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The electoral processes in Angola are vital instruments for consolidation of peace, national reconciliation and the establishment of a democratic and law abiding State.

This was said by the former chairman of Bar, Inglês Pinto, during a conference on "the path of the 2012 general elections", running from 5-6 June.

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On All Things Considered today, NPR's Soraya Sarhaddi Nelson will look ahead to Egypt's first free presidential election — voting begins Wednesday and is expected to lead to a mid-June runoff — and how some Egyptians who played roles in last year's revolution there are refusing to take part because they don't trust the military leaders who run the country.

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Over 20 Yemeni reporters took part in a training workshop that runs from May 19 to 21 at the National Democratic Institute (NDI), a US-funded organization.

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The results from the first democratic elections to take place in Benghazi for more than four decades were announced this evening by the head of Benghazi’s electoral commission, Suleiman Zubi. He said that 138,312 people had voted.

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The final results in Algeria’s parliamentary elections confirm an overpowering victory for the national liberation front (NLF) who will dominate the future parliament with 220 representatives. Polls opened across Algeria at 8am Thursday (May 10th), with nearly 21 million voters expected to take part in the historic legislative election.

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Algerians will be voting for a new parliament on 10 May. The big question is whether this election will turn out to be as free and successful as the recent ones in neighbouring Tunisia and Morocco.

Forty-four political parties and 7,646 candidates are battling for 462 seats. By having so many contenders, the government is hoping that Islamist parties will be squeezed.