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Sri Lanka President Dissanayake in India on his first foreign trip, to meet Modi today
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Sri Lanka President Dissanayake in India on his first foreign trip, to meet Modi today

Firstpost  

Sri Lanka President Dissanayake visits India to meet PM Modi, Jaishankar, and NSA Ajit Doval. The talks between PM Modi and Dissanayake will lead to a greater cooperation between New Delhi and Colombo, said External Affairs Minister Jaishankar, who met the Sri Lankan President on Sunday. Our conversations focused on strengthening Indo-Sri Lanka… pic.twitter.com/A5mkZ4TS1D — Anura Kumara Dissanayake December 15, …

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How history has come full circle with Sri Lankan President Dissanayake's visit to India
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4 weeks ago

How history has come full circle with Sri Lankan President Dissanayake's visit to India

New Indian Express  

Anura Kumara Dissanayake, Sri Lanka's newly elected president, is visiting New Delhi for the second time in just 10 months. But Delhi was keenly aware of Sri Lanka's changing political landscape and the possibility of Dissanayake becoming the island's next president, whenever an election was called. In recent years, India has made significant investments in Sri Lanka's infrastructure and will …

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Ghana to Botswana: Why African voters are throwing out ruling parties
1 month ago

Ghana to Botswana: Why African voters are throwing out ruling parties

Al Jazeera  

Jubilant victory songs filled the air in Ghana’s capital, Accra, on Monday as supporters of the National Democratic Congress party filled the streets to celebrate their candidate, former President John Dramani Mahama’s win in an election that will once again make him head of state of the West African nation. “We’ve not seen such a massive gap before in any …

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Sri Lankan President Anura Dissanayake to visit India in first overseas trip from Dec 15-17
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Sri Lankan President Anura Dissanayake to visit India in first overseas trip from Dec 15-17

New Indian Express  

Sri Lankan President, Anura Dissanayake, will be making his first international visit since he came to power to India next week. During his visit, President Dissanayake will meet Prime Minister Narendra Modi and President Droupadi Murmu, Cabinet spokesperson Nalinda Jayatissa said on Tuesday. The December 15-17 visit is Dissanayake's first overseas visit since being elected the island nation's President in …

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Ghana’s former president wins historic comeback election victory
1 month ago

Ghana’s former president wins historic comeback election victory

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Ghana’s former president John Dramani …

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Ghana election results: Former President John Mahama claims victory in tight race
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Ghana election results: Former President John Mahama claims victory in tight race

Firstpost  

Former President John Dramani Mahama has claimed victory in the Ghana elections. He has held roles as a member of parliament, chairman of the West Africa Caucus at the Pan-African Parliament, and chairman of the regional bloc ECOWAS Former President John Dramani Mahama claimed a historic comeback victory in Ghana’s presidential election, defeating the ruling New Patriotic Party as voters …

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Ghana counts ballots after tight presidential race amid economic woes
1 month ago

Ghana counts ballots after tight presidential race amid economic woes

Firstpost  

Voting was mostly calm, but police said at least two people were shot dead in separate incidents Supporters of the ruling New Patriotic Party presidential candidate and Ghanaian Vice President Mahamadu Bawumia attend his final election campaign rally, in Accra, Ghana. File image/ Reuters Ghana counted ballots on Saturday after a tight election with the ruling party’s Vice President Mahamudu …

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Polls close in Ghana’s general election in the shadow of the worst economic crisis in a generation
1 month ago

Polls close in Ghana’s general election in the shadow of the worst economic crisis in a generation

Associated Press  

ACCRA, Ghana — Voting closed Saturday evening in most polling centers throughout Ghana, bringing to an end the presidential and legislative elections poised to be a litmus test for democracy in a region shaken by extremist violence and coups. According to an opinion poll released earlier this year by Afrobarometer, a research group, 82% of Ghanaians feel their country is …

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Ghanaians go to the polls with the backdrop of the worst economic crisis in a generation
1 month ago

Ghanaians go to the polls with the backdrop of the worst economic crisis in a generation

