Nigerian voters given extra time
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The deadline for Nigerians to register for elections is extended as officials struggle to cope.
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The planned handover by Nigeria to Cameroon of the disputed region of Bakassi looks set to be delayed.
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Niger's president is to face the main opposition leader in a run-off of presidential elections, officials say.
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Iraqis living abroad cast ballots in their country's election - two days before the poll opens in Iraq itself.
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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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As attacks continue, some officials call for poll delay
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Voters weary of campaign advertising will get a reprieve Monday in the political equivalent of a moment of silence.
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Zambian voters are going to the polls to elect a president, members of parliament and local councillors.
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Namibian voters are casting their ballots in the nation&#39;s presidential and parliamentary elections. In Windhoek, people started arriving at the polling stations as early as 5am today.
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Iraq may modify plans for its first free election to give people more time to vote next month, officials said Wednesday as suicide bombers and gunmen again struck Sunni Muslim towns north and west of the capital.
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Ghanaians went to the polls yesterday to elect a new President and members of Parliament with former President Jerry Rawlings accusing Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo of undue interference in the electoral process.
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Voting begins in Niger's presidential elections, with the incumbent, Mamadou Tandja, expected to win.
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Polls opened for an extra day Monday in central Congo but it appeared that few took advantage of the second chance to vote in what officials said was a massive boycott called by one candidate.
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A stay-at-home protest meant to embarrass  Nigeria&#39;s incoming president over flawed elections floundered  on Monday as apathy and an unexpected public holiday diluted  the effect.
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The registration deadline for Iraqis  voting abroad in their country's Jan. 30 election was extended  by two days on Saturday amid low turnout in some of the 14  countries where voter registration centers were established.
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ABUJA : Nigeria&#39;s unions suspended their general strike and gave President Olusegun Obasanjo&#39;s government two weeks to find a way to cut rising fuel prices, the country&#39;s top labour leader said.
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Nigeria are relishing the chance to play the role of party wreckers when they tackle Ghana in Sunday's African Nations Cup quarter-final.