presidential elections
Bouteflika-era PM elected president of protest-hit Algeria
Middle East
December 13, 2019
Bouteflika-era PM elected president of protest-hit Algeria
A former Algerian prime minister who served under deposed leader Abdelaziz Bouteflika was elected president of the protest-wracked country after…
Algerian presidential candidates discuss Morocco, France, and Polisario
Middle East
December 12, 2019
Algerian presidential candidates discuss Morocco, France, and Polisario
Voters in Algeria headed to polling stations on Thursday to elect a new president to replace Abdelaziz Bouteflika, amid months…
Algeria poll on December 12: interim president
Middle East
September 16, 2019
Algeria poll on December 12: interim president
Algeria is to hold a presidential election on December 12, five months into a political vacuum since longtime leader Abdelaziz…
Philippines votes in polls expected to strengthen Duterte
World
May 13, 2019
Philippines votes in polls expected to strengthen Duterte
Filipinos headed to the polls on Monday in a vote that is expected to strengthen President Rodrigo Duterte’s grip on…
Jailed former head of Turkey’s pro-Kurdish opposition says fair election impossible
Middle East
May 5, 2018
Jailed former head of Turkey’s pro-Kurdish opposition says fair election impossible
Turkey’s Kurdish opposition presidential candidate, who is challenging President Tayyip Erdogan from behind prison bars, said a fair vote in…
Algeria’s biggest union urges Bouteflika to run for fifth term
Middle East
May 1, 2018
Algeria’s biggest union urges Bouteflika to run for fifth term
Algeria’s biggest union urged President Abdelaziz Bouteflika on Tuesday to seek a fifth term in office in a further sign…
Mahmoud Abo el-Leil files lawsuit calling for suspension of political parties boycotting elections
Egypt
March 31, 2018
Mahmoud Abo el-Leil files lawsuit calling for suspension of political parties boycotting elections
A few days after preliminary results of Egypt’s presidential election showed that President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi is close to a…
Why is there low youth turnout in the 2018 presidential elections?
Features/Interviews
March 27, 2018
Why is there low youth turnout in the 2018 presidential elections?
After the end of the first day of the 2018 presidential elections in Egypt, the Cabinet released a statement saying…
103-year-old Minya citizen votes for Sisi
Egypt
March 27, 2018
103-year-old Minya citizen votes for Sisi
Despite her old age, 103-year-old Zeinab Abdel Azim Ismail, known as Umm Zaghloul, from Adwa city in north Minya, was…
News on giving school students days-off during elections is ‘innaccurate’: IDSC
Egypt
March 20, 2018
News on giving school students days-off during elections is ‘innaccurate’: IDSC
The Information Decision and Support Center (IDSC) denied on Tuesday news circulating on social media that school students would be given…