12:40pm

Kenyan candidate claims vote rigging

Odinga’s campaign calls for presidential count to be halted

5:56pm

Kenya’s election in slow motion at server failure

Costly electronic counting system abandoned

A poll official stacks ballot boxes that have been tallied in Kakamega, western Kenya ©AFP Mar 6, 2013

Rejected ballots pivotal in Kenya election

Only 42% of results counted, but electoral body says all votes will be included

Patrice Motsepe, founder and chairman of African Rainbow Mineral Ltd ©Bloomberg Mar 5, 2013

S African tycoon tries to build bridges

Motsepe hopes to help level ‘playing fields’ for country’s poor

From COMPANIES Mar 5, 2013

Harare to ‘indigenise’ Zimplats land

Government plans to acquire half group’s mining claims

Masai women wait to cast ballot papers in a polling station during the presidential and parliamentary elections near town of Magadi some 85 km south of Nairobi. ©Reuters Mar 5, 2013

Counting begins in Kenya’s election

Results delayed due to technical glitches

Masai women wait to cast ballot papers in a polling station during the presidential and parliamentary elections near town of Magadi some 85 km south of Nairobi. ©Reuters From MULTIMEDIA Mar 4, 2013

Kenyans queue to vote for a president

Voters formed long lines despite the threat of election violence

Ordinga ©Anna Gordon Mar 4, 2013

Turnout holds key to Kenya election

Kenyatta neck and neck with Odinga amid fears of voter intimidation

Mar 3, 2013

South Africa in good health, says Zuma

Comparisons between mine killings and apartheid crackdowns are dismissed

Jacob Zuma, South African president ©AFP Mar 3, 2013

Zuma warns west’s ‘colonial’ corporates

Change attitude or risk losing business to China, says SA president

From MIDDLE EAST & NORTH AFRICA Mar 3, 2013

SA minister lobbies UAE in doctor case

South African doctor held over child’s death 10 years ago

Mar 3, 2013

Chad says leader of Algeria attack killed

Al-Qaeda’s Mokhtar Belmokhtar killed in Mali strike, says military

Mar 1, 2013

Kisumu gangs square up for action

Kenya poll tension grows as youth groups organise

Mar 1, 2013

Odinga warns of potential unrest if poll is not fair

Rigging consequences could be ‘worse than last time’ in Kenya

Mar 1, 2013

S Africa police arrested over drag death

Outrage over images of man tied to van and dragged along street

Feb 28, 2013

S African police watchdog probes death

Officers investigated for dragging man tied to back of police van

Feb 28, 2013

Kenyan separatist raises poll stakes

Boycott called for next week’s presidential election

The World Feb 28, 2013

The World: China military budget delay

The World Feb 28, 2013

In the Picture: Kenya’s 2013 election

What happened last time and the ethnic divisions that have not gone away

Feb 27, 2013

S Africa forecasts slower growth in 2013

Budget deficit for financial year predicted to rise to 5.2%

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