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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…

Former Ivorian Prime Minister Pascal Affi N'Guessan named candidate for the Popular Ivorian Front (FPI) in the 2025 presidential election. At a congress in Yamoussoukro, the Ivorian capital, N'Guessan was re-elected president of the FPI…

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…

One of the candidates challenging Tunisian President Kais Saied in the country's presidential election next month has been sentenced to prison on fraud charges that his attorney decried as politically motivated. Two weeks after his…

In a surprising turn of events, President Macky Sall of Senegal has officially announced March 24th as the date for the upcoming presidential election. This declaration has sparked reactions across the nation, evoking a mixture of relief…

In Senegal, fifteen out of the twenty candidates approved to contest in the delayed presidential elections have united in a call for the vote to be conducted no later than 2nd April, coinciding with the end of President Macky Sall's term.…

Senegalese citizens took to the streets to protest against the potential extension of President Macky Sall's term beyond April 2nd, the date designated by the constitution for the transfer of power. Carrying flags and banners emblazoned…

Senegal woke up to a ruling on a historic decision. In the streets of Dakar, many welcomed the move by the nation's top election authority to void the government's postponement of a presidential election scheduled this month and its…

Senegalese Supreme Court has rejected opposition leader Ousmane Sonko's appeal against a libel conviction, potentially ending his hopes of competing in next month's presidential election. The 49-year-old has been battling a series of court…

The head of Democratic Republic of Congo's election commission on Friday says it would meet a deadline for the release of full provisional presidential results, dismissing opposition calls for a re-run of the disputed vote as the response…