There are normally only candidates from the two major parties in presidential elections, but there are exceptions. Maybe some of the most famous elections with third party candidates are 1912 and 1992, both times favoring the democratic candidate in the end. For the upcoming 2024 election, it is too early to say for sure if…
After months of jockeying, the Republican National Committee revealed the lineup for the first primary debate in Milwaukee, site of the GOP convention in 11 months, and organized by Fox News. The front-runners in both parties, Trump and Biden, will not bother to debate their respective opponents in the early phase of the primaries as…
The 2024 election campaign has already started, and it looks like it will get nastier than ever. The two front runners are the same as in 2020, Biden and Trump. On the democratic side there are basically no challengers, only a weak effort by Robert F Kennedy Junior, who seems to be trending around 10-15%…
There is seldom news coverage from Africa that gets global attention, but the recent coup in Niger is an exception. Niger is a Muslim country in west Africa with about 27 million people with French as official language. It gained independence from France in 1960 but has struggled with political and economic instability since and…
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