Botswana’s Ruling Party

Botswana ruling party rejected after 58 years in power

World - Yahoo News - 57 minutes ago

Botswana president concedes defeat in election after party’s six-decade rule

Results show Mokgweetsi Masisi’s Botswana Democratic party on track to lose by landslide. Botswana’s president, Mokgweetsi Masisi, has conceded defeat in Wednesday’s elections, which his Botswana ...

World - The Guardian - 7 hours ago

Seismic change in Botswana as party that ruled for 58 years loses power

Botswana’s President Mokgweetsi Masisi conceded defeat in the general election Friday, in a seismic moment of change for the country that ended the ruling party’s 58 years in power since ...

Diamond-rich Botswana’s ruling party loses power after 6 decades

Growing competition from synthetic stones hits southern African country’s economy

World - Financial Times - 8 hours ago

Diamond-rich Botswana holds an election with new economic challenges for a long-ruling party

Botswana will vote in a national election this week that will decide whether the ruling party extends a 58-year stretch in power in a southern African country that is a leading diamond producer and ...

World - ABC News - 4 days ago

Seismic change in Botswana as party that ruled for 58 years since independence loses power

Botswana's President Mokgweetsi Masisi has conceded defeat in the election in a seismic moment of change for the county that ended the ruling party’s 58 years in power since independence from ...

World - ABC News - 10 hours ago

A party in power for 58 years pledges change for Botswana

World - Yahoo News - 5 days ago

Botswana Voters Hand Governing Party a Stunning Rebuke

After 58 years, the Botswana Democratic Party lost its majority in Parliament, becoming the latest long-dominant party in southern Africa to fall from power.

World - The New York Times - 3 hours ago

Botswana holds an election where the diamond trade has become a central issue

Botswana is holding a national election and voters are deciding if one of Africa’s longest-ruling parties stays on for another five-year term

World - ABC News - 2 days ago

Botswana's president concedes defeat in election to end his party's 58 years in power

World - ABC News - 11 hours ago

Mozambique's ruling party wins landslide in disputed poll

World - Yahoo News - October 25

Mozambique ruling party wins election condemned as ‘rigged’

Frelimo’s Daniel Chapo takes presidency after polls marred by irregularities and murder of opposition advisers

Business - Financial Times - October 24

Mexico’s ruling party moves to limit power of judiciary

Legislation raises concerns over concentration of power in hands of presidency

Business - Financial Times - 6 days ago

Republic of Georgia’s Ruling Party Claims Election Victory

The Georgian Dream party won 54 percent of the vote, the electoral commission said Sunday, a result that critics of the government fear could derail the country’s pro-Western course.

World - The New York Times - 5 days ago

Japan's ruling coalition loses a majority in the lower house, creating political uncertainty

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba’s ruling coalition has lost a majority in the 465-seat lower house in a key parliamentary election Sunday

World - ABC News - 4 days ago

Japan’s ruling party is certain to lose a majority in the lower house, broadcaster says

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba’s conservative ruling party braced for a blow to its comfortable majority in the lower house of parliament in Sunday’s elections.

Mozambique Ruling Party’s Chapo Leads in Early Vote Tally

World - Yahoo News - October 14

Georgian president says pro-Russia ruling party ‘rigging’ election

Salome Zourabichvili urges voters to choose ‘between a European future and a Russian past’

Business - Financial Times - October 15

Long-ruling party leads in Mozambique's election as opposition candidate calls for strikes

World - Yahoo News - October 16

Long-ruling party leads in Mozambique's election as opposition candidate calls for strikes

Mozambique’s ruling party candidate holds a clear lead in early presidential election results as his main challenger said he would not accept them and called them fraudulent

World - ABC News - October 16

Japan general election: what would it take for the ruling LDP party to be ousted?

Corruption scandals, an economic crisis and widespread leader dissatisfaction have dogged the party yet it remains in contention. All eyes are now on whether it will secure a majority. Bruised by ...

