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UN Commission Warns South Sudan Vote Lacks Safeguards and Risks Mass Abuses

The panel says weak security, exclusionary politics, failing accountability raise the risk of mass abuses if the Dec. 22 election goes ahead.

Lula and Flávio Bolsonaro Open Tight 2026 Campaign With Symbolic Rallies

U.S.-Backed Talks Begin in Caracas to Chart Venezuela’s Political Transition

Senegal’s President Breaks With Sonko by Launching New Kiiraay Party

Trump Says He Will Run for President Again in 2028

Ortega Declares End to Competitive Elections in Nicaragua

Özgür Özel Forms Yeni Parti and Takes 91 Deputies to Become Turkey’s Main Opposition

Hungarian Prosecutors Seize Fidesz Data Servers in Embezzlement Probe

Sheinbaum Rejects Calls to Limit Voting by PAN-Linked Youth

Castillo Supporters Gather at Juntos por el Perú to Demand His Release

Ruth Moschner Urges Followers Not to Vote for AfD

Supreme Court Strikes Down Limits on Party‑Candidate Coordinated Spending

Anti-Fascist Protests Fail to Stop AfD Congress in Erfurt

Peru's Electoral Body Declares Keiko Fujimori President-Elect

AfD Keeps Matthias Helferich After Party Court Imposes Six‑Month Office Ban

PPP and JUI-F Form Electoral Alliance to Contest AJK Vote

France Sets 2027 Presidential Vote for April 18 and May 2

Keiko Fujimori Declared Winner of Peru's Tightly Contested Presidential Runoff

Micah Lasher Wins NY-12 Democratic Primary as Kennedy Scion Falls Short

Guardian Weekly Spotlights Sheinbaum as the World’s Most Popular Left‑Wing Leader