Tag: politics

Pragmatic, wealthy and ambitious, Cyril Ramaphosa promised "a new dawn" for corruption-ridden South Africa when he became president. Today, five ...

One of Sao Tome's leading opposition figures says accusations that he sought to mount a coup in the tiny African ...

A court Wednesday begun handing down verdicts in Mozambique's biggest corruption scandal, in which the government unleashed a financial earthquake ...

The release from prison of the far-right killer of South African anti-apartheid hero Chris Hani hung in the balance on ...

The US government on Tuesday expressed "serious doubts" about the legitimacy of the re-election, officially by a landslide, of Equatorial ...

The grave of anti-apartheid hero Chris Hani has been vandalized, days after a South African court ordered the far-right gunman ...

Lawyers in Chad have vowed to stop work during a mass trial, due to start Tuesday, of more than four ...

The speaker of Tunisia's dissolved parliament appeared on Monday before a judge investigating accusations his party helped Tunisian jihadists travel ...

A court in the Comoros on Monday handed down a life sentence for high treason to ex-president Ahmed Abdallah Sambi, ...

Former Makueni governor Kivutha Kibwana has officially announced his retirement from elective politics. Through his social media post on Saturday, ...

The leaders of Chad's main opposition groups said on Wednesday that they had been forced into hiding over fears for ...

Chad has accepted the principle of an international inquiry "as soon as possible" to shed light on the deaths of ...

Pakistan’s former prime minister Imran Khan survived what supporters described as an assassination attempt on Nov. 3, 2022, as he ...

Former Kisii governor James Ongwae  has quit the ODM party citing "ill treatment". Ex-county Woman Representative Janet Ong'era has also ...

Diamond tycoon and political maverick Sam Matekane on Friday took the oath as Lesotho's new prime minister at a packed ...

Russia's invasion of Ukraine has dug a rift between African countries and supporters in the West who are urging the ...

Several Senegalese associations on Thursday urged President Macky Sall to dispel doubts and publicly declare that he would not run ...

Sudanese security forces fired tear gas Thursday as thousands of protesters marched against last year's coup, which sparked political and economic ...

Namibia said Thursday it had asked Germany to renegotiate the genocide agreement reached last year between the two governments but ...

Kenyan President William Ruto's cabinet was sworn in on Thursday, two months after he narrowly won a bitterly fought but ...

With less than two months to go until the African National Congress gathers to elect a leader, President Cyril Ramaphosa ...

South Sudan's vice president, Riek Machar, has rejected a move to kick him out of the ruling party, a sign ...

The president of the troubled Central African Republic, Faustin Archange Touadera, on Tuesday fired the country's top judge, a move ...

The United States on Tuesday authorized the departure of diplomats from the Nigerian capital Abuja, stepping up precautions over what ...

Eleven leaders from Central Africa gathered in Kinshasa on Tuesday to discuss the troubles in Chad, where dozens were killed ...

Ugandan media groups and rights activists on Monday filed a court challenge to a controversial new internet law that they ...

Political parties, social and religious groups and representatives of the security forces launched talks on Friday to chart the next ...

Chadian leader Mahamat Idriss Deby Itno's plans to stay in power beyond his initially promised deadline have stirred anger at ...

A diamond millionaire who scored a stunning breakthrough in nationwide elections in Lesotho last week announced Tuesday that he would ...

A millionaire political novice won the most votes in legislative elections in Lesotho but fell short of securing a parliamentary ...