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Tens of thousands gather in Georgia for a ruling party campaign rally, ahead of elections to be held after the arrest of ex-president and opposition leader Mikheil Saakashvili. Georgia's president from 2004-2013, Saakashvili was arrested and imprisoned on October 1 days after he secretly returned from exile in Ukraine, prompting tens of thousands to rally in Tbilisi, demanding his release. He has been on hunger strike for nearly four weeks to protest what he calls a politically motivated prosecution and doctors expressed concerns over the risk of irreversible damage to his health. IMAGES
"Georgia, thank so much for the confidence you have placed in me," Democrat Jon Ossoff says in a televised statement, as he claims victory in the second of two run-off votes. The win would give President-elect Joe Biden control of the United States' Senate. The US media have not yet called the race, and Ossoff's Republican opponent David Perdue has not conceded. SOUNDBITE
Georgia's ruling party candidate, Salome Zurabishvili, was leading after voting closed in a hotly contested presidential election, an exit poll showed, with the opposition already calling for protests over fraud. IMAGES of Salome Zurabishvili giving a speech in front of her supporters
Taiwan's ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) holds its closing rally for presidential candidate and current Vice-President Lai Ching-te, on the eve of an election that China has warned could take the island of 23 million people closer to war. Tens of thousands of people have flocked to noisy rallies of the main candidates as they make a last push for votes. IMAGES
Ghana's outgoing Vice President Mahamudu Bawumia says he is receiving the "greatest honour" of his life after the ruling NPP party elected him as their candidate for the 2024 presidential ballot. The West African country is undergoing its worst economic trouble in years, and the crisis is set to dominate the election campaign ahead of the December 2024 ballot to succeed President Nana Akufo-Addo. SOUNDBITE TO COMPLETE VIDI33ZV83L_EN + VID33ZV9EA_EN
Ghana's ruling NPP party elects the country's Vice President Mahamudu Bawumia as their candidate for the 2024 presidential ballot, according to results from primaries read by an electoral commission official. SOUNDBITE TO COMPLETE VIDI33ZV83L_EN
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