Somalians voted Thursday in the Mogadishu region’s first direct local election in nearly 60 years, despite security concerns and a boycott by opposition le ...

Somalia conducted its first direct elections in Mogadishu in nearly 60 years under heavy security, while opposition parties boycotted, raising tensions ahead of next year’s presidential vote.

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Palo Alto voters will not get a chance to directly choose their mayor after all. After months of consideration, a split City Council opted on May 20 not to place on the November ballot a measure that ...

Lawrence City Hall is pictured on Oct. 11, 2024. Lawrence voters on Tuesday narrowly rejected a referendum that would have altered the city’s structure of government, voting down a proposal that would ...

Members of the ruling coalition are open to President Prabowo Subianto’s suggestion of scrapping the prevailing direct ...

Amid opposition boycotts, people in Mogadishu vote in the city’s first direct local polls since 1969. Residents of Somalia’s ...

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While all the lawmakers of the lower house lost their position from the same day, the Speaker and Deputy Speaker continue to ...