opposition

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…

The U.S. government condemned the weekend killings by gunmen of two Mozambique opposition figures ahead of protests against a disputed election result, with Washington urging "a swift and thorough investigation into the murders." The…

Mozambique police has fired teargas and bullets at protesters in the capital Maputo who had gathered at the scene where two opposition party figures were shot dead on Saturday after a disputed election. A witness saw some police officers…

Gunmen killed a Mozambique opposition lawyer and a party official after firing multiple rounds at a car in which they were travelling, rights groups said, ratcheting up tensions ahead of protests against a disputed election result. New…

Tunisians head to the polls today to vote in the country's presidential election, that the opposition has said is neither free nor fair. President Kais Saied is seeking a second term in office, amid criticism that he has tried to limit the…

Hundreds protested in front of Congo's top court to demand the release of political prisoners, including the country’s three most prominent opposition figures. After the protest ended, representatives of opposition parties handed the…

Two years after she was brutally murdered, Zimbabwean opposition activist Moreblessing Ali was finally laid to rest in the town of Chitungwiza on the outskirts of Harare. Ali, a member of the opposition Citizens Coalition for Change…

An Opposition leader in Chad Yaya Dillo has been killed in a clash with security forces in Chad, officials report. Dillo was accused by the government of involvement in a deadly attack on the country's security agency, which he denied.…

Senegalese opposition presidential candidates have rejected an invitation to join talks that President Macky Sall says are necessary before a delayed presidential election can be scheduled. On Thursday, Sall promised to step down when…

A Tunisian court has sentenced prominent opposition figure Jawher Ben Mbarek to six months in prison after he criticised the 2022 parliamentary election, his lawyer and sister Dalila Ben Mbarek said. Ben Mbarek, a fierce critic of…