Status: 12/19/2022 11:37 a.m Despite allegations of corruption against South Africa's President Ramaphosa, the governing party ANC has re-elected him as its leader. In doing so, she also paves the way for a possible second term as President. South Africa's President Cyril Ramaphosa remains chairman of the governing African National Congress (ANC) party despite serious allegations of corruption. At the party congress, he received 2,476 out of 4,384 votes in the party's internal vote, as the election officer confirmed. The...
Georgia Democratic Sen. Raphael Warnock, after his victory was announced, in Atlanta, Georgia on Dec. 6, 2022. JOHN BAZEMORE / AP It was the last act of the midterm elections in the United States. After a tight ballot, Democrat Raphael Warnock, outgoing senator, won on Tuesday, December 6, with 50.7% of the vote against a candidate supported by Donald Trump, the former American football player Herschel Walker. It is a victory for President Joe Biden who thus sees the Democratic...
Olympic bid, competitive sport reform, internal cultural change: President Thomas Weikert was confirmed in office with an overwhelming majority at the General Assembly of the German Olympic Sports Confederation. The 61-year-old has a mountain of tasks ahead of him.After being re-elected as President of the German Olympic Sports Confederation (DOSB), Thomas Weikert will start his next term of office until 2026 with challenges he has created himself 438 votes (99 percent) elected. Verena Bentele, Kerstin Holze and Oliver Stegemann were...
General Assembly DOSB President Weikert re-elected Has been re-elected as President of the German Olympic Sports Confederation: Thomas Weikert. photo © Marius Becker/dpa President Thomas Weikert was re-elected at the General Assembly of the German Olympic Sports Confederation on Saturday in Baden-Baden. The 61-year-old lawyer from Limburg in Hesse was elected for a four-year term with 434 out of 438 votes. President Thomas Weikert was re-elected at the General Assembly of the German Olympic Sports Confederation on Saturday in Baden-Baden....
The ritual is immutable in Equatorial Guinea: the State organizes a presidential election and, after the opening of the ballot boxes, the name of Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo systematically appears on more than 93% of the ballots. At the head of a coalition of 15 parties led by his all-powerful Democratic Party of Equatorial Guinea (PDGE), the Head of State in power since 1979 was therefore re-elected unsurprisingly for a 6th term, this time with a triumphant official score of...
Central Asia Kazakh President Tokayev confirmed in office President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev (r) before casting his own vote in Astana. photo © Handout/Kazakhstan's President Press Office/XinHua/dpa Kazakhstan, which is rich in raw materials, is Germany's most important partner in Central Asia. In the presidential election, incumbent Tokayev was confirmed in office for a further seven years. In the oil and gas-rich ex-Soviet republic of Kazakhstan, head of state Kassym-Jomart Tokayev won the presidential election as expected, according to preliminary information. Tokayev...
Kassym-Jomart Tokaev unsurprisingly keeps his chair. The outgoing president of Kazakhstan was largely re-elected on Sunday, according to polls, at the head of the largest country in Central Asia, which has lived through a dark year between bloody riots and ruthless clan struggle.According to three exit polls, Kassym-Jomart Tokayev won between 82.2% and 85.52% of the vote in this former Soviet republic where 69.43% of the 12 million voters voted, after the first estimates of the Electoral Commission.Riots brutally suppressed...
California Congressman Kevin McCarthy was re-elected as their leader by Republicans in the House of Representatives on Tuesday. McCarthy, 57, received 188 Republican votes to his challenger, Arizona Rep. Andy Biggs, who received 31 votes. Assuming his party takes control of the House of Representatives, McCarthy will need 218 House votes in January to be named Speaker of the House, the post currently held by Democrat Nancy Pelosi.The Republicans are expected to have a majority, i.e. 218 seats or more,...
This victory allows President Joe Biden's party to be only one seat away from retaining a majority in the upper house.A Democratic senator was re-elected in Arizona on Friday, November 11, putting President Joe Biden's party just one seat away from retaining a majority in the upper house. Former astronaut Mark Kelly beat his Republican opponent Blake Masters in this southwestern state, according to several American media, including CNN, CBS and the New York Times.At this point, Democrats and Republicans...
STORY: Even after the US polling stations are closed, the race for Congress remains a nail-biter for President Joe Biden. As expected, his Democrats had to put up with a few defeats. The bottom line is that on Wednesday night it was not yet possible to say whether the Republicans, who started the vote as favorites, managed to take control of Parliament. In addition to all 435 seats in the House of Representatives and 35 of the 100 seats in...
