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Guinea holds presidential election amid tension over third-term bid

Bloomberg Guinean voters headed to the polls to pick a president after widespread protests over the incumbent’s bid to extend his 10-year rule. President Alpha Conde, 82, and former prime minister Cellou Dalein Diallo, 68, are the frontrunners in the 12-man race to lead the world’s top bauxite producer. Conde, who’s beaten Diallo twice before, is seeking a third term ...

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Ardern’s stunning election victory holds lessons for US

Bloomberg Jacinda Ardern’s emphatic election victory is seen as an endorsement of an inclusive brand of leadership that may ripple beyond New Zealand’s borders. In an age of populism and confrontation, Ardern’s message of empathy and kindness married with skillful crisis management won her Labour Party its biggest share of the vote in more than 70 years. That contrasts starkly ...

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Bolivia votes for president after a year

Bloomberg Bolivians were expected to vote in presidential and congressional elections with the socialist movement seeking a return to power a year after their leader Evo Morales was ousted and fled the country. Morales’s ally Luis Arce, a UK-educated economist, is ahead in polls, but needs to avoid a run-off in which voters opposed to his socialist party can unite ...

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