On the 5th of May, Labour’s candidate Sadiq Khan was elected mayor of London. After what can be described as one of the most resentful and agressive electoral contests from recent years in Britain, Khan decisively won against his Conservative opponent Zac Goldsmith. Even before Khan’s formal victory was announced,  many people criticised Goldsmith for his campaign. Indeed, his tactics involved trying to associate Khan with extremism by creating an amalgam with the Islamists he had worked with in the past. Khan, Muslim son of an immigrant bus driver has denounced Islamist extremism many times, and he praised London in his victory speech for resisting Goldsmith’s pessimism and alarmism. 

On 5 May 2016, Ahmet Davutoglu has stepped down as Prime Minister of Turkey, following talks with President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. The move is considered as a consolidation of power by Erdogan, who has been extending his authoritarian rule over the years. The Prime Minister was appointed by Erdogan back in 2014, but lost favor of the President as he increasingly acted more autonomous. Constitutionally, the Prime Minister is supposed to be the most powerful figure as in most parliamentary democracies. The President however seems to wield all power in his AKP party and the country, despite his more ceremonial role. Earlier the President had also pushed for new elections, back in November 2015, after the absolute majority of his party was narrowly lost due to the rise of the Kurdish Party. A crackdown on the party followed, and a new election re-confirmed an absolute majority for the Islamist AKP party of Erdogan. The media is also been increasingly controlled by the government, as earlier on 5 March 2016 one of the few remaining critical newspapers "Zaman" was taken over.

Following the victory of Donald Trump during the primaries in Indiana on 3 May, both Ted Cruz at the same day and John Kasich on the next day decided to drop out of the race for the Republican nomination. This means Donald Trump is the only left in the race which makes it inevitable he will grab enough delegates in subsequent primaries to clinch the Republican nomination during the 2016 Republican National Convention, which will be held from 18-21 July. A victory of Donald Trump already seemed evident during earlier primaries, despite the efforts of the Republican establishment to stop him and the effort of the ''Never Trump'' movement. Ted Cruz and John Kasich had also attempted to work together to stop him. The hope of bringing about a contested convention however has been destroyed now as well for the Republican Party, which is broadly divided about Donald Trump, as a significant part of the party does not endorse him. 

On the 29th of April 2016, second round of the Parliamentary elections were held in Iran to elect members of the Islamic Consultative Assembly for the 10th parliamentary election in the Islamic Republic era. This round took place only for the few constituencies where candidates had failed to obtain the required minimum 25 percent of votes. The elected MPs will serve from May 2016 to May 2020. About17 million citizens were eligible to vote on Friday and the event was held in 21 provinces, but not in Teheran, as reformists won all of the capital's 30 seats in the first round.  Reformist and moderate politicians allied with Iran's President Hassan Rouhani won most seats in this second-round, local media reported Saturday. Results show that of the 68 seats being contested, 33 had gone to the pro-Rouhani List of Hope (31 reformists and 2 moderates), while the conservatives gained only 21 more MPs. The remaining 14 seats went to independents. Thus the final results are a total of 119 seats swept by the reformist List of Hope, led by Mohammad Reza Aref,  then comes the conservative Principlists Grand Coalition under the leader Gholam-Ali Haddad-Adel with 84 seats. The remaining seats go to minor independant lists.

Less than one month after President Zuma survived an impeachment vote within Parliament for failing to repay funds he spend on rebuilding his private home, the high court in Pretoria has now ruled that he is still facing up to 800 charges for corruption and deems the national prosecutor’s decision to drop those charges as "irrational". The President denies the charges and merely says he will give consideration to the court's judgement. Main political opposition group The Democratic Alliance is outraged and demands that the prosecution continues as the rule of law should apply to everyone. The ruling marks another blow for Zuma and the ruling African National Congress as South Africa eyes important local elections in August.

In the wake of a civil war that broke out in South Sudan in December 2013, South Sudanese President Salva Kiir (part of the ethnic Dinka’s) has formed a transitional government of national unity with former vice-president and rebel leader Riek Machar (part of the ethnic Nuer). The civil war broke out following an alleged coup by Nuer military troops and violent clashes sparking division in the army largely along ethnic lines. The African Union (AU) has welcomed the formation of the South Sudan’s transitional government as part of the peace agreement that was struck in August 2015 following warnings by the U.S. and has announced to facilitate the implementation of the peace agreement to help both sides overcome any outstanding issues. The unity government is to face the task of prioritizing security reforms and recovering the fragile economy to eliminate peoples incentives to take up arms again.