Uganda’s Bobi Wine wins growing power despite loss in disputed presidential election
Politician and former musician Bobi Wine lost Uganda’s presidential election but his party won at least 56 seats.
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Politician and former musician Bobi Wine lost Uganda’s presidential election but his party won at least 56 seats.
Palestine intends to hold elections in May and July.
Mitch McConnell said “the Electoral College has spoken”.
The PNL party came in second in its election, with 25.5% of the vote compared to 30% for the Social Democrats Party.
Trump yesterday broke his silence after a week without on-camera comments.
Taoiseach Micheál Martin offered his congratulations to Biden following his win.
A winner has been declared at last.
The overall result of the US election is still unclear.
It’s just two days until election day.
It’s not just the presidency that’s to be decided.
Gardaí in Mallow confirmed that they are investigating an allegation of someone voting twice.
The New Zealand Prime Minister won a second term in office in a landslide.
No leader has achieved an outright majority since New Zealand adopted a proportional voting system in 1996.
The move threatened to further inflame tensions in the eastern Mediterranean, where Turkey has been engaged in bitter maritime disputes with Greece and Cyprus.
The vote is seen as a key test of the Kremlin’s control of local politics.
Biden also blamed Donald Trump for “stoking violence” in US cities.
The US president claims he is the only thing standing between ‘democracy and the mob’, and said ‘no-one is safe’ in an America under Joe Biden.
The US president spoke for 70 minutes at an event held at the White House.
The New Zealand prime minister has put the election back to October.
More than 6,700 people have been detained following protests over a disputed election.
A three-day stay-at-home order for Auckland — a city of 1.5 million people — went into force today.
Alexander Lukashenko has ruled the ex-Soviet country since 1994, making him Europe’s longest serving leader.
Andrzej Duda saw off a liberal challenger in a closely fought contest.
The former vice-president has called for $700 million to be spent on supporting manufacturing and technology firms.
Members of Fine Gael, Fianna Fáil and the Green Party are currently voting on whether or not to back the programme for government.
There have been concerns that legislation could not be passed without a full complement of senators in place.
The identities of the 11 Taoiseach’s nominees will remain unknown.
Sinn Féin’s Fintan Warfield and Fine Gael councillor John McGahon also won a seat.
Biden was all but counted out by most onlookers before recently, writes Larry Donnelly.
The party has 11 female candidates running for election in the Seanad.
It was a prominent topic throughout the election but just 3% of voters said it was the most important deciding factor for them.
If you spot a poster around your area after today, contact your local authority.
She said her preference would be to form a government without Fine Gael or Fianna Fáil.
Turnout was actually down by over two percentage points.
Three elections ago, the party only won four seats in the Dáil.
He said he believed the Independent Alliance had been able to achieve a lot in government without “rocking the boat”.
Sinn Féin’s performance is of particular interest.
The exit poll was commissioned by RTÉ, The Irish Times, TG4 and UCD and carried out by Ipsos MRBI.