Senegal's Wade re-elected, warns opposition
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Senegalese President Abdoulaye Wade comfortably won a second term in Sunday's election, results showed on Thursday, and he warned opposition leaders they could now face corruption probes suspended during the poll campaign.
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Kenya's opposition party called Friday for a rerun of the country's disputed election, as political deadlock between the president and his chief rival ground on after a week of spiraling violence
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The breakaway republic of Somaliland says it will retaliate if Somalia's new president poses a threat to its border.
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Alan Garcia, who left the presidency in disgrace 16 years ago after driving Peru's economy into ruin amid a guerrilla war, will have a chance at redemption when he is sworn into a second term Friday.
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President Abdoulaye Wade took an early lead over rivals in Senegal's election on Sunday, the official news agency reported, citing initial returns from a poll which saw a high turnout across the West African country.
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Kenya's opposition said on Friday it  planned to restart protests across the east African nation  against President Mwai Kibaki's disputed re-election after the  failure of African Union (AU) mediation.
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President Bashar al-Assad, whose political survival was questioned a year ago, is now almost certain to be re-elected for a second term.
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Senegal banned reggae star Tiken Jah  Fakoly from the West African country on Wednesday after he  strongly criticized President Abdoulaye Wade at a concert in  Dakar and called on him to "leave power."
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Kenya's opposition said on Friday it planned to restart protests across the east African nation against President Mwai Kibaki's disputed re-election after the failure of African Union (AU) mediation.
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Senegalese President Abdoulaye Wade has lent his presidential jet to fly fans to watch the national team's opening African Nations Cup game in Ghana, the Sports Ministry said on Thursday.
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French President Jacques Chirac's ruling UMP party risks losing its outright majority in the upper house of parliament, the Senate, when a third of its seats are renewed in elections Sunday.
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Five people are hurt as rival supporters clash in the capital of Senegal ahead of Sunday's presidential elections.
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Mozambican opposition leader Afonso Dhlakama calls for elections to be re-run, alleging "massive  fraud".
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CARACAS, Venezuela  - Anti-U.S. Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez was heading to re-election on Sunday, according to an exit pollster linked to the government that said preliminary results indicated he had a wide lead.
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Voters in the West African nation of Senegal go to the polls to elect their next president.
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Â· Broadcast from France aims at return to power Â· Former dictator blamed for thousands of deaths
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The president of this West African country appeared to have a strong lead in the election Tuesday, garnering more than half the votes counted.