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Djibouti ruling party declares election victory, opposition says flawed

DJIBOUTI (Reuters) – Djibouti’s ruling coalition declared victory on Saturday in the Red Sea state’s parliamentary election, but the opposition rejected the vote as flawed and said it planned demonstrations to protest against the outcome. The disputed result raises the possibility of instability in Djibouti, which hosts the United States’ only military base in Africa [...]

Ghana opposition says election results flawed

ACCRA (Reuters) – Ghana’s main opposition party said on Sunday the country’s presidential election had been manipulated, hours after local media reported its candidate Akufo-Addo had narrowly lost to incumbent John Dramani Mahama. “The results are flawed. We are not satisfied,” said Yaw Buaben Asamoa, a spokesman for Akufo-Addo’s National Patriotic Party. “There has been [...]

Defeated Sierra Leone opposition says election flawed

FREETOWN (Reuters) – Sierra Leone’s main opposition party on Saturday attacked the credibility of a poll that saw incumbent President Ernest Bai Koroma elected to a second term in an outright victory. The dispute risks tarnishing a vote deemed free and fair by observers and that many hope will help pave the way for an [...]

Ukraine ruling party ahead in vote monitors call flawed

KIEV (Reuters) – Ukrainian President Victor Yanukovich's party was on course on Monday to secure a new parliamentary majority, but international monitors condemned the election as flawed and said the country had taken a step back under his leadership. Exit polls and partial results from Sunday's vote showed Yanukovich's Party of the Regions would, with [...]

Biden, in leaked memo, told Obama war plan flawed

As President Barack Obama considered adding as many as 40,000 U.S. forces to a backsliding war in Afghanistan in 2009, Vice President Joe Biden warned him that the military rationale for doing so was flawed, a new book about Obama’s expansion of the conflict says. Politics News Headlines – Yahoo! News Tweet This Post