Legitimacy crisis for Libya’s political institutions
LIBYAN protesters want the political authorities to quit and hold elections after previous transitional periods created institutions that clung on
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Nigeria ruling party picks ex-governor of Lagos Tinubu to run for president
MACDONALD DZIRUTWE NIGERIA’S ruling party picked former Lagos State governor Bola Tinubu as its candidate to run for president in
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Nigeria’s Buhari has no preferred successor, spokesman says
FELIX ONUAH NIGERIAN President Muhammadu Buhari has no preferred candidate from the ruling All Progressives Party (APC) to succeed him,
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How Kenya’s judiciary can break the cycle of electoral violence
KENYA is no stranger to highly contested elections, including those pervaded by political and ethnic violence. When there is no
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A sense of history and urgency as Somalia moves to elect a new president
SOMALI lawmakers vote for the country’s new president on May 15, marking the end of a long-delayed and controversial process.
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Buhari tells wannabe presidents in his cabinet to quit
FELIX ONUAH NIGERIA’S President Muhammadu Buhari has directed that any cabinet ministers seeking to run in next year’s elections should
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Boris Johnson faces election test as scandals overshadow vote
ANDREW MACASKILL and ELIZABETH PIPER VOTERS in Britain went to the polls in local government elections on Thursday where they
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Analysis: In troubled France, no honeymoon for re-elected Macron
MICHEL ROSE NOW comes the hard part. Emmanuel Macron may have seen off far-right leader Marine Le Pen, but his
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Explainer: Macron or Le Pen: why it matters for France, the EU and the West
MICHEL ROSE THE French will decide whether to re-elect pro-business centrist President Emmanuel Macron or blow up decades of mainstream
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Macron tells voters: Now choose the France you want
LAYLI FOROUDI and ELIZABETH PINEAU FRENCH President Emmanuel Macron and far-right challenger Marine Le Pen made final appeals to undecided
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