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The Observers

‘It was like being under house arrest’: Tanzania’s opposition fears mounting crackdown

Spain's ruling Socialists suffer historic defeat in regional election

Europe

Hard-right candidate Jose Antonio Kast wins Chile presidential election

Americas

Polls close in Chile presidential race expected to steer country to the right

Americas

Indiana Republicans block Trump redistricting map targeting two Democratic seats

Americas

Zelensky says ready to hold Ukraine elections

Europe

Honduran presidential candidate alleges election fraud in race against Trump-backed rival

Americas

Hong Kong election: Turnout near record low amid anger over deadly fire

Asia / Pacific

Hong Kong heads to the polls for legislative elections after deadly fire

Asia / Pacific

Hong Kong legislative election under Beijing's scrutiny

Asia / Pacific

US Supreme Court allows Texas to use map favoring Republicans in 2026

Americas

US Supreme Court approves Texas's Republican-friendly electoral map for 2026 midterms

Americas

Guinea-Bissau's electoral body cannot certify results of vote derailed by coup

Africa

'I have been deposed,' Guinea-Bissau's President Embalo confirms to FRANCE 24

As it happened
Africa

Guinea-Bissau in turmoil as military officers seize control, president deposed

Africa

Ivory Coast fails to meet 30% women quota ahead of legislative elections

Africa

Main opposition barred in Guinea-Bissau vote as President Embalo seeks second term

Africa

Bosnia’s autonomous Serb Republic votes for new president after Dodik's removal

Europe

After toppling a government, young Nepalis drive a new wave of voters and candidates

Asia / Pacific

Chilean far-right looms large in election dominated by rising crime

Americas

In a Chile fearful of crime, a presidential vote pits a communist against the far right

Americas

Fears over migration and crime push Chile's presidential race to the right

Americas

Iraq's general election: What to expect from the vote

Iraqis head to polls in election drawing scrutiny from US and Iran

Middle East

Polls close in crucial Iraq election drawing scrutiny from US and Iran

Middle East

Trump pardons Rudy Giuliani, more than 70 others linked to efforts to overturn 2020 election

Americas

Iraq: Early parliament polls begin with security forces and displaced people able to vote today

Middle East

Tanzanian police arrest senior opposition official, hundreds charged with treason

Africa

Bolivia’s President Paz sworn in, ties with US to resume at ambassador level

Americas

California votes to redraw electoral districts to counter Trump's influence

Americas

Democrats sweep key races in early test of Trump-era politics

Americas

Progressive Democrat Zohran Mamdani wins New York City mayoral race

Americas

Tanzania partially lifts curfew, internet blackout after deadly election violence

Africa

Dutch centrist Jetten set to be youngest-ever PM after narrow election win

Europe

USA: Poll shows Zohran Mamdani's lead in NYC mayoral race narrowing

Americas

Who's who in the race to become New York's next mayor

Americas

Tanzania President Hassan wins disputed election amid deadly protests

Africa

Centrist D66 party ousts far right to win Netherlands election, local media reports

Europe

Tanzania under curfew, Internet blackout after tense elections turn violent

Africa

Dutch election vote count shows nail-biting tie between Wilders’ far right and centrists

Europe

Low turnout mars Tanzania's presidential election as opposition barred from race

Africa

Dutch exit polls put centrist party D66 narrowly ahead of far right

Europe
Focus

In the Netherlands, immigration dominates election campaign

Europe

Alassane Ouattara wins Ivory Coast presidential election, according to provisional results

Africa

What to know about Argentina's mid-term vote, a key test for Trump ally Milei

Americas

Voters head to the polls to decide new Irish president

Europe

'Inequality & division: Ouattara offers 'stability at exclusion of Ivorians from electoral process'

Africa
Focus

Ivory Coast combats uptick in disinformation campaigns around elections

Africa

Centrist outsider Rodrigo Paz wins Bolivian presidency, ending socialist rule

Americas

Bolivians choose between two right-wing politicians at presidential runoff

Americas

Crisis-hit Bolivia goes to the polls and looks to the right for pro-market shift

Americas
Press Review

'Bitter and combative': Mamdani and Cuomo duke it out in NY mayoral debate

Americas

Russia has 'captured' the Georgian state, EU 'too complacent', President says

Europe

Outgoing French PM hopes to have a budget by end of 2025, dissolution 'looks more remote'

France

Few women and minorities win seats in Syria's first parliament since fall of Assad

Middle East

France's President Macron gives outgoing PM Lecornu one last chance

France

France's Macron tasks outgoing PM Lecornu to hold final talks to stabilize country

France

France: President Macron under pressure after fifth PM in two years resigns

France

France: Socialist Party says is not calling for a snap election after the PM resigns

France

French premier resigns hours after naming government, plunging France further into political chaos

France

Could France's next Prime minister be a socialist?

France

France: Opposition leader Melenchon reacts to PM Lecornu's resignation

France

France: Why did Prime minister Sebastien Lecornu resign?

France

France plunges into uncertainty again after PM Lecornu announces resignation

France

Syrians vote in first parliamentary election since Assad's fall

Middle East

French PM Lecornu resigns, Marine Le Pen calls for snap elections

France

France: Why did PM Lecornu resign just hours after unveiling his cabinet?

France

France's outgoing PM: "Political parties are behaving as if they have a majority in Parliament"

France

Syria holds first parliamentary elections since Assad's ouster in contested process

Middle East

Andrej Babis leads vote count in Czech parliamentary election

Europe
Talking Europe

Moldovan election result 'exceptional by European standards': Former deputy PM Popescu

Europe

Czech Republic: former PM Babis set for victory in parliamentary elections

Europe