GUINEA’s junta chief Gen Mamady Doumbouya has won the presidential election by a landslide, getting 86.7% of the vote, according…
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GUINEA’s junta leader Gen Mamady Doumbouya has taken a huge lead in a presidential election his main challengers were barred…
IN Ivory Coast, the opposition PDCI-RDA is accusing supporters of the ruling RHDP of carrying out a fraudulent collection of…
RESIDENTS of Somalia’s capital voted Thursday in a controversial local election that marks the country’s first one-person, one-vote poll since…
UGANDA has imposed restrictions on the importation of Starlink equipment and similar devices barely a month before national elections on…
HE has traded in his military fatigues for civilian clothes but still rules Guinea with an iron fist: Junta leader…
GUINEA-BISSAU’s ruling junta, which seized power last month, has said that its leading general will not be allowed to run…
TANZANIA’s image for stability has been “stained” by the unrest that hit the East African nation during last month’s heavily…
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…