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Gabon’s Constitutional Court has approved eight candidates to run in the upcoming presidential election on April 12, including interim President Brice Oligui Nguema, who took power in a military coup in 2023. Nguema, 50, led the overthrow…

The Forces Vives platform of Guinea, which includes parts of the opposition and civil society, has announced that it will no longer recognize the authority of the military junta starting December 31, 2024. This date was initially set as…

Opposition groups in Guinea say they are outraged at an announcement by the junta that the transition to democratic rule will extend beyond the end of the year. A spokesperson for the ruling authority said conditions for the transitional…

A military parade was held in Algiers to mark 70 years since the start of the Algerian revolution. Algerian President Abdelmadjid Tebboune took part in the parade, saluting to cheering crowds from a tank before presiding over the ceremony.…

On 17th December, more than eight million Chadians will vote in a referendum on a new constitution, according to the National Commission in charge of organizing the constitutional referendum. But the ballot seems to be going in General…

Opposition politician Ousmane Sonko will know on Thursday 14th December whether he can be reinstated on the electoral rolls. Sonko’s lawyers and legal counsel for the state of Senegal attended a court hearing in Dakar on Tuesday on the…

The ECOWAS (Economic Community of West African States) is set to issue a decision on a complaint submitted by lawyers of former Nigerien president Mohamed Bazoum over his ouster in a July coup. Since his toppling, Bazoum has been held…

Somalia has launched an overhaul of its political system, with an agreement signed between the government and the federated states providing for the introduction of direct universal suffrage from 2024 and the transition to a presidential…

At least 30 people were killed when police clashed with demonstrators in the Chadian capital during a banned protest against the ruling military. Hundreds of demonstrators turned out to mark the date when the military had initially…

The head of Tunisian Ennahdha, opposition  party, Rached Ghannouchi, has condemned President Kais Saied's "authoritarian" rule and accused him of bad conduct towards the judges who he sacked on Thursday. Tunisia’s president last week…