AFTER weeks of political unrest, people in Senegal are voting for a new president. Seventeen candidates are on the ballot,…
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FORMER prime minister Amadou Ba has stepped out of the shadows telling supporters the “bandits” will not win as he…
A RUSSIAN court on Wednesday sentenced a Saint Petersburg woman to eight days in jail for writing “no to war”…
SENEGAL’s president has told the BBC he does not regret delaying this year’s elections, a move that sparked deadly protests.…
CHINESE President Xi Jinping sent a congratulatory message to Vladimir Putin on Monday, telling his Russian counterpart his re-election “fully…
VLADIMIR Putin has secured another six-year term as Russian president, exit polls showed Sunday, paving the way for the hardline…
FORMER US vice president Mike Pence said Friday he would not be backing Donald Trump as his old boss runs…
SENEGAL’s opposition leader Ousmane Sonko and the presidential candidate he is backing in this month’s delayed election, Bassirou Diomaye Faye,…
VLADIMIR Putin is set to secure another six-year term as Russian leader this weekend in a vote the Kremlin says…
CHADIAN junta-appointed Prime Minister Succès Masra has announced he’ll run for presidency, a week after the leader of the junta,…
RWANDA’s ruling party on Saturday picked President Paul Kagame as its candidate for the July election, teeing up a contest…
SENEGAL’s government has announced that the country’s presidential election will take place on 24 March. The announcement follows tension in…
HUNDREDS of protesters in the Senegalese capital Dakar have called for elections to be held before the end of President…
THE authorities in Chad have said the country’s delayed presidential elections will take place in May. The vote is supposed…
SENEGAL’s President Macky Sall has said he will leave office when his term comes to an end on 2 April,…
SENEGAL’s outgoing President Macky Sall on Thursday said his mandate would end as planned on April 2, but left open…
SOUTH Africa will go to the polls on May 29 to choose a parliament, which will in turn pick a…
THOUSANDS of demonstrators have gathered in Senegal’s capital, Dakar, demanding swift presidential elections. It comes after the country’s top court…
SOUTH Africa’s President Cyril Ramaphosa will on Thursday give his most important state of the nation address in an election…
AT least 24 people were killed Wednesday by two separate bomb blasts outside the offices of election candidates in southwestern…