Associated Press  

ACCRA, Ghana — Voters in the west African nation of Ghana will cast their ballots Saturday in a general election poised to be a litmus test for democracy in a region shaken by extremist violence and coups. Ghana used to be a poster child for democracy in the region, but in recent years has struggled with a profound economic crisis, …

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Ghana votes in tight presidential election race
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Ghana votes in tight presidential election race

New Indian Express  

ACCRA: Ghana's vice president and former central banker Mahamudu Bawumia faces off against opposition ex-president John Mahama on Saturday in a closely fought election to decide on the country's new president. Ghana's struggling economy emerged as the major electoral issue after the West Africa gold producer went through a debt default, high inflation and negotiations for a $3 billion IMF …

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Ghana elections: Who is running and what’s at stake?
1 month ago

Ghana elections: Who is running and what’s at stake?

Al Jazeera  

The country’s historically disadvantaged north is set to decide the tight race for the first time. Voters in the West African nation of Ghana are heading to the polls on Saturday to decide the country’s next parliament and president in tense, tightly contested elections that come amid biting economic hardship and general frustration with outgoing President Nana Akufo-Addo’s government. The …

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Sri Lanka’s NPP Government: Economic Recovery Plan, Minority Rights Test New Leadership
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Sri Lanka’s NPP Government: Economic Recovery Plan, Minority Rights Test New Leadership

The Hindu  

Published : Nov 26, 2024 21:12 IST - 8 MINS READ Each day begins with renewed hope in Sri Lanka as the National People’s Power coalition government gets to work following the resounding two-thirds majority it secured in the November 14 parliamentary election. The political party formed by former President Mahinda Rajapaksa after gutting the SLFP—the Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna, …

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The discrepancy between satellite data of farm fires and air pollution | Explained
1 month, 2 weeks ago

The discrepancy between satellite data of farm fires and air pollution | Explained

The Hindu  

The story so far: The air quality in the national capital has been struggling to recover from the lows to which it dropped right after Deepavali despite the implementation of GRAP stage IV measures, the active intervention of the Supreme Court, and stop-gap measures by the Delhi government. The senior scientist also wrote that the quantity of aerosols in the …

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The Hindu profiles on Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna
1 month, 2 weeks ago

The Hindu profiles on Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna

The Hindu  

When Anura Kumara Dissanayake was elected President of Sri Lanka in September, and his National People’s Power alliance swept the general elections on November 14, most international news headlines stamped the winners as ‘Marxist’. Wijeweera began what became the JVP in 1965, exactly three decades after Ceylon’s left movement birthed the country’s oldest party, the Lanka Sama Samaja Party, consequent …

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Congress, allies draw a blank in Northeast bypolls
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Congress, allies draw a blank in Northeast bypolls

Deccan Chronicle  

Guwahati: The BJP-led North East Democratic Alliance swept the bypolls in northeast, winning all seats in Assam and Meghalaya. The Bharatiya Janata Party caused a major upset for the Congress and its allies in the Northeast, preventing them from winning even a single seat in the bypolls. In Assam, the BJP won the Dholai, Behali, and Samaguri seats and its …

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Meghalaya: NPP's Mehtab Chandee Sangma all set to win Gambegre bypoll
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Meghalaya: NPP's Mehtab Chandee Sangma all set to win Gambegre bypoll

India TV News  

The ongoing vote counting for the Gambegre Assembly bypolls has revealed a strong early lead for Dr. Mehtab Chandee A. Sangma of the National People’s Party, with the NPP candidate securing 3,885 votes after three rounds of counting. In the third round of counting, Dr. Sangma, a prominent figure from the NPP, extended her lead over her nearest competitor, Sadhiarani …

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Meghalaya: NPP’s Mehtab Chandee wins Gambegre assembly seat in resounding victory
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1 month, 2 weeks ago

Meghalaya: NPP’s Mehtab Chandee wins Gambegre assembly seat in resounding victory

