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Security concerns to decide Ecuador’s presidential election this weekend

Elections

Ecuadorians head to the polls this Sunday, in one of the most hotly contested elections in decades. Thirty-seven-year-old President Daniel Noboa, the son of a banana tycoon, is facing off against former National Assembly member and leftist Luisa González. Security is the top issue on the table, as both candidates promise to tackle the rising narco-gang violence that has given Ecuador one of the highest homicide rates in Latin America. Michael Fox has the story from the capital, Quito.

Struggling economy and youth unemployment weigh heavily on voters as Ghana heads to the polls

Elections

How much change can reformist President-elect Masoud Pezeshkian bring to Iran?

Politics
Darjeeling is nestled amid lush tea gardens and overlooking the snow-capped Himalayas in India’s northeast. But landscapes like these pose challenges while conducting elections.

What it takes to pull off the world’s largest election in India

Elections

Women voters expected to play significant role in India’s general election

Politics
Anti-government Russian demonstrators took to the streets in Decembe, 2011, increasing pressure on Vladimir Putin as he sought a new term as Russian president. The placard reads "Get tired! Leave!"

Putin’s Cold War mentality explains a lot

Books

Has the White House been meddling in Moscow? Here’s a view from on the ground in Russia.

Kenyan activist Boniface Mwangi says his country's politicians must heal the country's ethnic divide.

Ethnic tensions threaten to engulf post-election Kenya. This activist sees a way out.

Culture

Kenyan activist Boniface Mwangi describes a way to pull his nation back from the brink.

Alexis Sinduhije, Samantha Power and Bryan Rich at the Committee to Protect Journalists awards in 2004

Burundi exile to US’s Samantha Power: ‘You shake the hand of the killers’

Conflict

He used to be friends with Samantha Power, the US ambassador to the United Nations. But now a former Burundian journalist is sanctioned by Washington for advocating violence.