Liberian Election -Liberia is far from ending her elections, as former football star George Weah and Liberia’s Vice-President Joseph Boakai are headed for a run-off in the presidential polls. George Weah and Joseph Boakai, will face a runoff on 7 November 2017 in the race to succeed President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf. This was announced by … Read more
Avi Gabbay, who won Monday’s runoff election to head Israel’s opposition Labour, is a political newcomer with a business background who supporters hope will galvanise his beleaguered party. He had surprised observers when reaching second place in the first round of the Labour election after joining the party in December, just months after quitting Prime … Read more
Israel’s main opposition Labour party voted for a new leader Monday as it seeks to regain waning influence and win back supporters who have drifted toward centrist and right-wing candidates. The runoff election sees two candidates with sharply different political backgrounds: Amir Peretz, a longtime politician and former party leader; and Avi Gabbay, an ex-businessman … Read more
A Democrat aims to pull off an upset election victory in the US state of Georgia on Tuesday in a race seen as a popularity test for President Trump. The congressional district has long been Republican, but Democrat Jon Ossoff has surged in opinion polls with a campaign billed Make Trump Furious. The suburban Atlanta … Read more
Under the moonlit skies victory smelled like Jean Paul Gaultier Le Male. The euphoria had spread her antennae bouncing around. It was all over the place—north, south, east and west as thousands thronged the streets of Ghana’s capital Accra to celebrate the election of Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo on Friday the 9th of December 2016. … Read more
Republican John Neely Kennedy, a candidate for the U. S. Senate, won a runoff election in Louisiana on Saturday against his Democratic opponent in a race that gives the Republicans a 52-seat majority in the chamber. The Democratic candidate, Foster Campbell, told his supporters in a speech in the state capital of Baton Route that … Read more
Chicago, Illinois – On the eve of the US elections, Chance the Rapper took the stage to mobilise millennials of colour to vote. Hundreds of people filled Grant Park for a free concert by the Chicago-born, Saturday Night Live featured star along with group Twin Peaks and other musical acts, followed by a Parade to … Read more