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Violence spreads into South African capital after ANC names mayoral candidate

Locals walk past a shell of a burnt out truck used to barricade roads by protesters in Atteridgeville a township located to the west of Pretoria, South Africa, June 21, 2016. PHOTO BY REUTERS/Siphiwe Sibeko

By Dinky Mkhize

21/06/2016

PRETORIA (Reuters) - Protesters burnt buses and set tires on fire to barricade roads in South Africa's capital on Tuesday after the ANC named a mayoral candidate not nominated by the ruling party's regional branches.

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Kenyan lawmakers propose electoral reforms after weeks of protests

A supporter of Kenya's opposition Coalition for Reforms and Democracy (CORD) carries a placard during a protest against at the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) to demand the disbandment of the electoral body ahead of next year's election in Nairobi, Kenya, June 6, 2016. PHOTO BY REUTERS/Thomas Mukoya

By George Obulutsa

13/06/2016

NAIROBI (Reuters) - Kenya's parliament has proposed giving the Supreme Court more time to hear petitions against future presidential votes, after weeks of protests by oppositions parties accusing the main election body of bias.

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Kenya's opposition to go ahead with banned rallies next week

A supporter of Kenya's opposition Coalition for Reforms and Democracy (CORD) carries a placard during a protest against at the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) in Nairobi, Kenya, June 6, 2016. PHOTO BY REUTERS/Thomas Mukoya

11/06/2016

NAIROBI (Reuters) - Kenya's opposition coalition said on Friday it would go ahead with political protests next week even while it acknowledged progress was being made in talks with the government.

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Kenyan political unrest raises fears of new flare-up in 2017 vote

Members of Kenya's ruling Jubilee coalition chant slogans outside the office of opposition leader of the Coalition for Reforms and Democracy (CORD), Raila Odinga (not in the picture), as they demonstrate in support of the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) the electoral body ahead of next year's election in Nairobi, Kenya, June 8, 2016. PHOTO BY REUTERS/Thomas Mukoya

By Edmund Blair

09/06/2016

KISUMU, Kenya (Reuters) - Kenyan politics is already taking a deadly toll more than a year before elections likely to pit rival dynasties against each other, raising fears of a new crisis less than a decade after ethnic violence killed 1,200 people.

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Kenyan opposition says two shot dead in protest over vote body

Kenyan opposition Coalition of Reform and Democracy (CORD) supporters protest at the premises hosting the headquarters of Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) to demand the disbandment of the electoral body ahead of next year's election in Nairobi, Kenya, May 23, 2016. PHOTO BY REUTERS/Thomas Mukoya

By Duncan Miriri and Edmund Blair

06/06/2016

NAIROBI (Reuters) - At least two protesters were shot dead in a rally against Kenya's election body in the western city of Kisumu on Monday, an opposition official said, as demonstrators also gathered on the streets of the capital.

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