TANZANIA’s image for stability has been “stained” by the unrest that hit the East African nation during last month’s heavily…
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A CROWD runs in panic along a dusty street. Shots ring out. A woman wearing a purple jacket carrying a…
AFTER every election in Nigeria—especially the contentious ones, a familiar chorus rises: “They will rig it.” “Nothing will change.” Following…
LAST weekend the Anambra election came and went, and a winner has emerged. The Anambra election was also seen as…
TANZANIAN President Samia Suluhu Hassan says her government will launch an inquiry into the deadly unrest that erupted following her…
THE All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) candidate and incumbent governor of Anambra State, Prof. Chukwuma Soludo, has taken a commanding…
INTERNATIONAL observers and civil society organisations have lauded the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) for the transparent, efficient, and peaceful…
THE People’s Democratic Party (PDP), led by the acting national chairman, Abdulrahman Mohammed, has elected Mao Ohabunwa as the chairman…
LAST week’s Tanzania elections failed to comply with democratic standards, says the African Union (AU), adding to mounting international pressure…
TANZANIAN police have lifted a night-time curfew imposed since last Wednesday in the main city Dar es Salaam following deadly…
JUNTA leader Mamady Doumbouya officially entered Guinea’s presidential race Monday, submitting his candidacy for the December 28 elections that are…
PRESIDENT Samia Suluhu Hassan has been declared the winner of Tanzania’s presidential election, securing another term amid days of unrest…
HUNDREDS of people have been killed in Tanzania during three days of protests following Wednesday’s general election, the country’s main…
PROTESTS have escalated in major cities across Tanzania as opposition supporters denounce Wednesday’s presidential and parliamentary elections as a sham.…
CAMEROON’s Interior Minister Paul Atanga Nji says opposition leader Issa Tchiroma Bakary will face legal action over allegations he incited…
TANZANIA’s authorities have imposed a curfew in Dar es Salaam, the nation’s biggest city, following violent clashes between the police…
IVORY Coast’s President Alassane Ouattara has won a fourth term, securing a crushing 89.77 percent in a vote which his…
DJIBOUTI’s parliament has removed the constitutional age ceiling for presidential candidates, opening the door for Ismail Omar Guelleh to seek…
TWO Cameroonian opposition figures and backers of presidential hopeful Issa Tchiroma Bakary, who challenged President Paul Biya’s 43-year grip on…
GUINEANS have reacted with shock after it was announced that presidential candidates would need to pay a deposit of 875m…