Topic: People's Democratic Party

Nigeria's elections a vast improvement of 2007 sham polls

In the final round of national elections, Nigerians cast votes for local governors Tuesday. As in previous rounds, the voting process was messy, but much cleaner than those of 2007.

Nigeria election riots: How leaders stoke Muslim-Christian violence

Scores have been killed in Muslim-Christian violence after this weekend's relatively clean presidential election, highlighting that the age of 'do-or-die' politics and 'thugs-for-hire' networks is not dead in Nigeria.

Violence mars Goodluck Jonathan's win in Nigeria vote

Rioting broke out Monday after it became clear that Goodluck Jonathan had won the presidency, underscoring a deep regional divide between northern Muslim voters and southern Christians.

Bombs mar Nigeria election, but fail to dampen voters' enthusiasm

Voters turned out in droves Saturday, despite a bomb blast late Friday that killed at least 8 people and injured more than two dozen, many of them young volunteer elections workers.

Nigerians head to polls for pivotal vote

Nigeria's parliamentary and presidential elections, slated to begin Saturday, aim to tackle corruption and internal tension while setting an example for other African nations soon to hold votes.

Protests in Kashmir herald poll tensions

Muslim separatists celebrated the revocation of a controversial land-transfer decision, using the occasion to agitate for independence from India.

Kashmir: Mass protests force government to reverse controversial land-transfer decision

Muslims in Indian-administered Kashmir charged that the transfer was an attempt to tip the Hindu-Muslim ratio of the area in favor of Hindus. The protests have widened to support for independence.

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Nigeria deploys troops in oil-rich Bayelsa

The deployment follows annulled election results and reports of a rise in pirate attacks in the Niger Delta region.

Bhutan makes it official: it's a democracy

The DPT swept 44 of 47 seats in the new National Assembly.

Bhutan wary of democratic change

The isolated nation holds its first-ever national election Monday after decades of guardianship by kings who severely limited contact with the outside world.