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• Liberia vote fraud hearings scuttled by legal wrangling

  - 2005-11-18

  MONROVIA AFP — Hearings into charges of vote fraud by Liberian presidential candidate George Weah bogged down even as his rival Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, poised to become Africa's first woman head of state, dismissed the claims as "bogus." Documents and witnesses supporting Weah's contention that the November 8 run-off...

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• Sirleaf wins majority in Liberia presidential race

  - 2005-11-15

  MONROVIA AFP — Ellen Johnson Sirleaf won nearly 60 percent of votes in Liberia's elections and was poised to become Africa's first elected woman president, it was announced, as a probe continued into claims of vote fraud from her rival, footballer George Weah. The National Elections Commission said preliminary...

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• Third day of protests and boycott threat over Liberian election

  - 2005-11-14

  MONROVIA AFP — The party of Liberian presidential candidate George Weah boosted protests against alleged vote fraud in last week's run-off, presenting their petition to the US embassy and vowing a legislative boycott. "There is a strong belief in Liberia today that the elections were rigged on behalf of...

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• Tense Azerbaijan goes to polls in key test of democracy

  - 2005-11-04

  BAKU AFP — Azerbaijan holds parliamentary elections Sunday amid opposition complaints of harassment, a warning by President Ilham Aliyev of coup plots and tension over possible fraud and post-election unrest. The election is seen as a key test of democracy in the oil-rich former Soviet republic, where no election...

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• US: No systemic fraud in Ethiopian elections

  - 2005-05-16

  WASHINGTON AFP — The United States said the latest legislative elections in Ethiopia were fraught with multiple problems, but there was no evidence of systemic fraud. "Administrative and procedural irregularities such as ballot shortages, slow lines and problems with voter registration lists were observed in various locations, but didn't...

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