A coalition of opposition political parties Thursday called on Egyptian voters to reject proposed constitutional amendments that would allow President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi to stay in power until 2030. The Civil Democratic Movement, which includes liberal and left-leaning parties, held a news conference to decry the amendments, calling them an “assault …
Read More »Indonesia gears up to vote in the world’s largest single-day election.
Tens of millions of Indonesians will vote in presidential and parliamentary elections this week after campaigns focused on the economy, but with political Islam looming ever larger in the world’s biggest Muslim-majority nation. President Joko Widodo, a former furniture salesman who launched his political career as a small-city mayor, is …
Read More »Just hours before polls were to open, Nigeria delays election.
The delay is expected to spark anger in Africa’s most populous nation after many people had relocated for the chance to vote. Nigeria’s presidential election has been postponed just hours before polls were due to open. The country’s election commission said it was delaying the vote to 23 February due …
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