The contest between Odinga and Kenyatta is seen by pollsters as too close to call ahead of the vote.
French security forces are searching for two brothers suspected of killing 12 people at a French magazine, a third suspect is in police custody.
Electoral officials tallied votes on Sunday from general elections seen as a key test of the west African nation’s post-war recovery.
Senegal’s president elect Macky Sall has hailed a new era after triumphing over veteran leader Abdoulaye Wade in Sunday’s runoff presidential vote.
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/ 11 February 2012
Sahel states are bracing for a long hungry season, many weakened by the return of people from Libya who are creating fresh strife.
Abdoulaye Wade has rallied voters in Senegal’s city of Thies despite a storm of criticism over his third-term presidential bid.
Senegal’s opposition has prepared for mass resistance against President Abdoulaye Wade’s third term bid — validated despite violent weekend riots.
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/ 25 November 2011
Yahya Jammeh scored a landslide win in presidential polls on Friday, securing a fourth term at the helm of the tiny state.
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/ 24 November 2011
Despite boasting Africa’s first female president and a Nobel prize for women’s rights, Liberia’s women are still vulnerable to the threat of rape.
Gambia’s election campaign has wrapped up with rival presidential candidates staging rallies in the tiny capital Banjul ahead of polls.