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Namibia's main opposition party said on Saturday that it plans to file a legal challenge against the results of last month’s disputed election. The announcement by the Independent Patriots for Change (IPC) came a day after a court granted…

Opposition groups in Guinea say they are outraged at an announcement by the junta that the transition to democratic rule will extend beyond the end of the year. A spokesperson for the ruling authority said conditions for the transitional…

A court in Namibia on Friday granted two opposition parties the right to inspect material from the country’s recent disputed election. They have claimed there were irregularities in the presidential and parliamentary polls held on 27…

Uganda’s President Yoweri Museveni, 80, has defended the use of military courts to try civilians, following widespread criticism over the arrest and trial of opposition leader Kizza Besigye. Besigye, 68, was charged in a…

A Ugandan army court on Tuesday further remanded opposition leader Kizza Besigye to prison until next January. Besigye's defense team had requested a short adjournment but the court martial head sided with the state which demanded a long…

A Malian court has freed 11 opposition leaders who were arrested in June on charges of plotting against the ruling military after calling for a return to civilian rule. Their provisional release on Friday was seen as an attempt to calm…

The candidate for the SWAPO Party of Namibia, Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah won the country's Presidential elections on 3rd December. While this could make her the country's first female President after her inauguration on 21st March, the…

Namibian opposition presidential candidates said that his party would reject the outcome of a general election marred by delays, logistical and technical failures. Partial results showed Panduleni Itula of the Independent Patriots for…

A Zimbabwean court has freed an opposition leader and 34 activists after handing them suspended prison sentences for taking part in what authorities called an unlawful assembly. Magistrate Collet Ncube sentenced Jameson Timba, interim…

Freeman Mbowe, the leader of Tanzania’s main opposition party Chadema, has been released on bail after being arrested, just days before local elections set for November 27th. Chadema announced the release on Saturday via the social media…