S Africa rivals in key ANC vote
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South Africa's ruling ANC is to choose its next leader at a fractious party conference.
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Ex-unionist Cyril Ramaphosa's name is put forward as an alternative candidate to Jacob Zuma as ANC leader.
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Voters in Ghana queued on Tuesday to  choose a new leader for their West African country in what was  expected to be a race between incumbent John Kufuor and  long-standing rival John Atta Mills.
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POLOKWANE, South Africa Dec. 18--Thousands of African National Congress activists lined up in the rain Tuesday morning to elect a new leader: either incumbent President Thabo Mbeki or the man he fired in 2005 because of alleged corruption, former deputy president Jacob Zuma.
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Jacob Zuma, the new chairman of the African National Congress, will almost certainly succeed Thabo Mbeki as the leader of South Africaâs one-party democracy.
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POLOKWANE, South Africa  - South Africa's ruling ANC on Monday nominated President Thabo Mbeki and his bitter rival Jacob Zuma as the sole candidates to lead the party in an election on Tuesday.
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The Dutch centre-right coalition battled to hold on to power in an election on Wednesday against leftist rivals who could water down pro-business policies and be more conciliatory on immigration.
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WINDHOEK, Namibia - The southern African nation of Namibia voted on Monday for a successor to the only leader the country has ever known, and election officials said the first of two days of voting started smoothly.
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The choice of a liberal white woman to lead South Africaâs main opposition party may seem counterintuitive. What Helen Zilleâs election says about a nation still trying to overcome the legacy of apartheid.
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Singing, dancing and chanting delegates of the governing African National Congress cast their votes Tuesday for the next party president after a bitter contest that strained the organization's fabled discipline and unity.
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POLOKWANE, South Africa  - Thousands of African National Congress activists gathered on Saturday ahead of a congress to decide whether Thabo Mbeki continues to head the ruling party.
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Two heavyweights of Kenya's post-independence politics square off in a presidential vote on Thursday that has overshadowed Christmas and seen the opposition hold a small lead in opinion polls during the campaign.
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Delegates in African National Congress meet ahead of delayed vote in bitter leadership election
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POLOKWANE, South Africa  - South Africa's ruling ANC, torn by the worst rift in its history, on Sunday began a conference expected to put controversial politician Jacob Zuma on track to become the country's next president.
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POLOKWANE, South Africa  - The African National Congress (ANC) on Tuesday will hold a leadership vote that could end President Thabo Mbeki's control over South Africa's ruling party and tilt the government to the left.
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President Thabo Mbeki says the bitter contest to lead South Africa's ruling African National Congress (ANC) could destroy the party that helped end apartheid.
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African National Congress leader Jacob Zuma will be the governing party's candidate for national elections, the group declared Tuesday, despite his pending trial on corruption charges.