Tag: Vote

The Orange Democratic Movement (ODM) has said to take disciplinary action against 28 members of Parliament over alleged misconduct over ...

Appealing to Nigeria's youth to come out and vote, outsider candidate Peter Obi on Saturday rallied thousands of supporters in ...

It was just after dawn and tempers were fraying outside the First Bank in the northern Nigerian town of Kano, ...

Nigeria's Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) said Wednesday that elections would go ahead as scheduled this month despite growing tensions ...

With just three weeks to go before Nigeria's presidential election, major cash and fuel shortages are stirring up public anger ...

The United States called Wednesday on Tunisia to show greater democratic inclusion after just 11.4 percent of voters took part ...

Muhammed Bazza has been queueing for petrol under the blazing sun for four hours, while Alexander Okwori has spent the last ...

Braving stressful waits, red tape and repeated visits, Nigerians are rushing to pick up their voting cards for next month's ...

Benin's main opposition on Thursday rejected the results of this week's parliamentary election, claiming vote buying and fraud allowed allies ...

Benin's electoral officials were tallying ballots Tuesday from a parliamentary vote seen as a key test of democracy in the ...

Benin voted for a new parliament on Sunday with opposition candidates authorized to stand in the legislative elections for the ...

Beninese vote on Sunday for new lawmakers with the strong presence of women and young candidates giving voters a sense ...

Benin goes to the polls Sunday for a legislative ballot marked by the opposition's electoral return following a de facto ...

Moise Katumbi, a businessman and former governor in the Democratic Republic of Congo, announced Friday he will stand in the ...

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

Confirmed for a sixth term as president, Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo has ruled oil-rich Equatorial Guinea since August 1979, overseeing ...

Equatorial Guinea's iron-fisted veteran ruler Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo has taken the lead in the west African country's presidential race, ...

In a landmark decision, Kenyan prosecutors said on Friday they would charge police officers with crimes against humanity over a ...

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 ...

Sitting at the desk of a grand office in Lesotho's capital of Maseru, Sam Matekane doesn't attempt to hide his ...

With campaigning underway for Nigeria’s 2023 election, the ruling APC is fending off questions over the health of its presidential ...

Lesotho, which holds parliamentary elections on Friday, is a politically unstable mountain kingdom surrounded by South Africa, on which its ...

The southern African mountain kingdom of Lesotho holds parliamentary elections on Friday, which analysts expect to deliver another coalition government, ...

Thousands of supporters for Nigeria's Labour party candidate Peter Obi rallied in Lagos and other cities on Saturday, in the ...

Campaigning for Nigeria's 2023 presidential election got off to a low-key start on Wednesday, with candidates holding a book launch ...

Two years after Samuel Ashola was shot in the leg during a peaceful protest in Nigeria's economic capital Lagos, the ...

Angolan President Joao Lourenco vowed to push ahead with economic reform and hailed voters' "tolerance" as he was sworn in ...

A general who became a graft buster and turned on his political patron, Angolan President Joao Lourenco will be sworn ...

Angolan President Joao Lourenco is to be sworn in for a second term on Thursday amid tight security after a ...