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Category: Africa

The week’s electoral roundup

Election news from Zimbabwe, Western Australia, Bulgaria, Kenya and Venezuela.

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Charles Richardson Africa, Australia, Elections, Europe, Latin America, Referenda 3 Comments 18 March 2013

We have a winner in Kenya

Uhuru Kenyatta has won the Kenyan presidential election, but he still faces trial at the International Criminal Court in relation to the violence that followed the last election.

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Charles Richardson Africa, Elections Leave a comment 10 March 2013

Kenya is getting interesting

The count in Kenya's presidential elections has tightened considerably, and a second round now looks likely.

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Charles Richardson Africa, Elections 2 Comments 8 March 2013

Still difficult in Kenya

The Kenyan election saga enters its fourth day.

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Charles Richardson Africa, Elections 1 Comment 7 March 2013

Kenya still waits for results

Kenyan vote counting is even slower than expected, and its election authority has come up with a bizarre interpretation of what a "vote" is.

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Charles Richardson Africa, Elections, Electoral law 2 Comments 6 March 2013

Kenyan results trickle in

Waiting for Kenyan election results is a slow process. To pass the time, you can try to work out when the second round would be held.

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Charles Richardson Africa, Elections, Electoral law, Media 2 Comments 5 March 2013

Election preview: Kenya

Kenya votes for a new president today, with hopes that the process will be more peaceful than last time. Raila Odinga is narrowly favored to win the job at his third attempt.

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Charles Richardson Africa, Elections 1 Comment 4 March 2013

Making the revolution work in Tunisia

Two years later, Tunisia's revolution has run into problems, but there are hopes that its political class will learn how to make things work.

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Charles Richardson Africa Leave a comment 12 February 2013

Mission accomplished in Mali?

French forces are now in control of all the towns of northern Mali. But the Americans had an easy time of it in Iraq at first; the hard part comes later.

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Charles Richardson Africa, War and peace Leave a comment 6 February 2013

So, what’s Mali, and should we care?

Mali isn't Iraq. It isn't even Afghanistan. But whether that's enough to promise success for François Hollande, only time will tell.

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Charles Richardson Africa, France, War and peace 6 Comments 15 January 201328 January 2022

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