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A government official says Senegal’s ruling Pastef party has won a decisive victory in Sunday’s snap legislative elections, securing a mandate for its reform agenda. Early results showed President Bassirou Faye’s party outperforming the…

The ruling Sierra Leone People’s Party SLPP has won the June 24 legislative elections, according to results read Saturday by the electoral commission's chairman Mohamed Kenewui Konneh. The SLPP secured 81 seats while the opposition All…

The leader of the opposition in Guinea-Bissau celebrated on Thursday after the PAI-Terra Ranka coalition, led by his party, PAIGC, won the majority of seats in parliament. The party of president Umaro Sissoco Embalo, Madem-G15, took 29 …

The ruling party in Mauritania scored a comfortable victory in last week's legislative and local elections, according to official results on Sunday, a litmus test for the veteran head of state ahead of next year's presidential poll. The…

Djibouti votes in parliamentary elections Friday, 24th February. Kadar Abdi Ibrahim, secretary general of the only opposition party in the running, believes that "there is no substantive debate in this legislative election". Aden Omar…

The secretary-general of Tunisia's powerful UGTT union has claimed that legislative elections due later this month serve no purpose. Speaking before an audience, Noureddine Taboubi, denounced President Kais Saied's constitutional reforms…

Nigerian youths have been charged not to relent in their quest to change the country to what they want it to be. The Speaker of the House of Representatives Hon. Femi Gbajabiamila gave the advice at the Opening Ceremony of the…

Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari, has praised the existing synergy between the executive and the legislature. He was speaking at the launch of a book, on the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Rep. Femi Gbajabiamila and the…

Candidates for Libya's presidential and legislative elections slated for 24th December can start registering from Monday, the electoral commission said. "This is the real start of the electoral process," aimed at turning the page on a…

Ivory Coast opposition party, the Democratic Party of Cote d'Ivoire (PDCI), has claimed majority victory in the just-concluded parliamentary election held on Saturday. The general coordinator of the opposition party, Niamkey Koffi told…