Opposition claims victory in Kenya polls
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Kenya's opposition claimed victory on Saturday in a presidential vote after official figures gave their candidate a four percentage point lead over President Mwai Kibaki on three-quarters of the count.
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Kenya's political rivals have agreed to an independent review of the disputed presidential election, according to a copy of the deal obtained Friday, a clear sign of progress after violence that has left more than 1,000 people dead
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The son of Kenya's first president wins the battle for control of the former ruling party, Kanu, amid claims of fraud.
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Western-leaning opposition leader Viktor Yushchenko claimed victory on Monday in a re-run of Ukraine's rigged presidential election, hailing the beginning of a new era in the former Soviet republic.
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Jamaica's electoral authorities confirm that the opposition Labour Party has  won the general election.
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Opposition protests in Kenya subsided on Friday and the government said it was ready to accept a re-run of a disputed election which unleashed a wave of violence if a court ordered it.
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The parliament of Georgia's breakaway Abkhazia region says the opposition candidate won presidential elections.
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Two heavyweights of Kenya's post-independence politics square off in a presidential vote on Thursday whose run-up has seen the opposition hold a small lead in opinion polls over President Mwai Kibaki.
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Kenya's opposition said on Saturday it would resume protests next week over a disputed election, and five people were killed in politically-fuelled ethnic violence in the country's Great Rift Valley.
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Kenya's opposition challenger Raila Odinga took the lead on Friday in the race to govern east Africa's biggest economy, media tallies showed, while activists voiced fears over delayed official results.
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Kenya opposition challenger Raila Odinga's lead sharply narrowed over President Mwai Kibaki to just 38,000 votes on Saturday, latest official election figures showed.
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Opposition activists win the two parliamentary seats for the Maldives capital, provisional results show.
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Ukrainian opposition leader Viktor Yushchenko claimed victory on Monday in a re-run of Ukraine's rigged presidential election.
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Kenyan voters went to the polls on Thursday to elect a new president and parliament with delays reported in some locations and charges from the main opposition candidate that the government was trying to rig the outcome.
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Kenya's political turmoil moved to parliament on Tuesday with the government and opposition wrestling for control of the nation's legislature after the disputed re-election of President Mwai Kibaki.
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Kenya's presidential rivals were neck-and-neck on Saturday with nearly 90 percent of official results counted as accusations of rigging ignited ethnic violence across the east African nation.
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Kenya's opposition defeated the government in a crucial vote during the opening parliamentary session yesterday but the joy was tempered when former UN secretary general Kofi Annan postponed his attempt to end the political crisis and unrest in the country