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Ghana's main opposition leader John Dramani Mahama looks set to win December's presidential election, an opinion poll showed on Monday, placing him ahead of his main challenger, ruling party candidate Muhamudu Bawumia. Former president…

South Africa has temporarily shut its main border crossing with Mozambique, after reports of vehicles being set alight on the Mozambican side. It comes as deadly protests have rocked Mozambique, as opposition supporters take to the streets…

Thousands of South Africans have gathered in the capital to show support for the country’s biggest opposition party as it prepares for a much-anticipated national election in which it hopes to wrest control of the government from the ruling…

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 two leaders of the main political opposition movements in Chad, Succès Masra and Max Loalngar have gone into hiding for their safety, three weeks after a bloody demonstration by their movements. They both told said on Wednesday that…