Cameroon’s Supreme Court has rejected an appeal by opposition parties to annul the country’s recent presidential election because of claims of widespread fraud and irregularities. Several opposition candidates on Monday asked the court to overturn the results of the election, which was widely expected to give a a sixth term to President Paul Biya. The […]
Cameroon Court Rejects Opposition Bid to Toss Election Results
Posted October 20th, 2011 at 6:45 am (UTC-5)
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Johnson Demands Part of Liberia Government in Exchange for Support of President Sirleaf
Posted October 20th, 2011 at 3:15 am (UTC-5)
Liberia’s former rebel leader Prince Johnson is demanding his party be given 30 percent of the country’s future government in exchange for his endorsement of President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf in the upcoming run-off election. Johnson, who finished third in the October 11 presidential election, said Wednesday that he would back President Sirleaf, whose 44 percent […]
Omanis Vote for Consultative Council
Posted October 15th, 2011 at 6:45 pm (UTC-5)
Voters in Oman went to the polls Saturday to elect representatives in the 84-member consultative Shura council. The body is part of the larger Council of Oman, which also includes the appointed State Council and has traditionally met at the request of Sultan Qaboos bin Said to discuss topics of his choice. About 520,000 people […]
Cameroon Opposition Demands Nullification of Presidential Election
Posted October 12th, 2011 at 2:45 am (UTC-5)
Opposition leaders in Cameroon are demanding a nullification of Sunday’s presidential election. The vice chairman of the Social Democratic Front says the election was a “complete mess” and that its winner should not be given “any legitimacy.” He says his party intends to file a formal complaint to the country’s supreme court on Wednesday. The […]
US Official Confident of Free, Fair Elections in Liberia
Posted October 4th, 2011 at 11:35 am (UTC-5)
The U.S. ambassador to Liberia says she believes the country’s election officials will be able to hold a free and fair vote in polls scheduled for next week. Linda Thomas-Greenfield told VOA she is confident Liberians will choose voting over violence. But the envoy said the U.S. is concerned about possible unrest. She urged political […]
Poland’s Civic Platform Party Leads in Pre-Election Polls
Posted October 4th, 2011 at 8:30 am (UTC-5)
An opinion poll out just days ahead of Poland’s parliamentary elections Sunday shows that the ruling pro-market party holds a comfortable lead over the opposition. In a poll published by the Gazeta Wyborcza daily on Tuesday, Prime Minister Donald Tusk’s Civic Platform Party received 31-percent support, while the opposition center-right Law and Justice party has […]
Sarkozy Confers With Allies After French Left Takes Majority in Senate
Posted September 26th, 2011 at 3:56 pm (UTC-5)
French President Nicolas Sarkozy has met with his top political allies after the opposition Socialist Party and its left-leaning allies won a majority in the Senate for the first time in modern history. The results of Sunday’s parliamentary elections give the Socialists 177 Senate seats — two more than they needed for an absolute majority. […]
Sarkozy Confers With Allies After French Left Takes Majority in Senate
Posted September 26th, 2011 at 12:15 pm (UTC-5)
French President Nicolas Sarkozy has met with his top political allies after the Socialist Party and their left-leaning allies won a majority in the Senate for the first time in modern history. Mr. Sarkozy early Monday summoned Prime Minister Francois Fillon and Jean-Francois Cope, the head of the conservative UMP party, to the Elysee Palace. […]
French Left Takes Majority in Senate
Posted September 26th, 2011 at 12:20 am (UTC-5)
For the first time in modern French history the Socialist Party and their left-leaning allies control the French Senate. France’s opposition Socialists are claiming victory in Sunday’s elections, leaving President Nicolas Sarkozy without a majority in the upper house as he prepares to announce an expected re-election bid. The Socialist Party now controls 177 Senate […]
French Left Claims Victory in Senate Election
Posted September 25th, 2011 at 2:45 pm (UTC-5)
France’s opposition Socialist Party is claiming victory in elections to fill half the government’s Senate seats, delivering an early electoral blow to President Nicholas Sarkozy’s UMP party. Although official figures are not yet public, the Socialist Party announced that it had won the 23 seats needed to secure a majority in France’s 348-member upper house […]
