Wade supporters attack rivals ahead of Senegal poll
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Followers of a Senegalese religious leader allied to President Abdoulaye Wade attacked supporters of a rival candidate late on Wednesday, injuring at least three people and raising tensions days ahead of elections.
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Protesting at what they insist is  France's role in their nation's genocide, Rwandans from all  walks of life have united in fury at calls last week by a  French judge for their President Paul Kagame to be arrested.
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Rwandan President Paul Kagame issued a blistering attack against a French judge who called for his prosecution over alleged complicity in the death of the country's former leader, the incident that sparked the 1994 genocide.
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Supporters of the leading presidential challenger were protesting what they said was a plot by the government to steal the closely contested election.
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Ukrainians on Sunday cast ballots in a presidential run-off pitting a Western-leaning reformer against the Kremlin-praised prime minister, a vote many fear will erupt into unrest and violence.
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Bixente Lizarazu has hit out at Marseille&#39;s fans after they called for Christophe Bouchet to step down as chairman in a protest.
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The top two Democratic presidential contenders fought Sunday for the support of African-American voters in a place infamous for a bloody clash between voting rights protesters and police.
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President Mwai Kibaki's government accused political rival Raila Odinga on Wednesday of responsibility for an explosion of tribal violence over a disputed presidential poll that threatens to tear Kenya apart.
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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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Masai fighters battled rival tribesman loyal to President Mwai Kibaki on Friday, with both sides using machetes, swords, bows and arrows on the final and bloodiest day of protests this week over Kenya's disputed election
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Days before national elections, more than a dozen die in attack at opposition rally in Charsadda.
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Residents burned tires and children took to the streets with sticks in Senegal's capital on Wednesday to fight an invasion of locusts, as 12 West African nations agreed on a battle plan.
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A recent riot in Malaysia has raised fears of more clashes ahead of widely expected early elections as parties jostle for position and the opposition fights curbs on rallies.
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Kenya's opposition is due to begin three days of mass rallies against the disputed election result.
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BRUSSELS, Jan 11 (IPS) - When Senegal's President Abdoulaye Wade  refused to sign a free trade accord put forward by the European  Union last month, he urged that an alternative "partnership  deprived of paternalism and without prejudice" be sought.
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Defeated French Socialist presidential candidate Segolene Royal came under fire over her bid to lead the leftist party on Monday, with one rival accusing her of seeking to establish a monarchy.
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Ahead of this weekend&#39;s elections in the eastern German states of Brandenburg and Saxony, leading politicians have been calling for voters to turn out and cast their ballots against far right parties.