Senegal set for presidential poll
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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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AFRICA/SENEGAL - ÂLe elezioni di domenica sono un test importante per la vita del PaeseÂ affermano a Fides fonti della Chiesa locale, ricordando che il ÂSenegal Ã¨ stato un faro di democrazia per tutta lÂAfricaÂ Dakar (Agenzia Fides)- ÂQueste elezioni sono importanti per capire quanto Ã¨ vitale il sistema democratico del PaeseÂ dicono allÂAgenzia Fides fonti della Chiesa locale da Dakar, capitale del Senegal, dove domenica 25 febbraio si vota per il primo tur...
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President Jacques Chirac visits Senegal  on Wednesday for the first time in a decade, hoping to boost  ties with a former West African colony at a time when the  United States is raising its military profile in the region.
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Mauritanians vote on Sunday to choose a civilian president, completing a handover of power by a military junta which took control of the Islamic state on the western edge of the Sahara in a 2005 coup.
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Senegal's president appeared to have won the country's election outright Wednesday, according to nearly complete results released by regional vote-counting centers and reported by the state-run news agency.
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Moroccans voted on Friday in parliamentary polls expected to show gains for moderate Islamists pushing an anti-corruption message to voters seeking more vigorous efforts to fight poverty.
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Two presidential candidates in Senegal reject unofficial results showing President Wade has easily won.
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Slovenians vote on Sunday in a  presidential election which might give the country its first  right-of-centre head of state since it broke away from  Yugoslavia in 1991.
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The election for Mauritania's new leader takes place on Sunday, two years after a military coup.
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Moroccans began voting on Friday in parliamentary elections expected to show gains for opposition Islamists promising to clean up corruption in the north African kingdom of 33 million.
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Senegalese President Abdoulaye Wade has won re-election for a second term, poll officials say.
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Voting begins in Niger's presidential elections, with the incumbent, Mamadou Tandja, expected to win.
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The UN is expected to vote Tuesday on a French plan to send peacekeepers to Chad.
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RAMALLAH, West Bank  - Palestinians set Jan. 9 as  the date for presidential elections to replace Yasser Arafat on  Sunday while the United States hinted it may be ready to resume  Middle East peacemaking.
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Senegalese voters await the first official results, as  President Wade's supporters claim a strong lead.
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Voting begins in elections in Ghana with "gentle giant" John Kufuor favourite to secure a second term as president.
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Voting got under way on Saturday in some overseas French territories in the decisive round of parliamentary elections which are expected to hand President Nicolas Sarkozy a huge majority for his reform plans.