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A former Tunisian MP and vocal critic of President Kais Saied has been sentenced by a military court to five months in prison for assaulting police officers last year, his lawyer said. The verdict by the Tunis military court was…

A crowd estimated 2,000, lower than expected, took part on Sunday in the first demonstration of a new alliance to oppose a power grab by President Kais Saied. "We shall overcome," and "We are united, not divided," read banners of the…

Somalian MPs are due to vote on Sunday (today) to choose the horn of African nation's president, ending the convoluted electoral process that raised tensions in the country when the president's term expired last year without a successor in…

Philippines began voting to elect their next president on Monday and 18,000 other officials of all levels of government. The candidates to be elected are the vice president, 12 senators, more than 300 members of the House of…

Civil society organizations in The Gambia have urged the authorities to prosecute former dictator Yahya Jammeh ahead of a long-awaited government statement on the issue. The government has until the 25th of May to decide on the…

The president of the Ivorian National Assembly Amadou Soumahoro died on Saturday at the age of 68. The announcement was made by the Ivorian President, Alassane Ouattara. Amadou Soumahoro was a figure in Ivorian politics and a loyal…

As Kenyans and the rest of the world continue to pay tribute to the late former president of Kenya, Mwai Kibaki, his remains were taken from Lee Funeral Home by a military motorcade to the parliament building on Monday. Kibaki’s body was…

Businessman Idriss Diallo elected as head of the Ivorian Football Federation (FIF), in an election in the capital Yamoussoukro where former star striker Didier Drogba was eliminated in the first round. "Mr. Idriss Diallo is elected…

Ivory Coast vote the new President of the Football Federation, the election comes after it was postponed severally and will be organized in Yamoussoukro, the political captain in the West African country Among the potential candidates…

Thousand Tunisians rallied in the capital Tunis calling for an end to what they describe as an ongoing power grab from their president Kais Saied. The protest was organised by a movement named "Citizens Against the Coup" along with the…