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Battered Mali will vote again Aug. 11 as two veterans face offWestern nations have linked the elections 鈥� which follow Mali's brief war to oust Islamic militants in the north 鈥� to $4 billion in assistance.聽
Mugabe's Zimbabwe election victory a 'mandate' to grab foreign banks: ministerAfter a watershed election backed by the African Union, the Mugabe government seems ready to expand controversial policies. Zimbabwean state media says no Arab Spring here.
Family dynasty in Togo tightens its grip with another election winThe Gnassingb茅 family has been in power since 1967 and vows to put the country on better economic footing.聽- Zimbabwe: Hello Robert Mugabe, for five more yearsRivals say President Mugabe forces stole the elections, and are calling for nonviolent protest.
Zimbabwe vote called 'sham' a day after watershed electionsChallenger Morgan Tsvangirai blasts the vote as rigged and calls for investigation. But the聽African Union says vote is 'free and fair.'
As Zimbabweans vote, some 4 million expats are excludedUnder Robert Mugabe, the sprawling Zimbabwe diaspora that fled or migrated can't cast a ballot and plays a 'waiting game.'
Is political crisis brewing in Zimbabwe?A report from the International Crisis Group says today's election may be President Robert Mugabe's last stand 鈥� but he will go down fighting.
Mugabe willing to step down as Zimbabwe voters show up at 4 a.m.Yet voter fraud and the dictator's coterie of powerful friends may not yield the victory that challengers believe is nigh.聽
Zimbabwe's 4 million expats don't have the right to vote WednesdayZimbabwe's expats would be the ultimate swing vote, given the country only has 13 million residents and 6.4 million registered voters.
Mugabe will step down if he loses tomorrow. That's a big if.Zimbabwe's long-ruling president says he will go quietly if defeated in polls tomorrow, but many say he is pulling the strings to make sure that doesn't happen.
With Zimbabwe vote looming, country braces for the unknownRobert Mugabe claims he will win five more years. Rival Morgan Tsvangirai is ahead in polls. On the street, a deep mixture of hope and weariness.
Robert Mugabe rants about the West and gays, may exclude 2 million votersAhead of historic Zimbabwe elections this Wednesday, the long-time dictator has not released national voting lists, and increased ugly threats.聽
Election turnout high in Mali on the heels of war and French-led interventionFinal results may be known as early as tomorrow, as Malians shrug off a coup and chaos and vote with new 'biometric' cards.
Far afield, Malians in China send votes 鈥� and money 鈥� homewardWaiting to vote this weekend, Malian traders living in southern China say they want a president who understands the economic value of diaspora communities.聽
Ancient Timbuktu votes today amid need for healing, mud-plasteringElections in Mali are especially significant in the north, in places like Timbuktu, where Islamists held sway and brought destruction.
Kenya's elephants may vanish in 10 years, warns prominent naturalistRichard Leakey was in Nairobi this week with news that ivory poaching, and illegal sales in Asia, may accelerate overall trend downward. 聽
Robert Mugabe starts to send chilling signals ahead of Zimbabwe voteLong ruling dictator faces elections July 31 but says the nation needs only one party, his, and compares opponents to dead dogs.
Mali has war in January, elections in July. Is this too much?Malians vote Sunday with new biometric ID cards in a quickly cobbled-together election that some call 'shambolic' and others say is needed.
The Zimbabwean election by the numbersHere are some surprising figures ahead of Zimbabwe's July 31 election.
In Zimbabwe, an official's death foretold - and facebookedA shadowy dissident who goes by the name of Baba Jukwa has found fame among Zimbabwe's Facebook users.