By Jordan Davis Dakar 03 December 2006 Islamist Moderate Party supporters attend a late meeting, 17 Nov 2006 in Nouakchott Second round legislative elections are under way in Mauritania. The vote is seen as a key step in the country's return to civi...
By Michael Bowman Caracas 01 December 2006 Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez is running for reelection at a time of brisk economic growth driven by unprecedented oil revenues. But while many Venezuelans are happily spending money, some economists are...
By Nico Colombant Dakar 19 November 2006 Supporters stand by a poster of Islamist Moderate Party candidate Jamil Mansour during a late meeting, in Nouakchott, November, 17 2006 Mauritanians are voting heavily in post-coup legislative and municipal e...
By Sonja Pace London 08 November 2006 The final tally is not yet in with the vote outcome for the U.S. Senate still too close to call, but Democrats have won a majority in the House of Representatives in what is widely seen as a punishing vote for P...
By Scott Stearns White House 07 November 2006 It is Election Day in the United States. Voters will choose all 435 lawmakers in the House of Representatives, 33 senators, and governors in 36 states. Early morning voters use the electronic voting mach...
By Nico Colombant Dakar 05 November 2006 (Additional reporting from Kinshasa provided by Eddy Isango.) In the Democratic Republic of Congo, transitional President Joseph Kabila is in the lead in early vote-counting, but election officials insist thi...
By Nico Colombant Kinshasa 29 October 2006 Vote-counting has started in the Democratic Republic of Congo, following a second-round presidential election to end a transition period, and years of war and misrule. The national election commission says...
By Gilbert da Costa Abuja 25 October 2006 Some 60 million eligible Nigerian voters are expected to visit 120,000 polling centers to register as Nigeria begins the long-awaited voters registration exercise. Some question marks have been raised about...
By Peter Heinlein United Nations 13 October 2006 The U.N. Security Council has tentatively agreed to impose stiff sanctions on North Korea for its apparent nuclear test. A formal vote is scheduled for Saturday. The United States introduced a comprom...
By Nico Colombant Kinshasa 02 August 2006 The United Nations has appealed for calm and patience in the Democratic Republic of Congo, where vote counting has gotten off to a slow start, amid allegations of election fraud. The head of the world's larg...