ABUJA, May 5 (Reuters) – The Nigerian opposition’s hopes of mounting a strong challenge to President Bola Tinubu at elections next January have been shaken after two leading figures – Peter Obi and Rabiu Kwankwaso – quit a newly formed coalition citing legal wrangles and internal divisions. Obi and Kwankwaso, who placed third and fourth…
PRISTINA, April 30 (Reuters) – Kosovo’s acting President Albulena Haxhiu on Thursday called a snap election for June 7, the third in just over a year, after parliament failed to elect a new head of state. The vote prolongs a political crisis in Europe’s youngest country, which had no fully functioning government for much of…
PRISTINA, April 29 (Reuters) – Kosovo is set for another snap election after parliament failed to elect a new president on Tuesday, pitching Europe’s youngest nation back into the thick of a political crisis. Parliament had until midnight on Tuesday to choose a head of state after President Vjosa Osmani’s term ended in early April,…
SARAJEVO, April 25 (Reuters) – Slovenia was left without a prime minister-designate in the wake of last month’s election after President Natasa Pirc Musar said on Saturday she would not nominate one because no parliamentary group had secured enough support to form a governing coalition. The parliamentary vote ended up with a narrow victory for the…
MOSCOW, April 20 (Reuters) – The Kremlin said on Monday that it was encouraged by Bulgarian politician Rumen Radev’s desire to resolve issues with Russia via pragmatic talks after he won a landslide election victory on Sunday. Official results showed that Radev’s Progressive Bulgaria party had won convincingly, sidelining long-dominant political forces and potentially pushing…
BUCHAREST, April 17 (Reuters) – Romania’s broad ruling coalition of four pro-European Union parties has no choice but to continue to govern, President Nicusor Dan said, even if its biggest party will likely call for the prime minister’s resignation on Monday. Romania’s leftist Social Democrats are likely to vote on Monday to withdraw their support…
NAIROBI, April 11 (Reuters) – Djibouti’s President Ismael Omar Guelleh nL8N3W50Q9 has won re-election with 97.8% of the vote, state-owned Radio Television Djibouti said on Saturday, handing him a sixth term that extends his 27-year rule over the small but strategically located East African country. Guelleh posted an image of himself with the French word…
April 7 (Reuters) – Taiwan opposition leader Cheng Li-wun arrived in China on Tuesday on what she says is a mission of peace, happening at a time Beijing has ramped up its military and political pressure against the democratically governed island. Cheng, chairwoman of the largest opposition party, the Kuomintang or KMT, will be in…
GRAPEVINE, Texas, March 28 (Reuters) – When former Congressman Matt Gaetz opened his speech by aligning with a Republican faction “loyal to only one nation,” his message to the Conservative Political Action Conference was clear: It was a veiled swipe at perceived Israeli influence over U.S. politicians, even without naming Israel outright. A month into…
TAIPEI, March 23 (Reuters) – Improving ties with Beijing does not require being anti-U.S., while Taiwan’s survival depends on stable relations with China, the leader of Taiwan’s largest opposition party said on Monday. Former lawmaker Cheng Li-wun won election as chair of the Kuomintang (KMT) in October and has signalled a swing towards even closer…