On September 6, 2023 the presidential election tribunal in Nigeria’s capital Abuja threw out opposition challenges to the victory of Bola Tinubu in Africa’s...
Tag - Politics
Not all coups are the same — but they do have some important commonalities. A recent coup in the Central African nation of Gabon is the latest nondemocratic...
A two-year deadline for the free elections promised in Gabon by the military that overthrew President Ali Bongo is a “reasonable objective”, the...
Police in Zimbabwe have arrested 41 election monitors for allegedly trying to disrupt the voting process. Those being held, from civil society groups, were...
Five things to know about Gabon, an oil-rich Central African country, where President Ali Bongo Ondimba is seeking a third presidential term on August 26. The...
On Thursday (Aug. 24), voting was still underway in Zimbabwe, where hourslong delays in distributing ballot papers forced the president to extend the general...
An influential Senegalese religious leader has called on opposition politician Ousmane Sonko, who has been detained since the end of July, to end his hunger...
Gabonese justice opened an investigation on Tuesday evening for remarks “which suggest an attack on state security” , after the broadcast of the...
Tunisian President Kais Saied sacked Prime Minister Najla Bouden on Tuesday shortly before midnight, without giving any explanation, replaced by a former...
Sierra Leone’s President Julius Maada Bio has called for “unity” and “dialogue” to overcome deep divisions over the June 24...
