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[LIVE] Weah, VP Boakai to face off in November 7 Liberia election run-off

Ex-football star, George Weah of the Congress For Democratic Change (CDC) will face current vice-president, Joseph Boakai of the ruling Unity Party (UP) in a race to succeed Ellen Johnson Sirleaf.

Liberia

Liberia braces for election results, opposition party cries foul

One of Liberia's main parties complains of fraud in Tuesday's presidential election, for which preliminary results are due any time.

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Vote counting underway in Liberia's landmark election

Many queued before dawn on Tuesday to elect a successor to President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf and a new parliament.

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We are ready for elections, there is no room for cheating - Liberia EC

The NEC Director of Communications Henry Boyd Flomo told Africanews that every one will have access to the results and by Wednesday, they will announce the provisional results.

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Optimism ahead of Liberia's election

Liberians are optimistic about their first power transfer for 73 years.

Liberia

Elections history in Africa's oldest democratic republic: Liberia

The first governor Thomas Buchanan was succeeded by the first black governor Joseph Jenkins Roberts who was elected as the first black president upon independence in 1847.

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[LIVE] Angola polls final result: ruling MPLA wins by 61%

Angola's elections body has released final results of the August 23 polls. The ruling MPLA won by 61.07% picking 150 seats in the 220 seater parliament. Joao Lourenco was also declared president-elect

Kenya

Kenya sets new date for presidential election rerun

Kenya's election commission has set October 17 as the date for a new vote ordered by the Supreme Court when it annulled an August poll won by President Uhuru Kenyatta.

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Renewed tensions in Kenya after Supreme Court annuls election result

Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta says he disagrees with an historic Supreme Court decision to annul the result of last month's presidential election, citing irregularities.

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[LIVE] Kenya Elections 2017: Odinga boycott unheeded, peace calls intensify

President Uhuru Kenyatta was declared winner with 8,203,290 votes (54.3%), beating main opposition leader Raila Odinga who garnered 6,762,224 votes (44.7%).

Kenya

Several die in election violence in Kenya

Violence erupts in opposition strongholds in Nairobi as counting continues from Tuesday's election

Kenya

Senior election official found dead in Kenya

Exactly a week before Kenya goes to the polls to elect a new president the lead official in charge of electronic voting was found dead on Monday after being missing for three days.