Presidential Vote

Iraq parliament fails to elect new president for third time

The country's federal court has given lawmakers until April 6 to choose a new president.

Tunisia’s election: A sanction vote against the system

Tunisians cast votes in a highly competitive presidential election to punish the political elite amid widespread discontent at economic hardship eight years into the 2011 revolution.

US House votes to condemn Trump's 'racist comments'

Top Republican leaders rallied around Trump, but four members of the president's party voted with the 235 Democrats to condemn him for "racist comments that have legitimised and increased fear and hatred of new Americans and people of colour."

Ukraine’s comedian-turned president strikes an aggressive tone

In an attempt to cement power, Volodymyr Zelensky has called for snap elections, sparking a severe backlash from the opposition.

North Macedonia polls open for presidential elections

Voters will elect a new president in a run-off vote dominated by deep divisions over a change in the country's name agreed with Greece that has opened the path to NATO and EU membership.

Ukraine comedian Zelenskiy to meet Macron before presidential run-off

Ukrainian comedian and presidential candidate Volodymyr Zelenskiy is heading to Paris to meet the French president. He is predicted to win the presidential election run-off, despite his only political experience of playing the president in a TV show.

Over 180 wounded in protests against Algeria's Bouteflika

State media says 183 people were wounded and one person died after tens of thousands of protesters marched in streets on Friday against 82-year-old President Abdelaziz Bouteflika's plans to seek fifth term in office.

Afghanistan postpones next year's presidential election

The Afghan election commission says the delay in holding the presidential election will allow time to fix technical problems that surfaced during October's parliamentary elections.

US mid-term polls: Will the president's party follow trend of losing votes?

Historically, midterm elections have always weakened the party that holds the presidency. Democrats will try to flip both chambers of Congress in their favour to block Trump's controversial policies on healthcare, migrants and the border wall.

Montenegro votes for new leader with pro-Western veteran tipped to win

Milo Djukanovic is the most high-profile of all the seven candidates with posters plastered all over the capital Podgorica - where a third of Montenegro's population lives - proclaiming him as "leader, statesman and president of all citizens".

Maada Bio elected as Sierra Leone's new president

Opposition candidate Julius Maada Bio of the Sierra Leone People's Party (SLPP) won 51.81 percent of votes cast in the March 31 poll, defeating the ruling All People's Congress candidate Samura Kamara.

Honduras concludes vote count without any winner declared

Former Bolivian President Jorge Quiroga and head of the OAS mission to Honduras says that electoral authorities should carry out a wider recount after a ballot count pointed to a win for incumbent Juan Orlando Hernandez.