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Bosnia goes to the polls on October 4 to elect several parliaments and presidents. While voters worry about the economy and emigration, the campaign is focused on ethnicity, exposing the country's political paralysis.
In this month's edition, we dive deep into a narrative used by leaders in the United States and other countries to delegitimize protests.
The protests strengthened the political consciousness of some young Nigerians and encouraged greater participation in elections, governance and activism. For others, the experience produced fear, distrust and disillusionment.
India has long held up its elections as evidence of its democratic credentials. Now their legitimacy is under question.
The Cockroach party has urged India's opposition parties to stop contesting what it calls "rigged" elections and threatened nationwide protests over the Election Commission's voter-list revision. DW has more.
PAM leads as the PJD quadruples its seats and turnout hits its second-lowest level under King Mohammed VI.
Palestinians are following the campaign, but few feel next month's vote will make their lives any better.
Venezuela’s Interim President Delcy Rodriguez says her country must abandon the ‘extremism’ of the past.
Rodriguez says Venezuela is transitioning to full democracy and has opened dialogue with opposition sectors.
While regional elections took place on Sunday in Germany, Internet users assured, with video rigged in support, that the far right party of AfD had been the victim of fraud. Other manipulative images were used to report alleged irregularities in the election.
Elections in Russia are a sham. Yet when someone appears genuinely committed to an anti-war agenda, many had seize that hope as a chance to change, including young TikTokers
With the US midterm elections now just six weeks away, we’ll speak to our Washington correspondent Fraser Jackson about whether President Donald Trump could help or hurt his party’s chances. Polls have pointed to what some are calling a “blue wave”, with Democrats potentially regaining control of the House, while the Senate race remains more uncertain. Trump has ramped up campaigning, including spending heavily on advertising and proposing $5,000 payments to voters who support Republicans. But with his approval ratings under pressure amid the war in Iran and the Middle East, and rising oil, ga
Vladimir Putin will likely use the result to claim most Russians back the so-called special military operation in Ukraine, writes the BBC's Steve Rosenberg.
Elections in Berlin and Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania have dealt the CDU a historic defeat while the AfD saw a massive gain. The pressure on Germany's unpopular chancellor is mounting.
Despite making significant gains in both Berlin and Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, the far-right AfD remains without options to form a state government.
Since Bangladesh’s 2024 political transition, India-Bangladesh border “push-ins” have intensified, with thousands deported to Bangladesh outside agreed verification and repatriation procedures and ignoring disputed nationality claims.
Elections in Berlin and Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania are expected to bring gains for the far-right AfD party and could determine whether Chancellor Friedrich Merz can hold on to power. Follow DW live.
The challenge is not simply whether an entrenched authoritarian government can be defeated, but whether almost two years of a student-led mobilisation can be translated into electoral power.
The chancellor is facing intense political pressure which will increase if his party struggles in Sunday's polls.
Germans began voting Sunday in two closely watched state elections that could deliver fresh gains for the far-right and far-left, piling pressure on Chancellor Friedrich Merz as he struggles with low approval ratings and tensions within his governing coalition.
