Chad Chad’s detained opposition leader ends hunger strike N’Djamena – Chad opposition leader and former prime minister Succès Masra, who has been in custody for more than... Read more 1 Jul
Countries Opposition cracks help Nigerian president tighten grip Lagos – A wave of defections from Nigeria’s major opposition parties has swollen the ruling party’s ranks, strengthening President... Read more 24 Jun
Countries Leading Rwandan opposition figure detained Nairobi – A leading Rwandan opposition figure and a rare critic of President Paul Kagame’s iron-fisted rule has been... Read more 20 Jun
Burundi Burundi votes but with opposition neutered Nairobi – Burundi votes for a new parliament on Thursday but with little risk of an upset after the main... Read more 5 Jun
Countries Ghana opposition boycotts parliament over leader’s arrest Accra – Dozens of opposition lawmakers from Ghana’s main opposition boycotted parliamentary on Thursday and staged a march in protest... Read more 30 May
Countries Mozambique opposition leader says will not join new govt Maputo – Mozambique opposition leader Venancio Mondlane told AFP on Wednesday that he was not interested in joining the... Read more 23 Jan
Countries Ugandan opposition figure Besigye ‘kidnapped’, says wife Kampala – Leading Ugandan opposition figure Kizza Besigye is being held in a military jail after being “kidnapped” in... Read more 20 Nov, 2024
Countries ‘Crucial moment’ for Mozambique, opposition leader tells AFP Johannesburg – Mozambique is at a “crucial moment”, the African nation’s main opposition leader Venancio Mondlane told AFP in... Read more 7 Nov, 2024
Countries Mozambique opposition files for vote recount Maputo – Mozambique’s leading opposition party Podemos filed a lawsuit demanding a recount of the country’s election results, which... Read more 28 Oct, 2024
Countries ‘Abducted’ Tanzania opposition figure found dead – party Dar Es Salaam – A member of the Tanzanian opposition party Chadema has been found dead after being abducted,... Read more 9 Sep, 2024