Tag: politics

When Tunda Henry's family fled South Sudan's brutal civil war five years ago, they vowed to return after the upheaval. ...

Mali's lawmakers on Monday approved a plan allowing the military junta to rule for up to five years, AFP journalists ...

Thousands of Libyans on celebrated for a second day Friday 11 years since the revolt that toppled dictator Moamer Kadhafi, ...

The leader of Tanzania's main opposition party will stand trial for terrorism, a high court judge ruled Friday, in a ...

Every day at the family grocery stall in a Tunis market, Bilel Jani sees the reality of a biting economic ...

Burkina Faso strongman Lieutenant-Colonel Paul-Henri Sandaogo Damiba was inaugurated as president on Wednesday, just over three weeks after he led ...

South Sudan risks a return to war, the United Nations warned Friday, with outbreaks of interethnic violence and political infighting ...

The parliament of war-torn Libya on Thursday appointed a former interior minister as prime minister, a challenge to interim premier ...

An award-winning Ugandan author and fierce government critic who fled the country after being "tortured" in custody told AFP on ...

South African President Cyril Ramaphosa delivers a State of the Nation address on Thursday facing demands for a master plan ...

Tunisian judges on Wednesday started a widely observed nationwide strike, days after President Kais Saied announced he would dissolve a ...

Sudanese security forces fired tear gas Monday at thousands of demonstrators calling for civilian rule and justice for protesters killed ...

South African investigators Tuesday released a 646-page report detailing how rampant corruption under former president Jacob Zuma undermined both the ...

Burkina Faso's new military junta held talks Tuesday with the Sahel country's political party chiefs, many of whom said they ...

Speculation that Niger may become the next Sahel nation to suffer a coup has surged since Burkina Faso underwent a ...

Tanzania's parliament elected a new speaker on Tuesday following the resignation of her predecessor in a public feud with the ...

South African ex-president Jacob Zuma was back in court on Monday in a fresh bid to replace the chief prosecutor ...

The African Union on Monday suspended Burkina Faso a week after the volatile country suffered its latest coup, as envoys ...

Chad's junta announced Thursday that a national forum designed to chart the country's future after it seized power last year ...

Zimbabwe's main opposition leader is upbeat about victory in next year's elections, despite a crackdown that he compares to being ...

Libya's parliament, in a push to replace interim Prime Minister Abdulhamid Dbeibah, on Tuesday published criteria governing candidates for the ...

Libya's interim Prime Minister Abdulhamid Dbeibah on Sunday called for a constitution to be established before holding delayed presidential and ...

Tunisian President Kais Saied assured Thursday that the country's freedoms are "guaranteed"  after rights groups warned of a threat signaled ...

Kenya's highest court began Tuesday weighing a legal bid to revive government plans to shake up the country's political system, ...

Sudanese security forces  fired tear gas Monday at protesters opposed to last year's military coup, ahead of a visit by ...

Mali's former president Ibrahim Boubacar Keita, who led the West African country from 2013 until he was ousted in a ...

Tunisia's crisis-stricken economy needs "deep reforms" such as slashing its vast public wage bill, the International Monetary Fund's outgoing country ...

Demonstrations called by the ruling military in Mali against stringent regional sanctions were expected to kick off on Friday amid ...

Thirdway Alliance has said it will not field a presidential candidate in 2022. Party secretary general Fredrick Okango said in ...

The US has been grappling with its racist past on more public stages since George Floyd, a black man, was ...