Doubt over DR Congo election date
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The second round of DR Congo's landmark elections is thrown into confusion after a Supreme Court ruling.
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Problems loom for the presidential election including voting equipment changes that could delay the outcome past Nov. 2, a group of international observers said Tuesday in a report.
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Counting of votes from Afghanistan's election is delayed until the shape of an inquiry into alleged flaws is announced.
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afrol News, 18 August - The governments of Rwanda and Burundi may again send troops into Congo Kinshasa (DRC) if Kinshasa does not finally take action against the militias still slaughtering Tutsis. Both claim Friday&#39;s massacre was masterminded by ...
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BRUSSELS , Dec 21 (IPS) - The European Union has pledged support for general  elections that are scheduled to take place in the Democratic  Republic of Congo in June next year.
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First election since the military coup 15 months ago fuels fears of further political uncertainty in Thailand
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Elections in the next few weeks  will bring new faces and new hope to a clutch of African  countries, but many of the poor, war-damaged continent's  nascent democracies face major hurdles in the coming year.
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The first trial at the world's first permanent war crimes court is likely to be delayed by more than two months because defense attorneys for a Congolese militia leader have been given insufficient time to prepare, a judge said Wednesday.
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South Africa and Belgium have expressed confidence that elections in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) will go ahead as planned in seven months time.
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KINSHASA, 20 Dec 2004 (IRIN) - With fresh battle fronts opening up and tens of thousands of civilians fleeing their homes, there has been mounting concern among international bodies that the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) is heading for a major war.
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Thailand's post-coup national election could be pushed back until early 2008 as legal experts fear a new constitution and other laws will not be finished as planned, army chief Sonthi Boonyaratglin said on Sunday.
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BEIRUT - The Lebanese Parliament, which was scheduled to elect a new president yesterday, postponed the vote until Oct. 23 after it failed to muster a quorum because of the deadlock among the country's political factions.
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Lebanon's presidential election was postponed from Monday to February 11, Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri said on Sunday, announcing the 13th delay of a vote blocked by the country's political crisis.
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Confusion surrounds the brief return of a statue of  Belgian colonial king Leopold II in the DR Congo capital, Kinshasa.
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A fresh attempt by the sharply divided parliament to elect a Lebanese president was likely to be postponed for the ninth time Monday amid a political impasse that continues to hold up the army chief's election for the post.
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A lawsuit demanding touch-screen voting machines be made to produce paper records will not be heard until Oct. 18, a judge ruled Friday, raising doubts that any significant changes to the system used by about half of Florida's voters will happen before the election.
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Pakistan's parliamentary elections have been postponed until February 18 because of unrest following the assassination of former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto. The elections were originally set for January 8. Both opposition parties wanted the elections to go ahead as scheduled, hoping to capitalize on the sympathy following Bhutto's killing.