African Politics News: Insights & Analysis

Senegal opposition presses president to set local election date

Senegal’s opposition is urging President Bassirou Diomaye Faye to set a date for local elections, turning the vote into a […]

Chief Executive Officer of the Ghana Gold Board (GoldBod), Sammy Gyamfi, has rejected claims that the state-owned gold-buying institution incurred

Zambia’s President Hakainde Hichilema won re-election with around 60 percent of votes cast last week, the electoral commission announced Tuesday,

Senegal’s parliament has approved a law requiring the president, prime minister and speaker of parliament to declare and publish their

NPP 2028 flagbearer, Dr Mahamudu Bawumia, has pledged to work with all members of the party, including those who contested

Sierra Leone’s President Julius Maada Bio has urged Parliament to pass disputed electoral reforms that would lower the presidential victory

Zambians vote Thursday in a closely watched presidential election that will test whether recent economic gains can offset frustration over

President John Dramani Mahama has appointed the Minister for Works, Housing and Water Resources, Kenneth Gilbert Adjei, as Minister for

Ugandan opposition leader Kizza Besigye is in intensive care in hospital, his wife and medical sources said on Thursday, as

A former Member of Parliament for Tamale Central, Inusah Fuseini, has opposed the government’s proposal to increase Ghana’s presidential term