The top politician in India’s capital New Delhi was arrested Thursday in a graft probe his supporters say is aimed at sidelining opponents to Prime Minister Narendra Modi ahead of national elections. Issued on: 22/03/2024 – 09:41 3 min Arvind Kejriwal, Delhi’s chief minister and a key leader in an opposition alliance challenging Modi in …
A leading opponent of Chad’s ruling junta chief has died in an army assault on his party headquarters ahead of a May election when he was set to be the main rival to his cousin and transitional president Mahamat Idriss Deby Itno. Issued on: 29/02/2024 – 15:48 2 min Yaya Dillo Djerou died on Wednesday …
Chile will once again try to resolve the mystery of what really killed Nobel laureate poet Pablo Neruda, who many believe was poisoned by the dictatorship of Augusto Pinochet, a court said Tuesday. Issued on: 20/02/2024 – 19:08 2 min An appeals court in Santiago ordered the reopening of the investigation into the death of …
Senegal’s Constitutional Council on Saturday published a final list of 20 candidates for the February 25 presidential election that excludes jailed opposition leader Ousmane Sonko and Karim Wade, the son of former president Abdoulaye Wade. Issued on: 21/01/2024 – 07:16 2 min Those listed include Prime Minister Amadou Ba, chosen by President Macky Sall as …
Former coup leader Azali Assoumani won re-election Tuesday in the first round of an already disputed presidential vote in the Comoros, an Indian Ocean island chain, dismissing a low turnout and allegations of fraud. Issued on: 16/01/2024 – 22:33 2 min Sunday’s poll was tainted by opposition claims of ballot rigging and voter apathy, but …
Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny on Tuesday said he was “fine” after a “pretty exhausting” 20-day transfer from his prison near Moscow to a penal colony beyond the Arctic Circle. Issued on: 26/12/2023 – 10:33Modified: 26/12/2023 – 10:34 1 min Navalny’s supporters said on Monday that the Kremlin critic, whose whereabouts had been unknown for …
Polls opened in Hong Kong’s first “patriots only” district council election on Sunday, with officials dismissing concerns of potentially low turnout in a race that has shut out all opposition candidates after a national security crackdown. Issued on: 10/12/2023 – 11:33 3 min The previous election was held at the peak of the huge, sometimes …
DR Congo’s Denis Mukwege, a Nobel-winning gynaecologist, staged a rally in his hometown on Saturday, promising to tackle corruption and conflict if elected president next month. Issued on: 25/11/2023 – 20:20 1 min Addressing supporters in the eastern city of Bukavu, the renowned doctor said he would use political power to “put an end …
Authorities in Bangladesh arrested a key opposition figure from the Bangladesh Nationalist Party on Sunday and sent him to prison after hours of detention. The party had called for a nationwide strike after violent clashes with security forces a day earlier. Issued on: 29/10/2023 – 22:46 3 min Media reports said at least three civilians …
Hundreds of thousands of people held an opposition rally in Warsaw on Sunday, two weeks ahead of an election that the liberal Civic Platform (PO) says may decide Poland’s future in the European Union and its democratic standing. Issued on: 01/10/2023 – 16:41 2 min Opinion polls suggest the nationalist Law and Justice (PiS) government …