Countries

Tanzania president to be inaugurated as opposition says hundreds dead

Nairobi – Tanzanian President Samia Suluhu Hassan was to be inaugurated Monday with the internet still blocked after election... Read more

3 Nov

Countries

Low turnout as Tanzania votes without an opposition

Dar es Salaam – There were few voters at polling stations in Tanzania’s biggest city on Wednesday as the... Read more

29 Oct

Countries

Tanzania opposition flags ‘deceased voters’ in alleged rigging plot

Zanzibar – Zanzibar’s main opposition leader told AFP on Monday the ruling party and the electoral commission intend to rig... Read more

28 Oct

Cȏte d'Ivoire

Ivory Coast opposition slams protest ban ahead of controversial vote

Abidjan – Ivorian opposition parties and NGOs slammed a ban on political rallies just a week before a controversial... Read more

20 Oct

Countries

DRC ex-president Kabila rallies opposition in Kenya

Nairobi – Former president Joseph Kabila rallied opponents of the Democratic Republic of Congo’s current government in Kenya’s capital... Read more

16 Oct

Benin

Benin opposition picks lawyer as presidential hopeful

Cotonou – Benin’s main opposition party has chosen lawyer Renaud Agbodjo as its candidate in next year’s presidential election... Read more

15 Oct

Cameroon

Cameroon’s opposition candidate Tchiroma declares victory in presidential vote

Libreville – Cameroon’s opposition challenger Issa Tchiroma Bakary claimed election victory on Tuesday against incumbent President Paul Biya, who... Read more

14 Oct

Countries

Guinea-Bissau opposition leader excluded from presidential vote list

Bissau – Guinea-Bissau’s main opposition leader, former prime minister Domingos Simoes Pereira, was excluded from a provisional list of... Read more

14 Oct

Cȏte d'Ivoire

Ivory Coast arrests 13 opposition activists on plotting charges

Abidjan – Ivory Coast has arrested 13 members of the leading opposition movement on plotting charges, their lawyer told... Read more

10 Oct

Cȏte d'Ivoire

Two Ivory Coast opposition members arrested ahead of polls

Abidjan – Two leading members of the opposition party of Ivory Coast’s ex-president Laurent Gbagbo were arrested Tuesday and... Read more

1 Oct