Ghana election draws strong turnout
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Snaking lines of hundreds of voters built up at balloting places across Ghana on Tuesday, as the first sub-Saharan country to gain independence voted for president.
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Zambians turned out in "huge" numbers on   Thursday to elect a new president after a tough race the   opposition hopes will force a radical rethink of policies that   have made the country one of Africa's economic stars.
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Voters in Ghana have turned out in droves to cast ballots in a presidential poll in the world&#39;s number two cocoa grower, seen as a race between incumbent John Kufuor and arch-rival John Atta Mills.
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Cuba's Fidel Castro applauds voters for taking part in elections - with an official turnout of more than 95%.
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President Abdoulaye Wade's camp said he was headed for a first-round win on Monday in Senegal's high-turnout election, but poll authorities warned against calling the result too soon.
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The president's supporters hailed Friday's high turnout as a sign of satisfaction; reformers pointed to discontent.
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NAIROBI, Dec. 28 -- With vote-counting underway in what appears to be the closest and most open presidential contest in this nation's history, Raila Odinga, a fiery opposition leader, appeared to hold a strong lead over President Mwai Kibaki, according to early returns broadcast Friday on three m...
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Thais voted Sunday in national elections expected to return Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra to office with a huge mandate, his popularity buoyed by his hands-on reaction to the Dec. 26 tsunami disaster.
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Afghans turned out in ``massive&#39;&#39; numbers for the nation&#39;s first direct presidential election, a United Nations spokesman said.
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Kenyan election officials counted ballots Friday in the country's closest-ever presidential race after an election praised as orderly and peaceful despite sporadic violence
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Ghanaians began to cast their votes on Tuesday morning for the fourth successive democratic elections since 1992, hoping the government for the next four years can bring about vigorous economic development to the politically stable west African country.
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Campaign says surge in black voter turnout is more than identity politics, it is the result of a strong grass-roots organization.
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Elections officials throughout the region reported potentially record-breaking voter turnout today, and said despite the crowds, they are experiencing only minor problems with voting machines and electronic voter check-in systems.
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NAIROBI, Dec. 30 -- As allegations of vote-rigging stoked protests and ethnically charged riots across this East African country Sunday, President Mwai Kibaki was declared the winner of the closest presidential election in Kenya's history and swiftly sworn in for a second term.
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Turnout was heavy as voters chose between the incumbent, Levy Mwanawasa, and a populist challenger, Michael Sata.
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The first results are being declared in Ghana&#39;s presidential and parliamentary elections, which were generally calm and orderly.
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ACCRA, 7 December (IRIN) - Millions of Ghanaians headed to the polls on Tuesday, with analysts predicting that voters would give President John Kufuor another four years at the helm of the West African country which has built a reputation as a haven of