Tag: elected
Six Nations grieved loss of long-time educator and former elected councilor
News Local News Linda Staats, a long-time Six Nations educator and former elected councilor died Feb. 27, 2023. People of Six Nations are mourning the loss of a former elected…
The African giant Nigeria elected a president – the ruling party’s candidate, Tinubu, was declared the winner of the election
The opposition demanded the annulment of the election due to fraud even before the end of the counting of votes. Voter turnout remained at 29 percent, the lowest in Nigeria’s…
Michel Stéphane Bonda elected president
Michel Stéphane Bonda, former Minister Delegate for Waters and Forests only a few weeks ago, was elected Friday, February 10 president of the Gabonese Elections Center (CGE), the institution responsible…
A hundred European elected officials call for a ban on new fossil projects
A hundred European elected representatives asked in a letter, Tuesday, February 7, to the European Commission, to prohibit the energy groups of the European Union from launching new fossil projects…
United States: George Santos, the mythomaniac elected official who never ceases to embarrass the Republicans
In Washington, we are used to politicians who embellish their biography and juggle with half-truths. But Republican George Santos breaks all records. This representative of the State of New York…
Death of Frene Ginwala, speaker of South Africa’s first democratically elected assembly
In South Africa, the generation that brought down apartheid is slowly dying out. This Friday, January 13, it is Frene Ginwala who died. This militant of the African National Congress…
There are no longer any elected politicians in Haiti
Haiti is sinking ever deeper into crisis: the country no longer has any elected representatives at the national level. Today is the end of the mandate of the last ten…
Five new members have been elected to the Hall of Fame of Finnish sports
Sami Elopuro, Jarkko Nieminen, Marjo Matikainen-Kallström, Kyra Kyrklund and posthumously Olli Mäki have been elected to the Hall of Fame of Finnish sports. Five new members have been elected to…
United States: who is Kevin McCarthy, the “speaker” hardly elected after 15 rounds?
Not only did the Republican Party fail to sweep the House of Representatives in November’s Midterms election, but the elected candidates don’t seem to form a close-knit family. It was…
USA: McCarthy elected Speaker – after 15 attempts
Republican Kevin McCarthy has been elected Speaker of the US House of Representatives after 15 attempts. McCarthy tried throughout Friday night to persuade enough party members and promise concessions to…