Middle-class youth in Pakistan are smitten with Imran Khan, a former cricket player-turned politician and anti-corruption champion. Despite his popularity, however, many are skeptical he can actually win.
The Democratic Republic of Congo country now embarks on “two very tense weeks” as ballots are counted in the second democratic elections since a bloody war involving eight African nations from 1998 to 2003.
These are the first run by the government and not the international community.
(Photo: Congolese queue to vote at a polling station in Goma during the presidential and legislative elections on November 28, 2011. SIMON MAINA/AFP/Getty Images)
