Early results: Senegal's president leads
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The president of one of Africa's most stable democracies sought another five-year term Sunday, jostling with 14 contenders in a race that may hinge on the votes of young people hungry for jobs.
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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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DAKAR, Senegal, Feb. 24 -- The seaside highway, one of the Senegalese president's bold building initiatives, winds past the scruffy shop where Barry Mamadou, a 62-year-old tailor, and his two sons eke out a living sewing scraps of cloth into curtains.
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Afghan President Hamid Karzai moved closer to winning his country's first presidential election, taking a substantial lead over his nearest rival with more than 60 percent of votes counted, according to official results.
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Description: Interim President Hamid Karzai is the unofficial winner of this month&#39;s Afghan national elections, according to preliminary results.
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Senegalese President Abdoulaye Wade has won re-election for a second term, poll officials say.
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KABUL, Afghanistan -- Preliminary results from Afghanistan&#39;s landmark elections show President Hamid Karzai well ahead of his rivals and on course to become the country&#39;s first popularly elected leader.
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Botswana president Festus Mogae&#39;s ruling party led in early results today and, with the opposition split, looked set to win overall in parliamentary elections in the world&#39;s biggest diamond producer.
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Afghan President Hamid Karzai is maintaining his early lead in the country&#39;s election for head of state with just over eight percent of the vote counted.
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KABUL - President Hamid Karzai maintained his large lead in Afghanistanâs election on sday after almost a quarter of the votes had been counted, according to the electoral commission website.
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Early returns from Monday&#39;s presidential election in Indonesia show former security minister, Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, has taken an early lead over incumbent, Megawati Sukarnoputri.
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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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Initial results from Venezuela suggest President Chavez has a commanding lead in a referendum on his rule.
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Hamid Karzai has a 45-point lead after the first million votes are counted in the country's presidential election.
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AFRICA/SENEGAL - In attesa della proclamazione ufficiale Ã¨ certa la vittoria al primo turno del Presidente uscente. ÂGli elettori hanno scelto la stabilitÃ Â dicono fonti della Chiesa locale Dakar(Agenzia Fides)- ÂIl Presidente Abdoulaye Wade ha adottato una politica di basso profilo per non incitare gli animi e non suscitate incidenti. Prima di rilasciare una dichiarazione attende la proclamazione ufficiale dei risultati. Prima delle el...
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The first results are declared in Ghana's general elections, with the two major parties ahead in their strongholds.
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Early results from Indonesia's first direct presidential poll put ex-general Susilo Yudhoyono on course to win easily.