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Author: Charles Richardson
Independence inches closer in New Caledonia
Pro-independence forces make gains in New Caledonia, but they do not command a majority and their opponents are moving away from compromise.
Final figures in South Africa
South African voters have drifted a little towards the extremes of left and right, but the one-and-a-half party system remains firmly in place.
Update on South Africa
Progress results from South Africa's election show the ANC losing some ground but still unchallenged for supremacy.
Update on pre-polls
Australia's enthusiasm for early voting shows no sign of abating. In a roundabout way, that might be good news for the government.
Election preview: South Africa
South Africa goes to the polls to give its new president a mandate in his own right. Change may be on the way, but it comes slowly.
May and Corbyn eye off a deal
British local elections have led the major parties to talk more optimistically about a Brexit deal, but the political dynamics are still against it.
The rise and rise of pre-poll voting
Two-thirds of a million Australians have already voted, a fortnight before election day. Is that a problem, and should we maybe have a discussion about it?
North Macedonia gets a new president
Another win for the centre-left in Europe, as the Macedonian government gets a president more to its liking.
How factionalism works
Australian commentators still mostly get the Liberal Party wrong. For a start, the wet-dry division isn't a factional conflict.
The World is Not Enough 