Politics

Tanzania has banned its largest opposition party, Chadema, from this year's elections. This comes just days after the party's leader, Tundu Lissu, was arrested and accused of treason. Election officials say Chadema broke the rules by...

By Enyichukwu Enemanna Gabon’s coup leader, Brice Oligui Nguema, who is on the ballot for Saturday's presidential election, voted at a school in the city of Libreville, where he said the queue outside was evidence that...

By Enyichukwu Enemanna South Sudan’s President Salva Kiir has removed the country’s Foreign Minister, Ramadan Mohamed, replacing him with his deputy, Monday Simaya Kumba, according to state media reports, a development that comes after a migration...

In a decisive break from its colonial past, Niger’s military leadership has declared Hausa the country’s official national language, sidelining French, which once held prominence. The change was formalized in a revised charter published on March...

By Enyichukwu Enemanna South Africa's governing African National Congress (ANC) will hold more talks with the Democratic Alliance (DA), a key partner in the Government of National Unity (GNU), after lawmakers from the DA voted against...

By Enyichukwu Enemanna Gabon is set to hold its presidential election on Saturday, the first since 2023 when the prolonged rule of the Bongo family was truncated in a military coup. The family had ruled the...