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Ex-Zambian leader Frederick Chiluba urges voters to back opposition leader Michael Sata in polls this month.
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Bangladesh's controversial election chief has bowed to pressure to step aside, the president said, after thousands of opposition supporters poured onto the streets to demand his removal.
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The African National  Congress (ANC) on Tuesday will hold a leadership vote that  could end President Thabo Mbeki's control over South Africa's  ruling party and tilt the government to the left.
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SAO PAULO, Brazil  - Battered by a string of political scandals, Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva squandered what seemed to be a sure first-round election victory and now must face a run-off vote against an energized opposition candidate.
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President Joseph Kabila's lead Saturday in Congo's historic presidential election was below the majority needed to avoid a runoff, a day before the deadline for a preliminary tally of votes.
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Kenya's president and his chief rival made key concessions Monday to end their election dispute, calling off protests and agreeing to talks under U.S. pressure
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SAO PAULO, Brazil  - The head of Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva's party said Friday he would step down after a campaign mudslinging scandal.
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Malawi's president resigns from the ruling party saying he is fed up of criticism about his crack down on corruption.
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POLOKWANE, South Africa Dec. 18--Thousands of African National Congress activists lined up in the rain Tuesday morning to elect a r new leader: either incumbent President Thabo Mbeki or the man he fired in 2005 because of alleged corruption, former deputy president Jacob Zuma.
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Mozambique holds elections on Wednesday and Thursday to choose a successor to President Joaquim Chissano, who ruled for 18 years and led the southern African country to peace after a long civil war that claimed up to a million lives.
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Mozambique used canoes and helicopters  to ferry ballot papers to remote rural districts for  Wednesday's election to pick a successor to President Joaquim  Chissano who spent 18 years in office.
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Abkhazia's outgoing president on Tuesday denounced the election of his successor, warning that it could cost the breakaway republic its self-declared independence from Georgia.
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Mozambique used canoes and helicopters to ferry ballot papers to remote rural districts for Wednesday&#39;s election to pick a successor to President Joaquim Chissano, who spent 18 years in office.
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The bitterly fought contest to become president of Romania was too close to call last night after a run-off ballot placed the outgoing prime minister in a dead heat with the mayor of Bucharest, according to exit polls.
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Kenya's opposition leader demanded Saturday that the president resign and new elections be held, dropping a conciliatory stance that had brought hope for a political settlement to end weeks of postelection violence.
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One of Nigeria's main opposition leaders criticises his party's decision to join the government.
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PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti  - The head of a panel  organizing elections in Haiti next year to replace ousted  president Jean-Bertrand Aristide has resigned, warning that  other panel members were trying to rig the ballot.