Namibia set to elect new leader
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Campaigning ends ahead of Namibia's presidential poll, which will elect a successor to President Sam Nujoma.
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WINDHOEK  - With some delays due to a computer glitch, voting got under way in Namibia to elect a successor to President Sam Nujoma, who has ruled the vast southern African country since independence 14 years ago.
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South Africa's ruling ANC is set to choose between bitter rivals Thabo Mbeki and Jacob Zuma for the party leadership.
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Windhoek - Hifikepunye Pohamba who won the presidential election in Namibia on Friday is staunchly loyal to his mentor and fellow veteran of the liberation struggle Sam Nujoma, the southern African country&#39;s founding president.
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The new head of S Africa's ruling party is expected to call for unity in his first public address to the ANC.
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General elections are to begin in Papua New Guinea, with Prime Minister Michael Somare seeking a new term.
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After decades of dictatorship and war, this massive nation in the heart of Africa chooses a new leader Sunday in its first multiparty presidential elections since winning independence nearly half a century ago.
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Namibians began voting on Monday for a successor to founding President Sam Nujoma, who stands down in March after 15 years in charge.
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POLOKWANE, South Africa  - South Africa's ruling ANC on Monday overcame two days of wrangling to clear the way for a leadership election on Tuesday between President Thabo Mbeki and his bitter rival Jacob Zuma.
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Voting began Saturday in Sierra Leone's presidential runoff, a ballot to choose the diamond-rich but impoverished West African nation's first new leader since U.N. peacekeepers withdrew two years ago.
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South African President Thabo Mbeki said Saturday that the ruling African National Congress (ANC) has the final say in determining who leads the party at the expiration of his tenure in 2009.
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Deputy President Jacob Zuma will act as South Africa&#39;s president during the absence of President Thabo Mbeki who will be in Sudan until Saturday, the presidency confirmed on Thursday.
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Thabo Mbeki and Jacob Zuma vie for the top post as South Africa's ruling ANC elects its new leader.
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Voters in Ghana queued on Tuesday to choose a new leader for their West African country in what was expected to be a race between incumbent John Kufuor and long-standing rival John Atta Mills.
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POLOKWANE, South Africa  - South Africa's ruling ANC chose a leader on Tuesday, a vote in which Jacob Zuma was expected to oust President Thabo Mbeki as party head and put himself on course for the presidency.
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Queueing patiently for hours before polling stations opened, Namibians on Monday began voting for a successor to founding president Sam Nujoma, who stands down in March after 15 years in charge.
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Mondlane will join in some eight million Mozambicans Wednesday morning to cast a ballot for their future -- a new president will be chosen to lead the country for the next five years.