Ukraine Voting For A New Parliament Underway

This was after President Petro Poro-Shenko called the poll to cement a new direction for the country after the ousting of Pro-Russian leaders earlier this year.

The vote is however expected to be over shadowed by conflict from the Pro-Russian rebels in the east.

About 3 million people in Donetsk and Luhansk regions will not vote.

The separatists are planning to hold their own polls in November 2014.

Another 1.8 million people in Crimea annexed by Russia in March will also not take part.

By Rehema Juma.

Source:BBC