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On Thursday, Italy's lower house of parliament welcomed its first ever Black member. Aboubakar Soumahoro's first day as a parliamentarian was rich in symbolism. The farm boots show his humble beginnings as an immigrant farm worker…

Somalia's parliament elected a veteran politician as speaker of the lower house in a drawn-out process that concluded in the early hours, as the fragile nation edges closer to holding a delayed presidential vote. The election is more…

Businessman Idriss Diallo elected as head of the Ivorian Football Federation (FIF), in an election in the capital Yamoussoukro where former star striker Didier Drogba was eliminated in the first round. "Mr. Idriss Diallo is elected…

President Adama Barrow from The Gambia won a second term in power after election results were announced late on Sunday. Barrow garnered more than 53% of the vote according to the electoral commission. Turnout out on Saturday's…

The Social Democratic Party(SDP) has elected Chief Edward Ekelem, as its standard bearer for November 6th gubernatorial election in the state. He polled one hundred and eleven votes out of one hundred and fourteen valid votes cast to be…

The Democratic Republic of Congo has elected a supporter of President Felix Tshisekedi as the next Senate leader. Modeste Bahati Lukwebo's election follows the formation of a new parliamentary majority to remove the camp of the former…

An extraordinary congress of Burundi's ruling party elected former Senate President Reverien Ndikuriyo to succeed the incumbent Burundian President Evariste Ndayishimiye as the new party leader. Ndikuriyo was elected as the Secretary…