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The former governor of Katanga, Moïse Katumbi, has launched his party "Together for the Republic" in view of the 2023 presidential election in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), while remaining for the moment a member of the ruling…

With only days to go until scheduled elections meant to cap Libya's long political transition and unify the war-torn country, many instead fear a return to violence. Standing near the port in the capital Tripoli, Khaled al-Turki said he…

President Adama Barrow has held an early lead in Gambia's presidential election, winning more than half of the votes from the first 17 constituencies where results were announced by authorities on Sunday morning. Barrow only needs to win…

A Libyan court ruled that a son of the late Libyan dictator Moammar Gadhafi can compete in upcoming presidential elections, overturning a decision by the country's top electoral body to disqualify him. A court in the southern province of…

Gambia is holding a hotly contested presidential election this Saturday. It is the first such exercise since the departure of former ruler Yahya Jammeh in 2017. President Adama Barrow, who is seeking re-election, is facing competition…

Libyan interim Prime Minister Abdul Hamid Dbeibah has filed his candidacy to run for president in next month’s elections despite being barred from elections under the current rules. Abdul Hamid Dbeibah is meant to lead the country until…

Libyan High National Elections Commission has said on Sunday it would open registration on Monday for candidates in presidential and parliamentary elections that have been mandated by a U.N.-backed roadmap on 24th December. Wrangling over…

The Gambian President Adama Barrow has declared his candidacy for the 4th December presidential poll, with campaigning in the hotly contested election set to begin next week. Thousands of supporters lined the streets in the capital…

South Africa's governing African National Congress (ANC) took 46% of the vote in municipal elections, the final count showed on Thursday, the party's worst election outcome since taking power at the end of white minority rule in 1994. The…

South Africans has started voting on Monday in municipal elections, with the ruling African National Congress (ANC) facing discontent over poor services and stark inequality 27 years after ending white minority rule. The ANC's rise to…