Chama Cha Mapinduzi (CCM), in power for over fifty years, won the elections and its candidate John Magufuli is the new president of Tanzania with 68% of votes. The National Electoral Commission made the announcement on the 29th of October. The elections to decide the new head of state, as well as members of parliament
A peace march in April 2015 called on Burundian citizens to show support for President Pierre Nkurunziza, who was planning to stand to be elected as president for the third time. The events that followed were unexpected and brutal. On the 19th of April many took to the streets of the country’s capital Bujumbura to
Citizens in Myanmar will be called to vote for members of the country’s parliament, who will be in power for the next five years, on November 8. These are the first general elections since 50 years of military rule ended in 2011, when the country started a process of political reform, opening the way for democratic
A husband with a pension too low to live on, three children to sustain, and an insecure job: millions of Greeks living like Athanasia: oppressed by austerity.
Seemingly positive news is going to shake the history of the country where women have the least rights in the world and that of the entire Islamic world. Saudi Arabia will allow women to vote and run in municipal elections. The news has been released by local media in conjunction with the start of the
