- 13 May 2013 20:53 - Claudine Renaud
- Voters have begun registering for elections in Swaziland, Africa's last absolute monarchy, with unions calling for a boycott of a "rubber-stamp" poll.
- 07 May 2013 20:41 - Reuters
- Pakistan's cricketer-turned-politician Imran Khan has injured his head after falling at a rally just days before national elections, say officials.
- 04 May 2013 13:17 - Eileen Ng
- Malaysian politicians have made a last campaign push as Prime Minister Najib Razak's coalition competes against the opposition ahead of the elections.
- 03 May 2013 13:18 - Ashraf Khan
- A candidate running for Parliament in Pakistan's election next week has been shot dead along with his three-year-old son in Karachi, say police.
- 16 Apr 2013 19:28 - Sapa, AFP,
- SA is in discussions on whether to help cash-strapped Zimbabwe fund its presidential and parliamentary elections, says the national treasury.
- 02 Mar 2013 13:05 - Peter Martell
- Kenyan presidential hopefuls made a final bid to woo voters Saturday on the last day of campaigning for the tightly fought March 4 elections.
- 26 Feb 2013 09:10 - Aymeric Vincenot
- In the run-up to Kenya's elections in March, people still displaced have camped around the town of Nakuru in Rift Valley and fear renewed violence.
- 21 Feb 2013 09:27 - Abdourazak Ali
- President Ismael Omar Guelleh's regime is up against its most serious threat in a decade: a united opposition for this week's legislative elections.
- 08 Feb 2013 00:00 - Karen Allen
- The stakes are high, and the choice is between two presidential candidates who both lack integrity.
- 30 Jan 2013 10:57 - Johannes Myburgh
- Mamphela Ramphele has set off rampant guesswork about whether she could finally help forge a viable alternative to the seemingly unshakeable ANC.
- 11 Jan 2013 09:56 - Ray Ndlovu
- Elections and referendum are on hold as officials squabble, but issues will hopefully be resolved soon, writes Ray Ndlovu.
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- 09 Jan 2013 13:46 - Marwa Awad
- Egypt, battered by political turmoil and an economic crisis, will hold a parliamentary election in April, officials have said.
- 04 Dec 2012 13:31 - Reuters
- Sierra Leone's main opposition party has conceded defeat to President Ernest Bai Koroma, weeks after complaining the election was marred by fraud.
- 28 Nov 2012 14:58 - Sapa-DPA
- Sierra Leone People's Party has called on members to boycott government proceedings, claiming electoral fraud had undermined the recent elections.
- 28 Nov 2012 12:28 - Susan Njanji
- Rights groups have voiced fears that Zimbabwean authorities would launch a crackdown on rights activists ahead of a referendum and the 2013 elections.
- 19 Nov 2012 15:44 - Sapa-AP
- Sierra Leone saw a largely peaceful, well-conducted vote despite reports of money changing hands and polling stations marred by bees or lack of light.
- 17 Nov 2012 12:40 - Reuters
- Sierra Leoneans have crowded polling stations to vote, saying they wanted to elect leaders who would bring prosperity to the poor West African state.
- 15 Nov 2012 06:52 - Sapa-AFP
- Vice-president Xi Jinping has been appointed chief of China's military.
- 13 Nov 2012 10:06 - Sapa-DPA
- With Sierra Leone still recovering from a long and bloody civil war, citizens will vote in presidential and parliamentary elections on Saturday.
- 10 Dec 2012 09:52 - M&G Online reporter and agencies
- The Mail & Guardian takes a look at the continent's new and not-so-new leaders who were elected into office this year.
