Mozambique's new leader hails win
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Mozambique's winning presidential candidate Armando Guebuza urges the opposition to work with him.
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Outspoken leftist Hugo Chavez claimed victory in his bid for a new term as Venezuela's president Sunday after the bulk of returns showed him leading challenger Manuel Rosales by a wide margin.
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More than two weeks after Afghanistan's first presidential election, vote counting wrapped up Tuesday and interim leader Hamid Karzai emerged with a resounding victory.
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Opposition leader Ernest Bai Koroma was sworn in as Sierra Leone's president on Monday after winning polls marked by violence and some fraud, prompting celebrations and looting in which at least one man was killed.
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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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Nairobi: Abdullahi Yusuf Ahmed won Somalia&#39;s presidential vote, an election official announced at a ballot designed to install the anarchic Horn of Africa&#39;s country&#39;s first recognised central government since 1991.
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Hamid Karzai has been officially named winner of the Afghan election, becoming the country&#39;s first leader to be elected by the people and putting him in a strong position for a confrontation
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A new foundation devoted to improving African governance awarded an audacious inaugural prize to Joaquim A. Chissano, Mozambiqueâs second president.
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After more than a week of delays, Sergei Bagapsh is declared the winner in Abkhazia's presidential elections.
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Sierra Leone's new president assures the outgoing government of their safety, after days of violence.
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Jacob Zuma, the new chairman of the African National Congress, will almost certainly succeed Thabo Mbeki as the leader of South Africaâs one-party democracy.
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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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Former Mozambique President Joaquim Chissano wins a new Â£2.5m prize for African excellence in leadership.
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Nigeria's ex-military ruler Gen Babangida, a top candidate in next year's polls, says he is proud of his time in office.
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Ukraine's opposition leader Viktor Yushchenko hails "a great victory" after parliament passes wide-ranging reforms.
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Mozambique&#39;s ruling Frelimo party and its presidential candidate have won a landslide victory in elections held earlier this month.
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Botswana&#39;s ruling party has won by a landslide in Saturday&#39;s general elections, assuring President Festus Mogae of a second and final term in office.