Early presidential poll for Egypt

A huge security operation is under way across Egypt as voters prepare to head to the polls to elect a new president.

Lesotho's PM Thomas Thabane tells the BBC he will contest the 2015 elections, which were brought forward after an alleged coup attempt.

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CCM disowns early poll 'birds'
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CCM Secretary General Abdulrahman Kinana said the ruling party has not backed up anyone among those who have declared interest to vie for various posts on the party's ticket during next year's general elections. However, he cautioned the regional, ...

Voters in Zambia are due to go to the polls in a presidential election caused by the death of Michael Sata last year.

Defence Minister Edgar Lungu wins Zambia's presidential election for the governing Patriotic Front with 48.3% of the vote.

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CCM Presidential Poll Time Table Out
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Dodoma — THE Union presidential candidate on CCM ticket will be known on July 12, the day the ruling party expects to complete the nomination process for its flag bearer in the general elections in October. Briefing journalists on the party's nomination ...
Opposition camp to boycott House over Access of Information, Media Service billsIPPmedia

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Why Burundi leader's bid for re-election spells trouble

As voting takes place in Nigeria there are reports that gunmen have killed up to 25 people and set fire to homes in the northeast of the country, according to the governor of Borno state.

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CUF Wraps Up Presidential Poll Campaigns in Pemba
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Zanzibar — THE Civic United Front (CUF) presidential candidate for Zanzibar, Maalim Seif Sharif Hamad, has wound up his campaign on Pemba Islands with call upon the electorate here to vote for him so that he can end poverty. He said during a public ...
Unity government rivals vie for power in ZanzibarDeutsche Welle

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