Immigration, DSS place ‘protest sponsors’ on watchlist, freeze bank accounts
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IPOB asks for referendum, says Igbo ready to exit Nigeria and more
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India votes as BJP looks to extend 10-year grip on power: A referendum on Modi?
A world record of 969 million citizens are called to the polls for what some see as a referendum on one man. India is about to embark on the world's biggest election,…
Algeria referendum: A vote ‘to end years of deviousness’
Algerians are voting in a referendum that is meant to cement changes made possible after long-time President Abdelaziz Bouteflika was forced to resign last year.…
Macron welcomes ‘No’ result in New Caledonia independence referendum
Emmanuel Macron says he welcomes the 'No' result of New Caledonia's self-determination referendum "with a deep sense of gratitude" and "humility", during a solemn speech at the Elysée Palace.…
Scotland’s First Minister calls for second independence referendum by 2021
Scotland's First Minister Nicola Sturgeon said that her devolved government will take a first step towards holding an independence referendum by May 2021. She hopes to have legislation agreed by the end…
Israel votes in pivotal elections
The election is billed as a referendum on Benjamin Netanyahu, who has led Israel for more than a decade. His centrist challenger is hoping to unseat the right-wing politician and usher in…
UK Labour leaders hint at second referendum
The UK's Labour party is moving in the "direction" of a new Brexit referendum, deputy party head Tom Watson said as the country prepares to leave the EU. Meanwhile, PM Theresa May…
Calls for more transparency in Turkey’s election
Following allegations of voter fraud in last year’s referendum, campaigners are calling for more independent monitoring of Turkey’s general election on Sunday.…
Will Nigeria’s Biafra follow Catalan separatists lead?
In southeastern Nigeria, the separatist IPOB wants a referendum like the unofficial one recently held in Catalonia. But those who remember the Biafran War of fifty years ago worry about rushing into…
Catalonia to declare its independence within days
Catalonia will declare independence "in a matter of days", the region's secessionist leader Carles Puigdemont was quoted as telling the BBC, a move that would defy Madrid and attempt to implement the…