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The two opposition candidates who ran in Algeria's presidential race legally challenged the provisional result while harshly rebuking election officials and disputing the vote count. Abdellali Hassani Cherif and socialist Youcef…

Tunisia is set to conduct a presidential election on 6th October, as confirmed by President Kais Saied's office. It remains uncertain whether Saied will run for a new five-year term following his initial election in 2019. Saied, an…

Official results confirmed that no party won a majority in South Africa's election as unprecedented coalition talks begin. 58.6% of voters cast a ballot in the parliamentary poll which saw the ANC win a little over 40%. According to…

Counting began after South Africans voted Wednesday in an election seen as their country’s most important since apartheid ended 30 years ago. The election was held on one day and polls closed after 14 hours of voting at more than 23,000…

Former South African President Jacob Zuma, has criticized the country's highest court and his former allies in the ruling African National Congress over his disqualification from next week's election and said he would fight for his rights…

Chad’s military leader, Mahamat Deby Itno, was declared the winner of this week's presidential election, according to provisional results released Thursday. The results were contested by his main rival, Prime Minister Succès Masra.…

Togolese President Faure Gnassingbe has signed a controversial new constitution that eliminates presidential elections, a statement from his office said. It's a move that opponents say will allow him to extend his family's…

Togo's crucial legislative and regional elections were held peacefully on Monday. Some 4.2 million registered voters were expected to cast a ballot. The electoral commission has pledged to unveil trends of preliminary results as they…

In the capital Ndjamena, the billboards and posters promoting the candidacies of junta leader Mahamat Idriss Deby and Prime Minister Succes Masra are already up despite the official start of campaigns for the presidential election still…

Former South African President Jacob Zuma is not eligible to run in upcoming elections; the Independent Electoral Commission has ruled. The former president has until 2nd April to appeal. The commission said at a media briefing that…