Mozambique Votes to Elect Successor to Chissano
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Mozambicans began voting on Wednesday in presidential and parliamentary elections focusing on who will succeed President Joaquim Chissano, stepping down after 18 years in office.
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LUSAKA, Zambia -- The nation's Electoral Commission said yesterday that President Levy Mwanawasa was reelected to a second term, collecting 43 percent of the votes cast in last week's balloting.
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POLOKWANE, South Africa  - South Africa's ruling ANC chose a leader on Tuesday, a vote in which Jacob Zuma was expected to oust President Thabo Mbeki as party head and put himself on course for the presidency.
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Zimbabwe's main opposition party on Tuesday backed a bill allowing President Robert Mugabe to anoint a successor after the measure was watered down to limit his power to appoint members of parliament.
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Ballots are still being counted in Mozambique&#39;s general election, but early returns broadcast on state radio show ruling party candidate Armando Guebuza leading his main rival.
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Zambian President Levy Mwanawasa is to be sworn in for a second term, after his disputed election victory.
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WINDHOEK  - With some delays due to a computer glitch, voting got under way in Namibia to elect a successor to President Sam Nujoma, who has ruled the vast southern African country since independence 14 years ago.
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Former Mozambique president Joachim Chissano was awarded a new 5.0-million-dollar (3.5-million-euro) prize for good governance in Africa on Monday, hailed as "a powerful voice for Africa on the international stage."
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Mozambique voters have elected ruling party candidate Armando Guebuza as their next president, officials announced on Tuesday as final results from the Dec 1-2 election were finally released.
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WINDHOEK, Namibia - The southern African nation of Namibia voted on Monday for a successor to the only leader the country has ever known, and election officials said the first of two days of voting started smoothly.
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The Presidency of the European Union has urged Mozambique&#39;s main opposition party Renamo to accept election results, saying that the elections would &quot;reflect positively on the
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Argentines will soon begin voting in an election to choose a successor to President Nestor Kirchner.
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A bill is introduced in Zimbabwe's parliament to allow President Mugabe to choose his own successor.
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Palestinians are electing a successor to their late leader, Yasser Arafat.
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JOHANNESBURG, Oct. 22 -- Former Mozambique president Joaquim Chissano on Monday won a $5 million leadership prize that promoters hope will encourage other African heads of state to rule wisely, without overstaying their welcomes.
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Cambodia&#39;s legislature has voted to allow a nine-member council to choose a successor to 81-year-old King Norodom Sihanouk, who abdicated last week.
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POLOKWANE, South Africa  - The ruling ANC voted on Tuesday in an acrimonious election expected to put South African President Thabo Mbeki's bitter rival, Jacob Zuma, on track to become head of state in 2009.