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Businessman and party leader Moïse Katumbi has invested in thousands of hectares of maize fields, a staple food of the Congolese people. Katumbi maintains that it is possible to make the Democratic Republic of Congo the breadbasket of…

The Ethiopian journalist, blogger and founder of The Balderas for Genuine Democracy party, Eskinder Nega has expressed his intention to participate in a 'national dialogue'. After more than a year in prison, the 52-year-old opposition…

The main opposition party in Burkina Faso, CDP, has re-elected Eddie Komboïgo has its leader. The election took place during the 8th Congress in the capital, Ouagadougou. The party presented a new political bureau comprised of 89…

The party of Gambian opposition leader Ousainou Darboe announced that it appealed to the Supreme Court to annul the proclaimed re-election of the incumbent Adama Barrow in the presidential election, accusing him of multiple irregularities…

A court in Benin has condemned academic and political opponent Joël Aïvo to 10 years behind bars. The former presidential candidate was detained last April, the day after president Patrice Talon was re-elected with 86% of the vote.…

In Angola the main opposition party, UNITA, re-elected Adalberto Costa Júnior as leader of the opposition. In October, the Constitutional Court annulled his 2019 election as party leader. The decision of the court was announced on the…

Congolese opposition leader Martin Fayulu has demanded an investigation after security forces brutally dispersed a rally he called over election reforms. Police fired in the air in Kinshasa, the Democratic Republic of Congo capital on…

Votes by women will largely determine outcomes of the 2023 general elections, Honourable Stella Okotete, Woman Leader/Representative in Caretaker/Extraordinary Convention Planning Committee (CECPC) of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has…

"My dear compatriots, I am in trouble, I am fighting death, but nevertheless I ask you to stand up. Go and vote for change. I will not have fought for nothing. Fight for it. I will not have fought for nothing. " Those were the last call…

The presidential election on 21st March in Congo-Brazzaville "must be held in peace, transparency and respect for the rules of the game", said the former rebel leader Pastor Ntumi, who took up arms after the re-election of President Denis…