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By Omar al-Saleh in Africa on May 12th, 2012
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Libya will be holding its first general elections next month, the first free and multi-party polls perhaps in 47 years.

Over a million voters have registered since voter registration opened on May 1. The two-week exercise is to end on May 14. But candidates and parties were given only eight days to register.

Parties and candidates competing for the 200 seats of the National Congress (parliament) have protested saying they won't have enough time to meet the requirements in order to get them registered. 

The parties also criticised the National Transitional Council, the interim government, for being slow to enact laws that regulate their work and formation.
Libya will be holding its first general elections next month, the first free and multi-party polls perhaps in 47 years.
By Mohammed Adow in Africa on April 11th, 2010

In some of most strategic intersections of Sudan's capital Khartoum, there are huge campaign billboards with the picture of President Omar al-Bashir, and beside him, two wedding rings.

One is black and one is white and they are held together by a ribbon with the colours of Sudan's national flag.

The black ring symbolises the country's south, mainly inhabited by black African tribes, while the white one represents the mainly Arab north.

It's a message the incumbent president wants no one to miss, one he continually hyped up during a vigorous and well organised campaign that took him to most parts of the country: that he will keep the country united at whatever cost.

But unity is what seems to elude Sudan by the day.

The elections are a key component of the Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA) that was signed in Kenya in 2005 and brought the war two between the south and north to an end.

By Haru Mutasa in Africa on January 26th, 2010
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It seems President Jacob Zuma’s party; the African National Congress (ANC) is more concerned with launching a clothing line than attending to people problems.
ANC leather jackets launched earlier this week could be a hit in South Africa.
The jackets come in black, green and gold - colours representing one of Africa’s oldest revolutionary parties.
To give them that "glam" look the leather jackets have electric green patches for pockets, brightly coloured buttons, neon yellow zips, all topped off with the party's logo of a wheel, spear and shield.
They look like they'll glow in dark!
The cheapest - made from "genuine leather" - cost $217, while the most expensive $267.

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