World - The Guardian - October 17

Japan's ruling party headquarters is attacked with firebombs and suspect is arrested

Tokyo police say a man was arrested after throwing several firebombs into the headquarters of Japan’s ruling party in Tokyo, then crashing his car into the fencing of the prime minister’s residence

World - ABC News - October 19

UK's ruling Labour Party rejects accusations of U.S. election interference

The U.K.'s ruling Labour Party has rejected accusations by Donald Trump's campaign team that its party members have interfered in the U.S. election.

Business - CNBC - October 23

Trump accuses Britain's ruling Labour Party of election interference

Former President Donald Trump accused Keir Starmer's British Labour Party of illegally assisting Vice President Kamala Harris ahead of the election Nov. 5.

Mozambique ruling party declared winner of election marred by killings

Frelimo presidential candidate Daniel Chapo is said to have received 70% of vote, after claims of rigging. The candidate of Mozambique’s ruling party has won the presidential election with a ...

World - The Guardian - October 24

Georgia’s ruling party leading in pivotal election ahead of pro-EU opposition

Results with 70% of precincts counted give Georgian Dream majority in vote seen as crucial to possible EU membership. Georgia’s ruling party is leading in a pivotal parliamentary election widely ...

World - The Guardian - 6 days ago

Georgia's pro-EU opposition says vote stolen as ruling party claims victory

The opposition disputes initial results giving the ruling party 54%, after exit polls tell a different story.

Ruling party claims lead in key Georgia election as polls close

World - Yahoo News - 6 days ago

Ruling party ahead in key Georgian election, preliminary results show

World - Yahoo News - 5 days ago

Ruling party leads Georgian election; opposition says vote 'stolen'

World - Yahoo News - 5 days ago

Georgia’s ruling pro-Russia party retains power in blow to EU aspirations

OSCE observers say election bore evidence of ‘democratic backsliding’ with reports of intimidation and coercion. Georgia’s ruling party has retained power in a contested parliamentary election in a ...

World - The Guardian - 5 days ago

Japan's ruling party loses its majority in blow to new PM

The prime minister announced a snap election despite voter apathy and low approval ratings.

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Botswana ruling party rejected after 58 years in power

Botswana president concedes defeat in election after party’s six-decade rule

Seismic change in Botswana as party that ruled for 58 years loses power

Diamond-rich Botswana’s ruling party loses power after 6 decades

Diamond-rich Botswana holds an election with new economic challenges for a long-ruling party

Seismic change in Botswana as party that ruled for 58 years since independence loses power

A party in power for 58 years pledges change for Botswana

Botswana Voters Hand Governing Party a Stunning Rebuke

Botswana holds an election where the diamond trade has become a central issue

Botswana's president concedes defeat in election to end his party's 58 years in power

Mozambique's ruling party wins landslide in disputed poll

Mozambique ruling party wins election condemned as ‘rigged’

Mexico’s ruling party moves to limit power of judiciary

Republic of Georgia’s Ruling Party Claims Election Victory

Japan's ruling coalition loses a majority in the lower house, creating political uncertainty

Japan’s ruling party is certain to lose a majority in the lower house, broadcaster says

Mozambique Ruling Party’s Chapo Leads in Early Vote Tally

Georgian president says pro-Russia ruling party ‘rigging’ election

Long-ruling party leads in Mozambique's election as opposition candidate calls for strikes

Long-ruling party leads in Mozambique's election as opposition candidate calls for strikes

Japan general election: what would it take for the ruling LDP party to be ousted?

Japan's ruling party headquarters is attacked with firebombs and suspect is arrested

UK's ruling Labour Party rejects accusations of U.S. election interference

Trump accuses Britain's ruling Labour Party of election interference

Mozambique ruling party declared winner of election marred by killings

Georgia’s ruling party leading in pivotal election ahead of pro-EU opposition

Georgia's pro-EU opposition says vote stolen as ruling party claims victory

Ruling party claims lead in key Georgia election as polls close

Ruling party ahead in key Georgian election, preliminary results show

Ruling party leads Georgian election; opposition says vote 'stolen'

Georgia’s ruling pro-Russia party retains power in blow to EU aspirations

Japan's ruling party loses its majority in blow to new PM

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