opposition

Could South Africa's proposed opposition coalition include the country's third largest party to oust long-time ruling ANC next year? If it were up to the Economic Freedom Fighters, that would be the case. Julius Malema said as the…

A spokesperson for the Zimbabwean Opposition Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) party reacted to the police thwarting a rally planned for Sunday. "You can try and ban us from the stadium but you can't ban us from the hearts of the…

Opposition leader Ousmane Sonko, who was sentenced to two years in prison a month ago, has called on the Senegalese people to "go out in droves" over the next few days, on the eve of an address to the nation by President Macky Sall, who is…

Mali's junta carried out a partial reshuffle of the government, a day after announcing the end of the UN peace mission in the country and eight days after a referendum in favour of the draft new Constitution. Though strategic posts…

Tunisian state prosecutor on Friday appealed against a judge's decision to release opposition figure Chaima Issa four months after she was detained for "plotting" against the state, according to her lawyers. Issa would have walked free…

Ahead of Sierra Leone's presidential elections on 24 June, supporters of the main opposition party, the All People's Congress (APC) gathered in the capital Freetown to protest the country's dire economic situation. The West African…

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 …

Burundi's main opposition party, the National Council for Freedom (CNL), has seen its activities suspended by the Interior Ministry due to " irregularities" during its last two congresses, it has been reported. learned in a letter made…

The Senegalese presidential coalition has accused the opposition of "destabilizing the country" after riots that have left 15 people dead since over the sentencing of opposition politician Ousmane Sonko to two years in prison. "We're…

A criminal court in Dakar has sentenced Senegalese opposition politician Ousmane Sonko, a candidate in the 2024 presidential election, to two years' imprisonment on a charge of "corrupting young people", while acquitting him of rape. The…