Elections

Nigeria parties set to name candidates for 2023 election

Lagos – Commuters driving through Lagos’s wealthy Ikoyi district have been greeted for months by the face of Bola... Read more

26 May, 2022

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Tensions rise ahead of DRC presidential election

Kinshasa – Democratic Republic of Congo’s presidential election is over a year away, but political tensions are escalating in... Read more

24 May, 2022

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Somalia welcomes US redeployment to fight al-Shabaab

Mogadishu – Somalia’s newly-elected president on Tuesday thanked his US counterpart Joe Biden for ordering the redeployment of American troops... Read more

18 May, 2022

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Guinea-Bissau president dissolves parliament

Bissau – President Umaro Sissoco Embalo on Monday dissolved Guinea-Bissau’s parliament and said early parliamentary elections would be held this year... Read more

17 May, 2022

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Kenya veteran Odinga picks ‘iron lady’ ex-minister as running mate

Nairobi – Veteran Kenyan politician Raila Odinga announced on Monday that he has chosen the country’s ‘iron lady’ Martha... Read more

17 May, 2022

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Somalia elects Hassan Sheik Mohamud as president a second time

Mogadishu – Somalia handed Hassan Sheikh Mohamud the presidency for a second time following Sunday’s long-overdue election in the... Read more

16 May, 2022

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Somalia MPs meet to vote in long-delayed presidential election

Mogadishu – Somali lawmakers gathered in Mogadishu Sunday to vote in the country’s long-overdue presidential election, with 35 candidates... Read more

15 May, 2022

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