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22 / 05 / 2012

Syria violence spillover into Lebanon raises concerns

22 / 05 / 2012

Suu Kyi to give Nobel speech, 21 years late

21 / 05 / 2012

Egypt: Armed Forces Council Calls for Peaceful Elections

21 / 05 / 2012

More than 60 killed in Syria despite presence of U.N. monitors

21 / 05 / 2012

Egypt ‘revolution youth’ divided ahead of landmark poll

21 / 05 / 2012

‘Election silence’ prevails in Egypt as final countdown to landmark voting starts

21 / 05 / 2012

Zimbabwe: I Am Tired, Mugabe Says

18 / 05 / 2012

Results for Egypt’s expat voting Friday; U.S. group to send 22 monitors to polls

18 / 05 / 2012

Syrian opposition leader Burhan Ghalioun resigns amid mounting criticism

18 / 05 / 2012

Egypt: Military Source Denies Armed Forces' Intention to Issue Constitutional Declaration

16 / 05 / 2012

Syria National Council reelects Ghalioun president

16 / 05 / 2012

Copts to shun Islamists in Egypt’s presidential, vote fear sectarian conflicts

16 / 05 / 2012

Myanmar Vows to Cease Buying Weapons From North Korea

15 / 05 / 2012

Syria's squeezed moderate voices

15 / 05 / 2012

Egypt: 57 Thousand Expats Voted in Elections Until Monday Noon

14 / 05 / 2012

Egypt: Liberal Party Warns of Campaigning in Mosques

14 / 05 / 2012

[Ticker] Belgium: EU is considering military presence in Syria

14 / 05 / 2012

Death toll mounts across Syria as EU readies new round of sanctions against Assad

14 / 05 / 2012

Egypt: Day 1 in Expats Voting - High Turnout in Gulf Countries, Average in Europe

14 / 05 / 2012

Zimbabwe: Mnangagwa Officially Declares His Ambition to Lead Zanu-PF

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16 / 03 / 2009

Kenya to Undertake Overhaul of Electoral System. Election Guide.

A Kenyan parliamentary committee appointed Nairobi attorney Cecil Guyana MILLER head of a new interim electoral commission. The new electoral commission replaces the country's previous electoral management body, which was largely blamed for bungling the administration and fiddling with the results of the disputed 2007 general elections. An official investigation of the 2007 elections found that the administration of the poll was so flawed that it was impossible to establish which candidate had actually won the most votes. Confusion over the results of that election sparked weeks of sectarian violence that cost the lives of at least 1,300 Kenyans. MILLER has been charged with overhauling the country's electoral system, which includes creating a new voter registry and managing any electoral processes until a new constitution is adopted. MILLER's biggest task, however, may be the restoration of institutional legitimacy and public confidence in Kenya's electoral system. 


http://www.electionguide.org/news.php#4033

 


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