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In shift, Obama campaign to support Super Pac fundraiser - Reuters Africa
In shift, Obama campaign to support Super Pac fundraiser
Reuters Africa
By Jeff Mason WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama's re-election campaign, worried about the influx of money to groups supporting Republican candidates, said on Monday it would start supporting the struggling Super PAC designed to help Obama ...
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Chad's ruling party wins local polls - News24
Chad's ruling party wins local polls
News24
N'Djamena - Chad's ruling MPS party won the majority of seats in the main cities in the country's first local elections, according to provisional results on Tuesday, as the opposition complained of electoral fraud. President Idriss Deby Itno's ...
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Lamola in the wings as Malema heads for the desert - Business Day
Lamola in the wings as Malema heads for the desert
Business Day
In terms of the ANC Youth League's constitution, if its president is expelled or suspended, a deputy takes over until an election is held. This time elections could be held at a national general council — reportedly set for December — but insiders ...
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I'm a role model - Mazibuko - iAfrica.com
I'm a role model - Mazibuko
iAfrica.com
She said black voters were increasingly finding "ideological resonance" with the DA and she believed that within the next two elections the party would see a dramatic change in its support base. "Adding to our diversity is a challenge.
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Markets and rand take a break as Greece deal stutters - Business Day
Markets and rand take a break as Greece deal stutters
Business Day
"The Greeks are faced by a huge political dilemma; they've got to cut spending and wages while faced by elections in the coming months," Ian Cruickshanks, head of treasury strategic research at Nedbank , said yesterday. Greece faces a possible election ...
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Mazibuko says she's a role model - News24
Mazibuko says she's a role model
News24
She said black voters were increasingly finding "ideological resonance" with the DA and she believed that within the next two elections the party would see a dramatic change in its support base. "Adding to our diversity is a challenge.
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Kuwait emir names Sheikh Jaber to form new cabinet - Reuters Africa
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Kuwait emir names Sheikh Jaber to form new cabinet
Reuters Africa
DUBAI Feb 6 (Reuters) - Kuwait's emir has asked outgoing prime minister Sheikh Jaber al-Mubarak al-Sabah to form a new cabinet, the state news agency KUNA said on Monday, after the Gulf Arab state held a parliamentary election last week.
Kuwait emir names PM to form new cabinetIndependent Online
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'Donkey whipping' kicks off Russia poll campaign - Independent Online
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'Donkey whipping' kicks off Russia poll campaign
Independent Online
One candidate savagely whipped a donkey in a promotional video while two others exchanged angry words in a prime time live TV debate as Russia's presidential election campaign kicked off in raucous fashion. There were no such excesses for the clear ...
Russians stage rival protests over PutinReuters Africa
Putin warns against possible poll run-offNews24
Russia's new middle class warriors hit the streetsThe New Age Online
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Business Day got it wrong on SA and the AU - Politicsweb
East African
Business Day got it wrong on SA and the AU
Politicsweb
Some in the media covered the matter in a fair and balanced manner, reflecting accurately on the precise circumstances under which the election ended inconclusively, with neither of the two candidates - Dr Dlamini Zuma and incumbent Dr Jean Ping ...
After the botched election the AU needs to bridge the divideMail & Guardian Online
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Why I'm standing for DA Gauteng Vice Chairmanship - Ashor Sarupen - Politicsweb
Why I'm standing for DA Gauteng Vice Chairmanship - Ashor Sarupen
Politicsweb
Following extensive consultation with DA members serving in various structures of the party, I have decided to make myself available for election to the position of Deputy Provincial Chairperson of the DA in Gauteng on 10 March 2012.
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Lindiwe Mazibuko says she is an 'idol' - Times LIVE
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Lindiwe Mazibuko says she is an 'idol'
Times LIVE
She said black voters were increasingly finding "ideological resonance" with the DA and she believed that within the next two elections the party would see a dramatic change in its support base. "Adding to our diversity is a challenge.
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Election preparations start in conflict-torn Yemen - Reuters Africa
Election preparations start in conflict-torn Yemen
Reuters Africa
By Mohammed Ghobari SANAA (Reuters) - Yemen has begun a publicity campaign to get citizens to vote in the upcoming presidential election, officials said on Monday, part of a deal to ease President Ali Abdullah Saleh out of office and pull the country ...
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We are all human beings - Independent Online
Independent Online
We are all human beings
Independent Online
AP People celebrate the 10th anniversary of SA s first democratic elections in Trafalgar Square, London. Only when South Africans had freed their minds would it be possible to build a truly non-racial society, writes DA leader Helen Zille.
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Mexico gets female presidential candidate - News24
Mexico gets female presidential candidate
News24
Now R184.95 Mexico City - Mexico's ruling conservative party on Sunday chose Josefina Vazquez Mota, a 51-year-old economist and former minister, as its candidate for presidential elections on July 1. Vazquez Mota was elected late on Sunday with 55% of ...
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Death of two liberation movements - Leadership Magazine
Death of two liberation movements
Leadership Magazine
The outcome of the general election in Angola, planned for September this year, is a forgone conclusion. The MPLA is certain of victory. The only question is whether the ruling party will improve on the previous election result in 2008.
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Managing the desirable and the fluid - Independent Online
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Managing the desirable and the fluid
Independent Online
To understand what happened during Monday's elections for the AU Commission chairpersonship, we need to understand what motivated SA to contest the election, and why the continent reacted the way it did. This demands an analysis of SA's foreign policy ...
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Suu Kyi gets green light for parliament - News24
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Suu Kyi gets green light for parliament
News24
Yangon - Myanmar's Election Commission on Monday gave opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi the green light to run for parliamentary by-elections, another step toward political openness in a country emerging from nearly a half-century of iron-fisted ...
US decries 'worsened' Myanmar violenceThe New Age Online
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'Madagascar needs free and fair elections' - Primedia Broadcasting - Eyewitness News
'Madagascar needs free and fair elections'
Primedia Broadcasting - Eyewitness News
Exiled Malagasy president Marc Ravalomanana said the only way for his country to get back to the rule of law and democracy was to have free and fair elections. Ravalomanana and his wife Lalao have been in exile in South Africa since 2009 after he was ...
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African Markets - Factors to watch on Feb 6 - Reuters Africa
African Markets - Factors to watch on Feb 6
Reuters Africa
SENEGAL ELECTIONS Senegalese President Abdoulaye Wade's main rivals pledged on Saturday to campaign together in an effort to force him to withdraw from an election next month. MAURIITUS DEBT Mauritius received a low subscription rate for its 364-day ...
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World shaking, Obama rising, Romney in a bubble - Daily Maverick
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World shaking, Obama rising, Romney in a bubble
Daily Maverick
American presidential elections are about the domestic economy. However, little is known about the views of a candidate on entering the race, this is so fixed in the minds of his aides, he is seen as their property to shape.
Romney bags Nevada caucusesIndependent Online
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