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India votes as BJP looks to extend 10-year grip on power: A referendum on Modi?

A world record of 969 million citizens are called to the polls for what some see as a referendum on one man. India is about to embark on the world's biggest election,…

3 months ago

by Abiodun Ogundairo

Algeria referendum: A vote ‘to end years of deviousness’

Algerians are voting in a referendum that is meant to cement changes made possible after long-time President Abdelaziz Bouteflika was forced to resign last year.…

4 years ago

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Macron welcomes ‘No’ result in New Caledonia independence referendum

Emmanuel Macron says he welcomes the 'No' result of New Caledonia's self-determination referendum "with a deep sense of gratitude" and "humility", during a solemn speech at the Elysée Palace.…

4 years ago

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Scotland’s First Minister calls for second independence referendum by 2021

Scotland's First Minister Nicola Sturgeon said that her devolved government will take a first step towards holding an independence referendum by May 2021. She hopes to have legislation agreed by the end…

5 years ago

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Israel votes in pivotal elections

The election is billed as a referendum on Benjamin Netanyahu, who has led Israel for more than a decade. His centrist challenger is hoping to unseat the right-wing politician and usher in…

5 years ago

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UK Labour leaders hint at second referendum

The UK's Labour party is moving in the "direction" of a new Brexit referendum, deputy party head Tom Watson said as the country prepares to leave the EU. Meanwhile, PM Theresa May…

5 years ago

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Calls for more transparency in Turkey’s election

Following allegations of voter fraud in last year’s referendum, campaigners are calling for more independent monitoring of Turkey’s general election on Sunday.…

6 years ago

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Will Nigeria’s Biafra follow Catalan separatists lead?

In southeastern Nigeria, the separatist IPOB wants a referendum like the unofficial one recently held in Catalonia. But those who remember the Biafran War of fifty years ago worry about rushing into…

7 years ago

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Catalonia to declare its independence within days

Catalonia will declare independence "in a matter of days", the region's secessionist leader Carles Puigdemont was quoted as telling the BBC, a move that would defy Madrid and attempt to implement the…

7 years ago

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Spain abandon training session after Pique abuse

Barcelona's Catalan defender Gerard Pique is targeted by angry Spain fans as he takes part in an open training session with the national team the day after the illegal Catalonia independence referendum.…

7 years ago

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Nadal worried about illegal Catalan referendum

Rafael Nadal is worried about the upcoming Catalan referendum saying the region should remain part of Spain.…

7 years ago

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referendum

India votes as BJP looks to extend 10-year grip on power: A referendum on Modi?

Algeria referendum: A vote ‘to end years of deviousness’

Macron welcomes ‘No’ result in New Caledonia independence referendum

Scotland’s First Minister calls for second independence referendum by 2021

Israel votes in pivotal elections

UK Labour leaders hint at second referendum

Calls for more transparency in Turkey’s election

Will Nigeria’s Biafra follow Catalan separatists lead?

Catalonia to declare its independence within days

Spain abandon training session after Pique abuse

Nadal worried about illegal Catalan referendum

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