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Added on the 08/09/2021 20:22:24 - Copyright : EFE Inglés
Last-minute voters cast their ballots at a polling station in Fairfax, Virginia as polls begin to close in the high-stakes US midterm elections. IMAGES
Kenyans in Nairobi cast their votes and election officials seal ballot boxes as they prepare to begin the counting process. Kenyans have voted largely peacefully as two political heavyweights battle it out in a high-stakes race for the presidency of the East African powerhouse. IMAGES
Voters queue in Kenya's capital Nairobi as polling stations begin to close across the country. Kenya is hoping for an orderly transition of power after almost a decade under two-term President Uhuru Kenyatta, but concerns about vote-rigging linger after past election disputes spiralled into bloodshed. IMAGES
Rabat, Sep 8 (EFE).- The polling stations closed their doors Wednesday in Morocco on a voting day marked by a slight increase in participation until noon and by complaints of irregularities made by the Islamic Justice and Development Party (PJD), which could lose its leadership.In the absence of the preliminary results of the elections, which will be released by the Interior Ministry late at night, the voting took place without major incidents, apart from complaints from the PJD and another minority party about illegal practices. (Camera:MOHAMED SIALI).B-ROLL OF THE HEADQUARTERS OF THE RULING JUSTICE AND DEVELOPMENT PARTY (PJD) AND OF THE NATIONAL REGROUPING OF INDEPENDENTS (RNI), THE FAVORITE OF THESE ELECTIONS, WHILE THE PARTIES WAIT FOR THE ANNOUNCEMENT OF THE RESULTS OF THE MINISTRY OF INTERIOR.SOUND BITES: MEMBER OF THE RNI EXECUTIVE, ANIS BIROU (IN ARABIC).TRANSALTIONS: The preliminary reading that we can do before knowing the results of these elections is the percentage of participation. It was very important, 50.18 percent, although we are in a context marked by coronavirus. Moroccans have gone to polling stations and cast their votes. It shows that our citizens are very well aware. They have demonstrated with their mobilization that they want the alternative and changes.
Moroccans head to the ballot box as polls open for parliamentary and local elections that will decide the fate of Islamists who have governed the kingdom since the Arab Spring uprisings. IMAGES