Zambian President Edgar Lungu maintained a slim lead over his main rival on Sunday with nearly half of votes counted as the opposition called for greater urgency in releasing results.
Ghana’s ruling party, the National Democratic Congress (NDC), will officially launch President John Dramani Mahama’s re-election bid on Saturday, four months before the West African country’s presidential, parliamentary and local.
By Chris Mfula and Stella Mapenzauswa Zambians began voting for a new president and legislators on Thursday in what is expected to be a bruising battle against the backdrop of.
By Abdi Sheikh Members of Somalia’s new parliament to be elected this year must join a political party within two years or step down as part of efforts to shift.
.…to be honored in New York By Ehis Ayere The Governor of Lagos State, Mr. Akinwumi Ambode has emerged the winner in a keenly contested online poll conducted by.
South Africans queued in the winter cold on Wednesday to vote in local elections seen as a referendum on President Jacob Zuma’s scandal-plagued leadership and an economy forecast to stagnate.
PORT ELIZABETH, South Africa (Reuters) – A metal sculpture overlooks the ocean on South Africa’s southern coast, showing Nelson Mandela with his fist triumphantly thrust into the air and a.
Tens of thousands of President Joseph Kabila’s supporters rallied in Democratic Republic of Congo’s capital on Friday, in a growing stand-off with opposition parties who have accuse him of trying.
The Electoral Commission of Zambia says printed ballots to be used in the August 11 elections will arrive in Lusaka on Thursday. ECZ officials said political party representatives would be.
The apparent disarray in South Sudan’s Transitional Government of National Unity comes full circle Tuesday when former rebel leader and First Vice President Riek Machar is formally replaced by his.
