Tag: Election

Gabon began voting Saturday in the second round of legislative elections with the party of President Ali Bongo, whose family ...

South Africa's finance minister on Wednesday vowed to tackle debt and rebuild government institutions after the turbulent presidency of Jacob ...

The tiny African kingdom of eSwatini, ruled by an absolute monarch, voted Friday in polls that critics call a sham ...

Voters in Bhutan, "Land of the Thunder Dragon", went to the polls Saturday in the first round of only the ...

Nigeria's former vice-president, Atiku Abubakar, has said he has "fears" for the country's election next year as he attacked President ...

Southern African leaders on Saturday called for calm in Zimbabwe as the country awaits a Constitutional Court hearing on President ...

Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC)'s government says it has issued an international arrest warrant for opposition leader, Moise Katumbi, who ...

Malian President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita has been elected for a second five-year term after winning a runoff ballot by a ...

Malian President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita has won re-election "comfortably" based on his campaign's vote count, his spokesman said on Tuesday, ...

Sudan’s ruling party says it will back its leader President Omar al-Bashir as a candidate in the 2020 election, state ...

Nationalist Shiite cleric Moqtada Sadr's alliance won Iraq's legislative election in May according to a manual recount, the electoral commission ...

Pakistan cricket hero turned politician Imran Khan claimed victory Thursday in the country's tense general election, following accusations of "blatant" ...

Zimbabwe opposition leader Nelson Chamisa called on Tuesday for associations of African states to ensure that the country's historic election ...

Zimbabwean President Emmerson Mnangagwa has said a hand grenade was to blame for the election rally blast that killed two ...

Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta, opposition leader Raila Odinga and their deputies on Thursday exchanged hugs and apologies, cementing their pledge ...

The upcoming 2019 general elections will once again put the spotlight on media credibility.

As Zimbabwean workers join the rest of the world in commemorating International Workers Day.

Five people kidnapped from a voter registration centre in a largely Taliban-controlled area of Afghanistan were freed on Thursday, officials ...

The losing candidate in Sierra Leone's presidential election, Samura Kamara, said on Wednesday (April 4) the voting was marred by ...

Russian President Vladimir Putin struck a softer tone towards the West on Monday after winning his biggest ever election victory, ...