Campaigns & Elections

Supporters cheer as Joao Lourenco, presidential candidate for the ruling MPLA party, speaks at an election rally in Malanje, Angola, August 17, 2017. Picture taken August 17, 2017. REUTERS/Stephen Eisenhammer FOR EDITORIAL USE ONLY. NO RESALES. NO ARCHIVES TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY - RTS1CB66

Africa in the news: Angola votes, Glencore mining operations slowed in Zambia over power dispute, and Power Africa progress report released

Friday, August 25, 2017

Sen. Jeff Flake (R-AZ) speaks with reporters about the Senate health care bill on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., July 12, 2017. REUTERS/Aaron P. Bernstein - RTX3B6QL

Is Senator Flake a stalking horse for President Pence?

Thursday, August 24, 2017

Arizona's Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio speaks at the Republican National Convention in Cleveland

Trump’s Phoenix caper: Snake oil on the fire

Vanda Felbab-Brown

Monday, August 21, 2017

QUALITY REPEAT: Rescue workers search for survivors after a mudslide in the Mountain town of Regent, Sierra Leone, August 14, 2017. Pictures taken August 14, 2017. Sierra Leone Red Cross/Handout via REUTERS REUTERS ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS PICTURE WAS PROVIDED BY A THIRD PARTY. NO RESALES. NO ARCHIVE - RTS1BWIG

Africa in the news: Kenya’s opposition disputes election results, Namibia cuts interest rates, and Sierra Leone mourns mudslide victims

Friday, August 18, 2017

Kenyans queue to cast their vote during the presidential election outside a polling station in Gatundu, Kenya August 8, 2017. REUTERS/Baz Ratner - RTS1ATK9

Africa in the news: Elections in Rwanda and Kenya, AGOA Forum, and Ethiopia’s dropped state of emergency

Friday, August 11, 2017

U.S. President Donald Trump refers to amounts of temperature change as he announces his decision that the United States will withdraw from the landmark Paris Climate Agreement, in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, U.S., June 1, 2017.

President Trump, it’s political malpractice to ignore polling

Friday, August 11, 2017

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (L) sits beside U.S. President Donald Trump during a leadership lunch at the White House in Washington, U.S. March 1, 2017. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque - RTS110D7

Mitch McConnell and Trump’s unlucky number 13

Thursday, August 10, 2017

U.S. President Donald Trump (R) speaks about North Korea as he sits beside U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) Tom Price (L) during an opioid-related briefing at Trump's golf estate in Bedminster, New Jersey, U.S., August 8, 2017. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst - RTS1AYEF

Trump’s supporters are worried about his priorities, and tired of his tweets

William A. Galston

Wednesday, August 9, 2017

A voter casts her ballot at a polling station in Kigali, Rwanda, August 4, 2017. REUTERS/Jean Bizimana - RTS1AC62

Africa in the news: Election updates, China’s new Djibouti base, and Google CEO’s Nigeria visit

Friday, August 4, 2017

Peter Maritim, a candidate for the role of local representative, passes by banners as he campaigns in the Barut ward, Nakuru, Kenya, July 27, 2017. Picture taken July 27, 2017. REUTERS/Baz Ratner - RTS19UNL

Kenya’s election 2017: Same concerns, different approaches

Douglas L. Kivoi and Steven Nduvi

Friday, August 4, 2017