Reclusive governor wins Nigeria ruling party ticket
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Nigeria's ruling party on Sunday chose a reclusive Muslim state governor, Umaru Yar'Adua, to be its candidate to succeed Olusegun Obasanjo as president of Africa's most populous nation in elections next year.
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Washington Attorney General Christine Gregoire won the state&#39;s governor&#39;s race by 130 votes, according to a hand recount that overturned a 42-vote victory initially awarded to Republican Dino Rossi.
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Botswana&#39;s President Festus Mogae&#39;s ruling party won a landslide victory in the country&#39;s general elections during the weekends, and took well over two thirds of the 57
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The party of Kenya's opposition challenger Raila Odinga says he has won his country's presidential election.
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Ex-Nigerian military ruler Ibrahim Babangida will not be the ruling party's candidate in next year's polls.
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Nigeria's ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has chosen Umaru Yar'Adua, governor of the northern Katsina State, as its candidate for the April 2007 presidential election.
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Nairobi: Abdullahi Yusuf Ahmed won Somalia&#39;s presidential vote, an election official announced at a ballot designed to install the anarchic Horn of Africa&#39;s country&#39;s first recognised central government since 1991.
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Armando Guebuza, one of Mozambique&#39;s richest businessmen and a stalwart of the ruling party, has crowned his political career by being elected president.
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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.
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Nigeria's Supreme Court annuls April's election of the governor of oil-rich, violence-prone Rivers State
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The governing party suspended gubernatorial primaries in at least two of Nigeria's 36 states on Saturday following candidate protests and violent clashes in the West African country, government officials said.
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Nigeria's ruling party presidential candidate, Umaru Yar'Adua, says he is well enough to run in April's polls.
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Guyana's President Jagdeo wins another term in office after his party easily won the general election.
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Opposition leader Ernest Bai Koroma won Sierra Leone's presidential election after a run-off vote marked by tensions and some ballot fraud in the war-scarred West African state, electoral officials said on Monday.
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Nigeria's ex-military ruler Gen Babangida, a top candidate in next year's polls, says he is proud of his time in office.
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An appeal court reverses the impeachment of controversial Nigerian state governor Joshua Dariye.
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POLOKWANE, South Africa, Dec. 18 -- Former deputy president Jacob Zuma took control of South Africa's ruling party Tuesday in a resounding electoral victory, cementing his position as the favorite to become the country's next leader. His win pushed his opponent, President Thabo Mbeki, toward the...