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3/22/2023 2:20:28 PM
Nigeria's main opposition presidential candidate Atiku Abubakar, who came second in last month's election, has filed a formal petition in court seeking to overturn the ballot won by the ruling party.
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3/2/2023 10:21:25 AM
The United States congratulated Nigeria on the election of ruling party presidential candidate Bola Tinubu, while calling for calm amid accusations of voter fraud and concerns over technical glitches.
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2/18/2023 5:32:01 PM
The frontrunners in Nigeria's presidential candidates hit the campaign trail on Saturday, in a major push to convince voters a week before the polls.
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8/29/2022 4:58:10 PM
The granddaughter of a former Lebanese president Monday announced her bid for the cash-strapped country's upcoming presidential elections on a platform critical of the Iran-backed Shia group Hezbollah.
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8/22/2022 10:54:49 AM
Kenya's defeated presidential candidate Raila Odinga has filed an online petition to the country's top court, his lawyer told AFP Monday, challenging the result of the August 9 election that handed victory to his rival William Ruto.
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7/24/2022 7:59:00 PM
One of Kenya's two leading presidential candidates, Raila Odinga, will not take part in an upcoming electoral debate, his campaign team said Sunday, accusing his principal rival of trying to avoid certain topics such as corruption.
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5/29/2022 5:18:31 PM
A Cairo Supreme State Security Court sentenced on Sunday acting Muslim Brotherhood guide Mahmoud Ezzat and former presidential candidate and leader of the Strong Egypt Party Abdel-Moneim Abul-Fotouh along with 16 others to 15 years in prison on charges of leading an illegal group and spreading false news.
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International
4/30/2022 5:54:57 PM
President Recep Tayyip Erdogan welcomed far-right presidential candidate Marine Le Pen's defeat in the French election as a "win", saying that the world suffered because of extremism, local media reported on Saturday.
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4/22/2022 3:23:34 PM
France's presidential contenders Emmanuel Macron and Marine Le Pen traded final blows on the last day of campaigning Friday to drive home why their particular political brand, and not the other's, is the right choice for voters in one of the world's wealthiest large democracies.
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2/5/2022 9:26:21 PM
French far-right presidential candidate Eric Zemmour on Saturday used a meeting in the northern city of Lille to launch a tirade against welfare handouts.
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International
1/17/2022 4:12:20 PM
French far-right presidential candidate Eric Zemmour was convicted Monday of inciting racial hatred over 2020 comments he made about unaccompanied migrant children.
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1/17/2022 11:02:22 AM
Far-left French presidential candidate Jean-Luc Melenchon embraced migrants and Russia and derided campaign rivals as he sought to reinvigorate his flagging campaign for April's election with an unusual ‘immersive and olfactory’ rally.
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12/5/2021 2:41:03 PM
French far-right presidential candidate Eric Zemmour is to hold his first official campaign rally at a stadium outside Paris on Sunday, with police on high alert over the risk of clashes with protesters.
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12/2/2021 7:05:30 PM
A court in southern Libya on Thursday reinstated Seif al-Islam Gaddafi, son of slain dictator Moamer Gaddafi, as a candidate in next month's presidential election, Libyan media reported.
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11/18/2021 4:00:00 PM
Egypt's Court of Cassation rejected on Thursday an appeal against the placing of former 2012 presidential candidate Abdel-Moneim Abul-Fotouh, activist Alaa Abdel-Fattah and 26 others on the country's terrorism list.
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11/14/2021 12:39:15 PM
Saif al-Islam al-Gaddafi, son of Libya's former leader Muammar al-Gaddafi, registered on Sunday as a presidential candidate for the Dec. 24 election, an official from the electoral commission said.
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10/27/2021 9:52:00 PM
Tunisia's media authority on Wednesday ordered the closure of Nessma TV channel founded by defeated presidential candidate Nabil Karoui.
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9/22/2021 6:07:57 PM
Libyan media said the step opens the way for Haftar to run as a presidential candidate under a controversial new law.
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Africa
9/12/2021 2:49:50 PM
Parliament member Fawzia Yusuf H. Adam is well aware of the challenges in winning votes in a nation where women often remain marginalized
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9/2/2021 3:00:12 PM
Alireza Zakani, 55 heads a parliamentary research center, and he was one of the seven approved 2021 presidential candidates
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