Zambia campaign draws to a close
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Official campaigning ends ahead of polls on Thursday in Zambia, with a close contest being predicted.
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Zambia is placed on high alert and political meetings banned to try to silence opposition leader Michael Sata.
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Zambians describe their voting experiences as they go to the polls in their country's fourth multi-party presidential and general elections.
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Zimbabwe&#39;s ruling party, ZANU-PF, has ended its congress by announcing the members of its central committee. It was almost business as usual at the end of the three-day gathering as the majority
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On Saturday the presidential nominating fight carried the intensity normally reserved for the closing days of a general election campaign.
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Zambian President Levy Mwanawasa is to be sworn in for a second term of office, after his disputed election victory.
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Riot police take to the streets in Zambia after the authorities announce interim results in the presidential elections.
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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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The top candidates in Kenya's presidential election hold final rallies in Nairobi before Thursday's vote.
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Hamid Karzai&#39;s chief rivals in Afghanistan&#39;s presidential election conceded defeat yesterday, a day after the US-backed interim leader was declared the winner.
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Zambian opposition leader Michael Sata   praised the policies of Zimbabwe's Robert Mugabe on Thursday as   he voted in a close-fought election in which he threatens to   dislodge the internationally respected president.
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Opposition leader Ernest Bai Koroma win's Sierra Leone's presidential election run-off.
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Buoyed by thousands of cheering supporters, Kenya's main presidential contenders made a final push to win votes on Monday in a race deemed too close to call.
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Zambia's president says his election may have been a mistake, but vows to stay in office until 2006.
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Supporters cheer Botswana's President Festus Mogae in the last day of campaigning before Saturday's parliamentary polls.
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At least 12 soccer fans were crushed to death as a crowd rushed from the stadium after Zambia's victory in an African Cup qualifier, official media said Sunday.
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Zambian elections officials are counting the votes cast after a closely contested presidential election.