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Comoros’ president extends rule after latest poll victory

Comoros’ president extends rule after latest poll victory

COMOROS' President Azali Assoumani won a fourth five-year term after being declared by the country's electoral body on Tuesday as the winner of Sunday's election in which he contested against five opponents. Assoumani has been ruling the Indian Ocean archipelago nation since 1999 when he first came to power through a coup. He has since won three elections. Critics accuse his government of cracking down on dissent, which it denies. Results published by the National Electoral Commission late Tuesday showed Assoumani garnered 62.97% of the vote. The country of about 800,000 people has experienced around 20 coups or attempted coups…
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The UN’s Guterres, an incumbent with strong backing by Europe, is bound to win another term

The UN’s Guterres, an incumbent with strong backing by Europe, is bound to win another term

BARBARA CROSSETTE IT was all over in one crucial week. Barring an unforeseen hitch, António Guterres is the clear winner of a second, five-year term as secretary-general of the United Nations, beginning on Jan.1, 2022. This was not a surprise: he had no major competition and the process moved faster than expected. A three-hour question-and-answer session with UN diplomats from around the world in the General Assembly on May 7 appeared to support a growing sense internationally that the Security Council may decide by late June or July, three months before the normal deadline for a candidacy to go to the General Assembly for…
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