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Vote counting under way in Guinea’s Presidential election

Politics Oct 20
Polls closed in Guinea's presidential election on Sunday with the vote-counting process beginning immediately after as some 5.4 million people were registered to vote and mobilised at the polls in this year’s high stakes electoral process — which has been intense in light of current president Alpha Condé is seeking a controversial third term.
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Burkina Faso election: Opposition leaders Diabre, Zida register as candidates
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The president of the Union for Progress and Change (UPC), Burkina Faso's main opposition party, Zephirin Diabré, and former Prime Minister Isaac Zida, filed their candidacies for the November 22 presidential election with the National Electoral Commission (Ceni) on Friday.
President Alpha Conde has not formerly accepted his nomination
Guinea leader confirms election date
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Guinea's President Alpha Condé has announced 18 October as the date for the upcoming general elections.
A re-run of last year's election in Malawi was held on Tuesday
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