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aitOpposition candidate Joseph Boakai votes in the general elections where even before polling stations opened at 0800 GMT, hundreds gathered in the early morning sunshine to wait for the polls to open in the capital of Monrovia. IMAGES
William Ruto receives the certificate of his victory from the hands of the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission Chairman Wafula Chebukati, as Ruto was declared President-elect of Kenya despite several commissioners rejecting the results. Chebukati declared him the victor with almost 7.18 million votes (50.49 percent) against 6.94 million (48.85 percent) for his rival Raila Odinga. IMAGES
Many Americans believe that once the media 'calls' a presidential election and one candidate gives a concession speech, the other is officially named the winner. But according to Voice of America, that's far from the truth. In fact, it's a multi-step process that takes place over the course of months, not days. Once all the in-person, mail-in, and provisional ballots are tallied, each state governor draws up a list of electors. Copies of this list are submitted to the US Archivist. The electors then meet in their state capitals on the first Monday after the second Wednesday in December, to formally vote for president and vice president. The electors in each of the states complete Certificates of Vote and send them to the US Senate, the National Archives, and state officials. The final step in the process occurs in early January. Congress meets to count the electoral votes and officially certifies the winner. While the process is ordinarily ceremonial, there can be objections.
Kabul, Feb 18 (EFE), (Camera: Jawad Jalali).- Afghanistan's Independent Election Commission on Tuesday announced incumbent President Ashraf Ghani as the winner of presidential elections held in September with more than 50 percent of the total votes, after months of delay and recounts.The IEC declared "Muhammad Ashraf Ghani, who won 923,592 votes or 50.64 percent of votes of the voters of the country, as winner and elected president of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan," in a statement read out by its president Hawa Alam Nuristani.Ghani's main challenger Abdullah Abdullah, currently the country's chief executive, was second with 39.52 percent of the votes, while former warlord Gulbuddin Hekmatyar was a distant third with 3.85 percent.FOOTAGE OF THE AFGHANISTAN'S INDEPENDENT ELECTION COMMISSION (IEC) ANNOUNCING THE VICTORY OF PRESIDENT ASHRAF GHANI.
Liberian presidential candidate and current vice president Joseph Boakai accepts electoral defeat as he addresses supporters and the media at his headquarters saying his "name will not be used as an excuse for one drop of human blood to be spilled in the country."
Following the Hamas militant group's 7 October attacks and Israel's subsequent ground offensive in Gaza, there have been apparent reprisals against Palestinians in the occupied West Bank and East Jerusalem.
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