Gambian voters cast marbles to choose new leader
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Voters in the tiny West African nation   of Gambia go to the polls on Friday in a presidential election   widely expected to hand incumbent strongman Yahya Jammeh a   third elected term.
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Voters in Ghana queued on Tuesday to  choose a new leader for their West African country in what was  expected to be a race between incumbent John Kufuor and  long-standing rival John Atta Mills.
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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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The people of Croatia are to elect a new president in a second and final round of voting.
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Members of the dovish Israeli Labor Party were choosing a new leader Tuesday, picking between two retired soldiers &#151; one an ex-premier who fizzled fast and the other a newcomer to politics.
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Accra - Ghana&#39;s leader, John Kufuor, is expected to win a second and final four-year term when voters in the world&#39;s second-biggest cocoa grower choose their leader in a presidential election on Tuesday.
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In Romania, voters are deciding who will lead the impoverished former Communist nation toward membership in the European Union. The elections for a new president and parliament have been overshadowed
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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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FREETOWN, Sierra Leone - Battle-weary citizens chose an opposition leader as their next president, voting against the party that ushered the country out of a devastating war in 2002 and for the promise of less corruption and more jobs.
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Zambia went to the polls on Thursday to   elect a new president after a razor-tight race pitting the   internationally respected incumbent against a fiery populist   who has promised to give impoverished Zambians a bigger share   of their nation's copper riches.
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Outgoing President Sam Nujoma opened polls in Namibia on Monday by casting the first vote to elect his successor in the vast southwest African country.
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Thursday's tight presidential race is a rarity in Africa, where one-party rule is the norm.
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A neck-and-neck race for Kenyaâs presidency with Raila Odinga, an unconventional opponent, will test whether voters will vote strictly along tribal lines.
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Armenians go to the polls to elect a new president, as a former leader tries to make a comeback.
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JAKARTA, Indonesia -- Voters hungry for change are expected today to do what was unthinkable during Indonesia's three decades of authoritarian rule -- toss out an incumbent president and vote in a political newcomer who has promised to crack down on corruption and revive the battered economy.
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Indonesians go to the polls to choose their next president on Monday amid tight security following the Australian embassy bombing in Jakarta.
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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.