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The 2002 Dakar Rally, also known as the 2002 Arras–Madrid–Dakar Rally was the 24th running of the Dakar Rally event. The format of the rally was revised for 2002 with the introduction of two-day stages and two stages without the use of navigation aids. [ 1 ]
General elections were held in Brazil on 6 October 2002, with a second round of the presidential election on 27 October. The elections were held in the midst of an economic crisis that began in the second term of the incumbent president, Fernando Henrique Cardoso of the centre-right Brazilian Social Democracy Party (PSDB). Due to constitutional ...
In 2019, which was the first Dakar Rally to be held in just one country (Peru), Toyota won for the first time with Nasser Al-Attiyah (in his third victory with three different manufacturers). The bike category saw the KTM works team rider, Australian Toby Price, take his first Dakar victory, winning his second title in 2019.
Faye was elected president after an election campaign that was marred by an attempt by the government to postpone the election, which was ultimately held on 24 March. Faye received over 54% of the vote, [ 25 ] making him the first opposition candidate to have won an election in the first round since Senegal's independence in 1960.
The story of N'Dour's presidential campaign was filmed for the PBS TV program Sound Tracks: Music Without Borders. [42] Later his portfolio was modified and he was appointed as Minister of Tourism and Leisure. He was dismissed from that post on 2 September 2013, when a new government under Prime Minister Aminata Touré was appointed. [43]
Kehinde Wiley, best known for his portrait of President Barack Obama, has spent years traveling Africa to paint heads of state. With the project, he wants to open a discussion about how we see power.
Incumbent president Moi was constitutionally barred from running in the 2002 presidential elections. Some of his supporters floated the idea of amending the constitution to allow him to run for a third term, but Moi preferred to retire, choosing Uhuru Kenyatta, the son of Kenya's first President, as his successor. [2]
The poster contains 20,000 words spoken by Obama during the campaign that are arranged as a portrait of Obama. [1] "Voz Unida" by Rafael López, released in October 2008, was a limited edition of 5,000, and retailed for $60. [4] "OBAMA 08" by Lance Wyman, released in October 2008, was a limited edition of 5,000, [1] and retailed for $60 ...