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One of the points agreed in the Global Political Agreement was that a new ‘people-driven’ constitutional would be crafted following various numerous...
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The situation in Zimbabwe is bad enough without another African leader praising Mugabe for his stand in retaining power in the country, despite losing the 2008...
made popular Dec 28 2010
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — Supporters of one of her competitors in Haiti’s presidential election set barricades on fire and threw rubble at cars when initial...
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“Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai has described power-sharing governments in Africa as bad for democracy because they did not serve the interests of the people as...
made popular Dec 8 2010
For thirty years, the Zimbabwean people have been bullied, pushed and forced into ‘electing’ M’gabe and his murderous party into power. Then, in 2008,...
made popular Dec 2 2010
The war veterans of Zimbabwe are a feisty lot and have been used by Mugabe to perpetrate many misdemeanours and crimes on the population of Zimbabwe. And, in their...
made popular Nov 30 2010
PORT-AU-PRINCE, HAITI - Haiti’s much-anticipated presidential election ended Sunday as broken as the buildings around the capital city, with protests flaring...
made popular Nov 29 2010
Widespread irregularities in Haiti’s presidential and legislative race Sunday led most candidates to call for the election to be voided.
made popular Nov 29 2010
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — Crushed buildings from the January earthquake still spill out onto sidewalks here, people are collapsing from cholera at hospital doors and a...
made popular Nov 22 2010
The following was an address made by persecuted MDC treasurer-general and senator Roy Bennett. Bennett has moved to South Africa to avoid further prosecution - on...
made popular Nov 11 2010
Why isn’t this a surprise? On the basis of a statement made by a couple of right-wing looney-tunes (a statement that has been made many times over the years,...
made popular Nov 9 2010
The government of national unity was supposed to be part of a transition to establish democratic governance in the country, but Mugabe has ensured that it has been...
made popular Oct 15 2010
Today we read about the International Criminal Court ruling out any prosecution of Robert Mugabe for war crimes for two reasons:
a) The court’s authority only goes...
made popular Oct 1 2010
When I lived and worked in Zimbabwe, I made a conscious decision not to vote in either local or parliamentary elections. This was probably a hangover from my police...
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Afghanistan will hold parliamentary elections on September 18.
made popular Sep 16 2010
The Gujarat government on Tuesday reintroduced in the Assembly an official bill seeking to make voting compulsory in the elections to the local self-government bodies...
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The secretary general’s office of the Bishops’ Conference of Mexico has called on the country’s newly elected officials to not to rest “until justice, peace,...
made popular Jul 14 2010
In the capitol of Durango, Poll #261 in Barrio de Analco, gunmen entered and stole ballot boxes, in addition to launching shots that left one person with minor...
made popular Jul 6 2010
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Due to the climate of violence that has erupted in several states, the Army, Navy, Federal Police, and even members of the National Security and Investigation Center,...
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Voters in Mexico go to the polls this weekend in almost half of the country’s 31 states. Twelve governors’ offices and numerous mayors’ posts are up...
made popular Jul 6 2010
Mexicans will go to the polls in fourteen states this weekend after mounting drug-related violence made this campaign the bloodiest since 1994, posing a threat to the...
made popular Jul 6 2010
If Aussie political storms possessed some space in a foreign press, it is something extravagant usually, capable to divert a world readers’ interest at least for a...
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Mexican drug cartels have launched a campaign of intimidation against some politicians running in local elections next month in a show of power that is defying...
made popular Jun 16 2010
Iraq’s two main Shia groups, which performed strongly in recent elections, have merged to form the biggest alliance in the new parliament.
The bloc, to be called...
made popular Jun 11 2010
Minister of Justice Tuija Brax wants to lower the voting age for local elections to 16 before the next round of municipal balloting.
Brax says that making the...
made popular Jun 9 2010
My thinking is not one of the best and most people would term it retrogressive, but of course i have a reason why i think holding elections in Africa is just a waste of...
made popular May 27 2010
Trinidad and Tobago is to have its first woman premier after Prime Minister Patrick Manning was ousted in a snap election on Monday
Jubilant crowds gathered at the...
made popular May 25 2010
South Sudan swore in Salva Kiir as its first elected president on Friday and the former rebel is likely to lead the semi-autonomous region to independence after a...
made popular May 22 2010
Gangs kidnap, kill to control elections.
One candidate was gunned down with his son. Another is missing after assailants torched her home. In some towns near the U.S....
made popular May 19 2010
On the pitch they called him “Shorty” – a diminutive football legend who rose from the slums of northern Rio to become a giant of Brazil’s...
made popular May 18 2010
I have brought the subject up many times in previous editorials, but perhaps a focused article is required to highlight to inconsistencies of government in Zimbabwe,...
made popular Apr 27 2010
Robert Mugabe has said he has no plans to retire and will stand in the next presidential election if his party endorses his candidacy — a move which will heighten...
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Iraqi President Jalal Talabani has indicated that he expects to retain his position in Sunday’s general election.
Mr Talabani told the BBC he also believed the...
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As I have intimated many times, Mugabe’s longevity in power is largely based upon the violence that he is able to mete out against his real and perceived...
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And after Wednesday, a few days on The Higher Administrative Court of Ukraine had accepted Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko’s request (hugely unpopular among the...
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The leaders of the military coup in Niger have promised a “return to constitutional order”, three days after overthrowing President Mamadou Tandja.
A...
made popular Feb 22 2010
South Korea announced controls on Friday on how the microblogging service Twitter can be used during elections, an issue that has some people calling for changes in the...
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Brigitte Kafui Adjamagbo-Johnson, head of the Convention démocratique des peuples africains (Democratic Convention of African Peoples (CDPA) opposition party, is...
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On 25th of October 2009, Tanzanians casted their votes to choose leaders in the Local Government. Such leaders include village Chairpersons and the village council. The...
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Balbina Herrera, presidential candidate of the Democratic Revolutionary party, greets supporters after voting during presidential elections in Panama City, Sunday, May 3, 2009.
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