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Ghanian president-elect urges respect for disputed vote results

Supporters of the opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP) protest against the results of the presidential election in Accra on Dec. 9.

Ghana’s John Dramani Mahama urged respect for results giving him victory in presidential polls after the opposition alleged fraud in a nation trying to uphold its image as a model African democracy. There were no reports of trouble on the streets of the west African nation’s capital Accra on Monday…

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Russians vote as Putin seeks return to presidency

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Russians voted on Sunday in presidential polls likely to return strongman Vladimir Putin to the Kremlin for a record third term amid a wave of protests unseen for decades. Voters in the world’s largest country, spread across nine time zones, will cast their ballots in a marathon election stretched over…

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Putin says ‘happy’ about protests

Anti-Putin rally in Russia. Image via AFP.

Russia’s Vladimir Putin, who is running for president in Sunday’s polls, said the mass protests against him made him “happy”, but expressed confidence that the majority of people support him. “I am very happy about this situation, because that means that the authorities… have to actively react to what is…

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