election

Gabon’s Constitutional Court has approved eight candidates to run in the upcoming presidential election on April 12, including interim President Brice Oligui Nguema, who took power in a military coup in 2023. Nguema, 50, led the overthrow…

Ugandan journalist organizations have united against security force violence, announcing a boycott of all security agency-related activities. This move comes after several journalists from Nation Media Group and Next Media were…

Amid ongoing civil conflict, Sudan’s foreign ministry, aligned with the Sudanese army, has put forward a strategy for conducting elections. The proposal outlines the formation of a transitional government, the appointment of a civilian…

Nearly two years after leading a coup that ended more than five decades of Bongo family rule, Gabon’s military leader, Brice Oligui Nguema, has officially announced his candidacy for the April 12 presidential elections. Following the…

An alert and story on the date of Gabon's presidential election have been withdrawn. They were published in error; the interim president did not announce an election date in his speech on Thursday in which he discussed the transition to…

Mozambique's opposition leader said demonstrations against the outcome of the October 8th presidential election would be suspended this week to allow humanitarians and international bodies a chance to assess the state of human rights in the…

Mozambique’s Constitutional Council has declared Daniel Francisco Chapo the winner of the disputed October presidential election, despite acknowledging irregularities. Chapo secured 65.17% of the vote, ensuring another term for…

Namibia's main opposition party said on Saturday that it plans to file a legal challenge against the results of last month’s disputed election. The announcement by the Independent Patriots for Change (IPC) came a day after a court granted…

A court in Namibia on Friday granted two opposition parties the right to inspect material from the country’s recent disputed election. They have claimed there were irregularities in the presidential and parliamentary polls held on 27…

Voters waited in long queues outside polling stations in Namibia's capital Windhoek to cast their ballots for a new president and parliament in what could be a tough election to win for the ruling SWAPO party. SWAPO has governed the…