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Pakistan Senate votes to ban fake news on social media

Pakistan's Senate has voted to criminalize "intentional" spreading of misinformation with jail terms of up to three years. Journalists and opposition figures argue the law could be used to tamp down dissent.…

3 months ago

by Abiodun Ogundairo

Namibia votes for new president and parliament as ruling party faces toughest race yet

Namibia votes for new president and parliament as ruling party faces thoughest race yet

Thousands of namibians queued to have their say in general elections.. Logistical issues held up the scheduled closure of pivotal presidential and legislative polls. The vote was held as the ruling paty…

5 months ago

Africa

Security tight as Indian-administered Kashmir votes

Indian-administered Kashmir is heading to the polls in its first local elections since India's nationalist Hindu government stripped the Muslim-majority region of its semi-autonomous status.…

6 months ago

News

US Democrats, Republicans compete for Pennsylvania votes

JD Vance and Tim Walz, the Republican and Democratic candidates for the post of US vice president, will face each other for the first time in a debate on Tuesday. What they…

7 months ago

World

Europe votes: Security preoccupies Baltic states

The war in Ukraine is well into its third year, and Russia’s advances on the battlefield have caused jitters across the EU, particularly in the countries bordering Russia that used to be…

1 year ago

News·World

US House votes to override Trump veto of crucial defense bill

The US House of Representatives has voted to override President Donald Trump's recent veto of a key defense bill. The Senate is expected to vote on Tuesday.…

4 years ago

News·World

Malawi votes in presidential re-run

Malawian voters have defied the coronavirus pandemic to return to the polls for the second time in just over a year after President Peter Mutharika's re-election was annulled by the Constitutional Court.…

5 years ago

Africa·News

Gabon’s election, EU-Apple row, Marc Riboud

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9 years ago

Africa·News

Dilma Rousseff to testify in impeachment trial

Dilma Rousseff, Brazil's suspended president, will testify in her impeachment trial before the Senate on Monday. She is six votes short of blocking the impeachment. However, her fate could rest on a…

9 years ago

News·World

Clinton is a bigot – Trump

In his push to court minority voters, U.S. Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump tells a rally in Mississippi on Wednesday, that rival Hillary Clinton is a 'bigot who sees people of color…

9 years ago

News·World

South Africa: ANC faces worst election loss in 20 years

Opposition Democratic Alliance wins majority of votes in major cities like Port Elizabeth and Cape Town.…

9 years ago

Africa·News

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Namibia votes for new president and parliament as ruling party faces thoughest race yet

Security tight as Indian-administered Kashmir votes

US Democrats, Republicans compete for Pennsylvania votes

Europe votes: Security preoccupies Baltic states

US House votes to override Trump veto of crucial defense bill

Malawi votes in presidential re-run

Gabon’s election, EU-Apple row, Marc Riboud

Dilma Rousseff to testify in impeachment trial

Clinton is a bigot – Trump

South Africa: ANC faces worst election loss in 20 years

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