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Presidential opposition candidate Martin Fayulu, in the Democratic Republic of Congo general elections, votes at a polling station in Kinshasa on Wednesday. He tells reporters that any inconsistency in results will have an immediate…

Business magnate and former provincial governor Moïse Katumbi held his last campaign rally in Lubumbashi on Monday. The 58-year-old is one of 19 candidates vying for the presidency in the 20th December elections. The presidential race…

A Senegalese judge in Dakar has ordered the reinstatement of Ousmane Sonko on the electoral rolls, reviving the imprisoned opponent's bid for the February 2024 presidential election. One of Sonko's lawyers, Bamba Cisse, said that "above…

Rwandans are set to go to the polls on July 15, 2024, to elect their next deputies and president, with current head of state Paul Kagame up for a fourth term, the Electoral Commission announced. Paul Kagame, 66, has been the de facto…

Vote counting has began in Egypt on Tuesday evening after polls closed at 7PM GMT. Some 67 million Egyptians were registered to cast a ballot in the presidential election. The National Elections Authority, which is responsible for…

Egyptians living abroad began voting for the presidential election in their country, a vote for which President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi is the big favourite and at the end of which he could begin a third term. This early election is…

For Congolese presidential candidate Martin Fayulu, the upcoming elections are a chance for him to win a victory he believes he was robbed of in the last vote in 2018. Calling him president-elect, supporters of Fayulu were out in force…

A member of the party's opponent and presidential candidate Moïse Katumbi was killed Tuesday in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo in clashes with supporters of the ruling party, reliable sources said. Lawyer and father of six…

In the lead-up to the Democratic Republic of Congo's (DRC) presidential election on 20th December, several candidates, including Denis Mukwege, Martin Fayulu, and Theodore Ngoy, have announced their intention to challenge the Independent…

The party of Senegal’s jailed opposition leader, Ousmane Sonko, says it was sponsoring its number two politician, Bassirou Diomaye Faye, as candidate for the 25th February presidential election. The announcement came just days after the…