuckerbucks’ make elections more secure, no matter what red states say
Democracy isn’t free. Tell that to the more than half the states that have banned or limited donations to the roughly 8,000 county and municipal…
#Never Biden: What’s the campaign against the US approach to Israel about? | US Election 2024 News
In the run-up to the 2016 United States presidential election, a set of mainstream Republicans worried about the rise of Donald Trump kicked off what…
Mayoral candidate shot dead at campaign rally in Mexico’s Guerrero state | Politics News
Alfredo Cabrera’s murder is the latest in a string of attacks ahead of Sunday’s elections. A mayoral candidate has been shot dead at a campaign…
South Africa elections live results 2024: By the numbers | Elections News
About 28 million voters were registered to vote in national and provincial elections. Millions of South Africans went to the polls on May 29 for…
Trump’s New York hush-money trial: 12 legal terms explained | Donald Trump News
The trial of former President Donald Trump in New York, which has dominated headlines in the United States and across the world, is entering its…
Who is Claudia Sheinbaum, the frontrunner in Mexico’s presidential race? | Elections News
Mexico City, Mexico – She is leading in voter polls, poised to become Mexico’s first female president. But Claudia Sheinbaum faces a challenge: how to…
‘Vote for change’: South Africa elects government as ANC legacy on trial | Elections News
Johannesburg, South Africa – Mpimo Hlavanganwane is far younger than South Africa’s democracy. The 23-year-old grew up in Chiawelo, the same area of Soweto that…
Frontrunner Labour bars race row MP from UK election run | Politics News
Diane Abbott says Labour will not allow her to run in July election despite party reinstatement. Diane Abbot said she has been barred from standing…
‘We will win’: South Africa’s ruling ANC confident despite party ‘missteps’ | Elections News
Johannesburg, South Africa – The stadium overflowed with yellow, green and black as tens of thousands of African National Congress (ANC) faithful gathered in Soweto…
Former spy chief Dick Schoof proposed as Dutch PM | Politics News
Schoof, 67, is currently the top official at the justice ministry and a former head of the Dutch intelligence service. Dutch right-wing coalition parties have…
Cape Town’s poor ‘neglected’ in South Africa’s only opposition-run province | Elections News
Cape Town, South Africa – In the leafy, picturesque southern suburbs of Cape Town, Dee Lackay, 38, is making a new start after leaving Johannesburg…
The dangerous push to legalize gambling on U.S. elections
Free and fair elections, the foundation of our democracy, face an unprecedented array of threats as the next one approaches. While some of these threats…
What’s behind the rise in political violence in Mexico? | Elections
Election campaign marred by assassinations of dozens of candidates. Dozens of candidates have been killed ahead of Mexico’s general election amid surging political violence. Dozens…
What to know about the Mexico’s 2024 presidential election | Elections News
On June 2, people across Mexico will head to the polls to choose a new leader, as part of the largest election in the country’s…