Namibia Votes for New President
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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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KABUL, Afghanistan - Vote counting in Afghanistan's presidential election got under way Thursday, five days after a landmark vote meant to cement a new era of stability after more than two decades of strife.    The head of the Afghan-U.N...
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Senegalese began voting on Sunday in an election which President Abdoulaye Wade hopes will extend his rule for five more years in one of Africa's most stable democracies.
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The giant Indian Ocean island of Madagascar began voting on Sunday in a presidential election widely expected to be won by incumbent Marc Ravalomanana, a self-made dairy tycoon.
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Voters in Ghana are expected to reward incumbent John Kufuor with a second and final mandate at presidential elections for overseeing four years of stability in the West African country, analysts say.
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After manipulating the constitution to get a controversial third term, Namibiaâs founding President, Sam Nujoma, is still not content to let go.
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Mauritanians began voting on Sunday to choose a president and restore civilian rule to the Saharan Islamic state after 19 months under a military junta.
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Windhoek - Hifikepunye Pohamba who won the presidential election in Namibia on Friday is staunchly loyal to his mentor and fellow veteran of the liberation struggle Sam Nujoma, the southern African country&#39;s founding president.
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After decades of dictatorship and war, this massive nation in the heart of Africa chooses a new leader Sunday in its first multiparty presidential elections since winning independence nearly half a century ago.
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Zambia went to the polls on Thursday to   elect a new president after a razor-tight race pitting the   internationally respected incumbent against a fiery populist   who has promised to give impoverished Zambians a bigger share   of their nation's copper riches.
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A body to standardise air safety measures across Africa is due to be inaugurated in Namibia.
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Urged to wield the ``power of the thumb,&#39;&#39; Ghana&#39;s people exercised it in force Tuesday - pressing ink-moistened thumbs to ballots in an presidential election marking the
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OSHAKATI, Namibia  - Hifikepunye Pohamba, who has  spearheaded moves to expropriate white-owned land for  redistribution to black peasants, is virtually guaranteed  victory in Namibia's presidential polls next week.
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POLOKWANE, South Africa  - South Africa's ruling ANC elected Jacob Zuma as its new leader on Tuesday, dumping President Thabo Mbeki and putting the populist politician on course to lead the country in 2009.
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Description: Palestinians prepare to vote for new leadership in a Jan. 9 election that no longer looks like a tight race. There are seven candidates for the presidency, but interim leader Mahmoud Abbas&#39; victory now seems assured.
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President Abdoulaye Wade sought to win a second seven-year term in office Sunday, facing off against 14 challengers as voting began in an election to decide who will lead one of Africa's most stable democracies.
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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.