Presidential elections

Congo’s Tshisekedi fights fraud allegations with ‘Spirit of openness’

KINSHASA (Reuters) – When Democratic Republic of Congo President Felix Tshisekedi was declared the winner of another contested election on Sunday, he pledged to be the leader of all 100 million people. Accusations by opposition leaders of electoral fraud and political repression, however, are likely to mar his second term as it did his first. …

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After forty years of democracy, Argentina faces a defining presidential runoff

Argentina is just a day away from a presidential runoff that could bring to power the strangest candidate the nation has produced since democracy was restored there exactly forty years ago. Javier Millay finished second in the first round of voting on October 22, but several polls have him as the favorite for Sunday. Even …

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