Zimbabwe Polls open in Zimbabwe's first post-Mugabe presidential election Voters in the southern African country are choosing a new president, eight months after Robert Mugabe was forced from power following nearly 40 years of repressive rule. 29/07/2018
Mexico Who is Mexico's Lopez Obrador and will he take on Trump? Mexico's next president won a landslide in Sunday's election promising to tackle corruption, violence — and Donald Trump. 02/07/2018
Mexico Mexico gets its first leftist leader in decades Veteran politician Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador wins after promising to tackle corruption and the drug cartels. 02/07/2018
Colombia Colombia chooses a new president The two would-be successors to President Santos could be more different from each other. 17/06/2018
Italy New Italian government readies for power Italy's new government is set to be sworn in on Friday. Alongside Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte, Matteo Salvini, leader of The League, will serve as Interior Minister; Luigi Di Maio, leader of Five-Star, will be Minister of Industry and Labour 31/05/2018
Colombia Why is Colombia’s presidential election important? | Euronews answers Sunday’s vote is overshadowed by the fragile peace deal with the FARC rebel group, and by political and economic chaos in neighbouring Venezuela. 23/05/2018
Iraq Iraqi reporter who threw shoes at George Bush 'to run for office' Muntazer al-Zaidi, jailed after hurling his shoes at the ex-US president in Baghdad in 2008, says he is campaigning in this month’s Iraqi elections. 02/05/2018
Kazakhstan Who are the most popular presidents in Europe? After Ilham Aliyev triumphed in Azerbaijan’s presidential election this week, we looked at how his winning 86.1% vote share compared with the rest of Europe. 13/04/2018
Sierra Leone Bio bounces back from 2012 defeat to take Sierra Leone presidency Ruling party's beaten candidate cries foul amid allegations of fraud in tight run-off, which saw a 51-49% split. 05/04/2018
Costa Rica Carlos Alvarado to be Costa Rica's next president Support for gay marriage helped the centre-left candidate triumph over his more conservative rival 02/04/2018
USA Trump hires re-election campaign chief It’s thought to be the earliest any incumbent US president has officially declared his re-election campaign. 28/02/2018
Costa Rica Costa Rica presidential election set to be decided by run off Evangelical singer Fabricio Alvarado Munoz will face-off against unrelated ex-government minister Carlos Alvarado Quesada 05/02/2018
USA Scale of Russian bots promoting Trump on Twitter revealed Russian bots retweeted Donald Trump almost half a million times in the run-up to the US presidential elections 27/01/2018
world news Czech Republic: Anti-immigration president seeks re-election Voters go to the polls today and tomorrow, facing a clear choice between incumbent Milos Zeman and his challengers 12/01/2018
Liberia Ex footballer George Weah wins Liberia presidential election George Weah has won Liberia's presidential run-off election with 61.5 percent of votes from 98.1 percent of ballots cast, says the election commission. 28/12/2017
Liberia Liberians choose between experience or change Boakai is a known quantity, while Weah is the people's champion, even if his lack of experience is an obstacle. 26/12/2017
Chile Pinera on course in Chilean presidentials Opinion polls say conservative will win first round, but have to fight a run-off vote to be president again. 19/11/2017
Kenya Uhuru Kenyatta re-elected as Kenya's president Kenya's President Uhuru Kenyatta has been re-elected and will serve a second and final five-year term as president. 11/08/2017
Kenya Two 'shot dead' in Kenya as violence follows claims of electoral fraud Opposition leader Raila Odinga's claims that Tuesday's general election was rigged has sparked upheaval in Kenya 09/08/2017
Rwanda Rwanda strongman Kagame wins election landslide The victory gives Kagame, already in power for 17 years, a third term 05/08/2017
Rwanda Kagame expected to win third term in Rwandan presidentials Rwandan President Paul Kagame looks set for a third term as the country votes for a new president. 04/08/2017
Mongolia Mongolia's new president, the martial arts star A former martial arts star has won a run-off in Mongolia's presidential poll, according to the General Election commission. 08/07/2017
Iran Tehran mayor Qalibaf quits presidential race to back cleric Raisi The candidate's withdrawal is seen as a boost to conservative hardliners trying to unseat President Rouhani. 15/05/2017
Iran Iran: presidential campaign breaks boundaries With days to go until Iran's Presidential election, front-runner and incumbent Hassan Rouhani painted his rivals as power-hungry puppets of the security forces. 14/05/2017
South Korea Liberal Moon Jae-in set for South Korean presidency Exit polls suggest Moon, who favours talks with Pyongyang, has won the election 09/05/2017
South Korea Scandal-hit South Korea prepares for election The election was called following the impeachment of Park Geun-hye in December. 06/05/2017