India TV News  

In a decisive victory for the National People’s Party, Mehtab Chandee, the wife of Meghalaya Chief Minister Conrad K. Sangma, has won the Gambegre Assembly by-election with 12,678 votes. BJP's candidate Bernard Marak, who had previously held a significant position as the state’s Vice President, could only secure 710 votes, finishing far behind in the race. The win also serves …

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Interview | Sri Lankan democracy has been altered by citizens themselves: Jayadeva Uyangoda
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Interview | Sri Lankan democracy has been altered by citizens themselves: Jayadeva Uyangoda

The Hindu  

Published : Nov 22, 2024 18:57 IST - 21 MINS READ Jayadeva Uyangoda, emeritus professor of political science at the University of Colombo, spoke to Amit Baruah about the groundbreaking November 14 election results and their implications for Sri Lanka’s future. Since independence—actually since 1931 when we got the universal adult franchise—political power through elections has always been the monopolistic …

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Wasbir Hussain | Mistrust, ‘won’t talk’ stand may keep Manipur on boil
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Wasbir Hussain | Mistrust, ‘won’t talk’ stand may keep Manipur on boil

Deccan Chronicle  

In the full-scale ethnic war between the Meiteis and the Kukis that Manipur has been witnessing since May 3, 2023, the one thing that has come as a surprise is that neither side has been hit by conflict fatigue although the blistering fight has entered its 18th month. As the day progressed, Imphal was under the grip of thousands of …

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An overturning of Sri Lanka’s old political order
1 month, 3 weeks ago

An overturning of Sri Lanka’s old political order

The Hindu  

The National People’s Power, led by Sri Lanka’s President Anura Kumara Dissanayake, has swept the Sri Lankan parliamentary polls with an astounding majority. There is another side to this story: Sri Lanka is Asia’s oldest electoral democracy, with universal suffrage going back to 1931, and its citizenry, in an awesome political swing, have not only given the new government an …

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Padma Rao Sundarji | ‘Honeymoon year’ for Sri Lanka’s new govt
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Padma Rao Sundarji | ‘Honeymoon year’ for Sri Lanka’s new govt

Deccan Chronicle  

Fed up of nepotism, corruption and a staggering economic crisis and for the first time in their history, Sri Lankan citizens last week voted a largely unknown political party, the National People’s Power, with a landslide two-thirds majority in their Parliament. The JVP has consistently rejected all attempts to grant greater autonomy to Sri Lanka’s Tamil-majority Northern and Eastern provinces, …

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The Dissanayake administration’s challenge is to reform Sri Lanka's economy
1 month, 3 weeks ago

The Dissanayake administration’s challenge is to reform Sri Lanka's economy

Live Mint  

Among the less well-known winners in Sri Lanka’s parliamentary election last week was Krishnan Kalaichelvi, the daughter of a Malaiyaga Tamil tea-estate worker. With the huge mandate for saba wensak, or genuine change in Sinhala, President Anura Kumara Dissanayake must push through reforms such as the devolution of power to the north and east—and an even more tricky revamp of …

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Manipur's endless unrest: A tragedy of mistrust, mayhem and missed leadership
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1 month, 3 weeks ago

Manipur's endless unrest: A tragedy of mistrust, mayhem and missed leadership

India Today  

If there was ever a moment when Manipur appeared to be slipping from the national consciousness, the events of November have dragged it back into the spotlight. This triggered violent protests in Imphal, where enraged mobs ransacked the homes of three legislators, including R.K. Imo, chief minister N. Biren Singh’s son-in-law and a BJP MLA. Not surprisingly, one of Biren …

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Manipur crisis: Naga People’s Front says will continue supporting BJP-led govt
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Manipur crisis: Naga People’s Front says will continue supporting BJP-led govt

Hindustan Times  

IMPHAL: A day after the National People’s Party withdrew its support to Manipur’s Bharatiya Janata Party -led government, the Naga People’s Front, another key coalition partner, has said that it will continue to support the government. “We will continue to support the government since we continue to be part of the coalition,” said NPF’s Manipur unit president Awangbow Newmai, who …

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