African politics

Sudan's government refused Monday to join a regional meeting aimed at ending nearly three months of brutal fighting, accusing Kenya, which chaired the talks, of favouring the rival paramilitaries. Issued…

President Macky Sall’s decision not to seek a third term as Senegal’s head of state has thrown open the country’s presidential election, ending widespread speculation over his political future that helped fuel deadly protests…

Issued on: 20/05/2023 - 16:40 Democratic Republic of Congo security forces fired tear gas and fought running battles in the streets of the capital Kinshasa with…

Issued on: 17/04/2023 - 07:22 More than 100 political and civil society groups in Senegal on Sunday formed a coalition to oppose a  third term for President Macky Sall.…

Muhoozi Kainerugaba, the son of Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni, has attracted international attention with a range of striking tweets in recent months – starting with a veiled threat to invade Kenya in October…

The rise of Peter Obi in the campaign for Nigeria's presidential election on February 25 has shaken up the country's politics, hitherto dominated by two major parties since the end of military rule in 1999. But…

Issued on: 30/01/2023 - 19:41 Just 11.4 percent of Tunisian voters took part in a second round of elections for the toothless legislature, the electoral board said Monday in…

Issued on: 29/01/2023 - 17:41 Tunisia's parliamentary run-off election on Sunday looked set to replicate the low turnout of December's first round, with voter participation…

Issued on: 27/01/2023 - 16:24 Tunisians are to vote again on Sunday in elections for a parliament stripped of its powers, the final pillar of President Kais Saied's remake of…

Issued on: 19/11/2022 - 10:37 The world's club of French-speaking countries will meet in Tunisia from Saturday for talks focused on economic cooperation, more than a year…