Tag: Presidential Candidates
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🇨🇮 Cote d’Ivoire: Tidjane Thiam’s Presidential Bid Blocked as UN Declines to Intervene
Tidjane Thiam, former Credit Suisse CEO and leading opposition figure in Cote d’Ivoire, will be unable to run in the October 25 presidential election after the United Nations Human Rights Committee declined to support his appeal to be reinstated on the country’s electoral roll. Thiam had challenged an Ivorian court’s decision to exclude him, which…
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🇬🇼Guinea-Bissau’s Embalo Faces Legitimacy Crisis Over Re-Election Bid
Guinea-Bissau’s President Umaro Sissoco Embalo is eyeing re-election this year, despite claims his mandate has expired and questions surrounding his legitimacy. If he remains in office until the November elections, he will be only the second leader in Guinea-Bissau’s multiparty era to complete a full term without being overthrown or killed. The 52-year-old, often referred…
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🇲🇺 Mauritius opposition win 62.6% of votes, election commission says
Mauritius’ election commission said on Tuesday final results from the general election showed the opposition Alliance de Changement led by Navin Ramgoolam won 62.6% of votes. The parliamentary election was held on Sunday. The incumbent prime minister Pravind Kumar Jugnauth and his main rivals had all promised to tackle a cost of living crisis affecting…
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🇧🇼 Outgoing Botswana president Masisi hands over office to Boko
Botswana’s new government, led by Duma Boko, is gearing up to tackle challenges following a surprising electoral victory that ended the Botswana Democratic Party’s (BDP) 58-year reign. Boko was sworn in on Friday, just two days after his Umbrella for Democratic Change (UDC) party won a landslide, capturing 36 seats in parliament; five more than…
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Third assassination attempt on Donald Trump foiled – Gunman arrested at Coachella rally
A third assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump was foiled at the last minute on Saturday when local police arrested an armed man outside his rally in the Coachella Valley. According to the local sheriff, the man had been stopped near the venue with weapons and fake access passes. The suspect, Vem Miller, was…
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Ivory Coast president Ouattara’s party pushes him to run again
Ivory Coast’s ruling party has expressed its support for President Alassane Ouattara seeking a fourth term in 2025, making it more likely that the 82-year-old will run again. Ouattara, who was re-elected for a contested third term in 2020, has said he would like to step down, but also suggested he would need old rivals…
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Four Candidates Cleared for Presidential Election in Botswana
The High Court has confirmed that four out of five candidates had the required support to run for presidential office in Botswana under the law. Mokgweetsi Masisi, who is seeking a second term as president, is among the four presidential candidates. The other candidates are Duma Boko, leader of the opposition coalition, the Umbrella for…
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Algeria declares President Tebboune election winner with 95% of vote
Algerian authorities declared President Abdulmadjid Tebboune the overwhelming winner of Saturday’s election on Sunday, but a rival candidate alleged irregularities in the count and fewer than half of registered voters cast ballots. Official preliminary results gave Tebboune 95% of the vote, enough to avoid a second round run-off, with Abdelaali Hassani Cherif getting 3% and…
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Algerians vote today in presidential elections.
Incumbent Abdelmadjid Tebboune, former member of the FLN (Arab socialism) is expected to win easily. His challengers are Abdelaali Hassani Cherif (MFS, Islamism) and Youcef Aouchiche (FFS, social democracy). There are concerns about low turnout, as already shown in previous elections. Tebboune is focusing on strengthening energy exports, raising wages, further improving the business framework,…
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Son of Uganda’s president ends 2026 election bid
The son of Uganda’s long-serving leader Yoweri Museveni said on Saturday he had abandoned plans to run for presidency at the next election in 2026, urging his supporters to endorse his father instead. President Museveni, who has led the country for 38 years, is widely expected to run for re-election even though he has not…
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