African Americans, Hispanics and women supported Barack Obama’s re-election, an uneasy fact for Republicans. Charles Molele reports.
Democrats of all stripes and colours rallied behind Barack Obama. Hard-line Republicans betrayed Mitt Romney. And so he lost.
Donald Trump has attacked Barack Obama’s election victory on Twitter, calling it a "travesty" and a "disgusting injustice".
Africa’s leaders have been some of Barack Obama’s fiercest critics, saying he has not prioritised the continent. Will his re-election change this?
What does Barack Obama’s win mean for SA, if anything? Watch our live video featuring the US embassy and send us your questions and comments.
From the topsy-turvy, gaffe-strewn Republican battle to the debates between Romney and Obama, the US election has had many memorable moments.
The euphoria of 2008 has gone, but the US president’s second win is remarkable precisely because it is not as symbolic, writes Gary Younge.
World leaders have been quick to congratulate US President Barack Obama on his re-election, and used the opportunity to punt their interests.
President Barack Obama has won a second term in the White House, overcoming deep doubts among voters about his handling of the US economy.
In Afghanistan, where US troops are fighting in America’s longest conflict, the re-election of President Barack Obama was met with a war-weary shrug.
In the end, US President Barack Obama won re-election on the issue that was supposed to send him packing: the country’s sluggish economy.
Projections show Barack Obama winning a second term in office over Republican challenger Mitt Romney. But what does this mean for US policy?
Projections have shown Barack Obama will be re-elected president, beating Mitt Romney despite slow economic recovery and high unemployment in the US.
While presidential hopeful Mitt Romney cast his vote, President Barack Obama thanked everyone for their support.
From a symbolic hamlet to a swing state neighbouring Washington to the storm-scarred streets of New York, Americans rose early to cast ballots.
The giants of US art are backing Barack Obama for president. But then, writes Jonathan Jones, America’s artists have always leaned left.
Paved roads, electricity, running water: Barack Obama’s ancestral home has seen much change, and residents are preparing to watch the polls.
The first votes in Tuesday’s US presidential election produced a tie as nationwide polls showed Barack Obama and Mitt Romney neck and neck.
Independent voters hold the fates of US President Barack Obama and Republican nominee Mitt Romney – and both presidential candidates know it.
Whoever wins the US election between President Barack Obama and contender Mitt Romney will find themselves standing at the edge of a fiscal precipice.
It has been a hectic weekend for foreign journalists and the White House press corps on the campaign trail in Ohio.
The presidential race converged on one city in Iowa on Saturday as President Barack Obama and Mitt Romney each made a last-minute appeal for support.
Zuma stays mum on the spy tapes, AfriForum, Malema, and the ANC shake it out, Obama and Romney go head-to-head, and men across the globe go hairy for cancer.
Studies show that Americans believe the economy is important, but they largely still vote according to race and class. Gary Younge reports.
Amid the chaos of the US election campaign’s closing days, Ohio has become a test centre for the growing science of political advertising.
Letting taxpayers fund parties directly could revive the rotten system – and it would be cheaper too, writes George Monbiot.
A nuclear power plant in New Jersey has declared an alert from Hurricane Sandy as water passed a minimum level but no safety concerns were reported.
US President Barack Obama raced back to the White House on Monday ahead of Hurricane Sandy, which threw election endgame plans into turmoil.
The winner of the US election will have a chance to remake law enforcement with his choices for attorney general and FBI director.
Young voters, women, blacks and Hispanics took Barack Obama into the White House in 2008, but white working-class males could decide whether he stays.
The New York Times has endorsed President Barack Obama on Saturday as he seeks a second term in the White House on November 6.
A global poll for the BBC World Service has revealed that 20 out of 21 countries preferred Barack Obama to his challenger.