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By Lamin Jahateh BANJUL (Reuters) – The political party of Gambia’s President Yahya Jammeh, who lost an election last month but has refused to accept Read more
By Joe Brock JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) – South Africa’s ruling African National Congress needs to end infighting and focus on winning back public support, President Jacob Read more
By Kwasi Kpodo ACCRA (Reuters) – Ghana’s new President Nana Akufo-Addo pledged to cut taxes to boost the economy at his swearing in ceremony on Read more
ACCRA (Reuters) – Nana Akufo-Addo was sworn in as Ghana’s president on Saturday in a ceremony attended by dozens of African leaders, sealing a rare Read more
The Gambia’s army chief has reaffirmed his loyalty to President Yahya Jammeh, following a threat by regional bloc Ecowas leaders to use military force to Read more
ACCRA (Reuters) – Gambia’s electoral commission chairman has fled the country because he received threats after declaring President Yahya Jammeh the loser of a Dec. Read more
Authorities in Gambia have shut down a private radio station, amid rising political tension as president Yahya Jammeh continues to deny his defeat in recent Read more
By Lamin Jahateh BANJUL (Reuters) – Gambian leader Yahya Jammeh accused West African regional body ECOWAS of declaring war, after it said it was putting Read more
By Benoit Nyemba and Aaron Ross KINSHASA (Reuters) – Congo’s opposition leaders signed a deal with the party of President Joseph Kabila on Saturday that Read more
In his first 100 days in office, President-elect Nana Akufo-Addo will implement measures to improve Ghanaians’ lives and restore dignity to the presidency, his spokesman Read more
Military intervention in The Gambia is “possible” if President Yahya Jammeh does not step down after having lost elections, the head of the West African Read more
BANJUL: Gambian President Yahya Jammeh’s ruling party challenged his defeat in a Dec. 1 election at the Supreme Court on Tuesday as West African leaders Read more
By Edward McAllister BANJUL (Reuters) – Nigeria said on Tuesday Gambia’s veteran ruler seemed receptive to a message from West African leaders that he accept Read more
Liberia’s President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf will lead a mission to Gambia on Tuesday to mediate in a crisis brought on by long-ruling President Yahya Jammeh’s Read more
The African Union is calling on Gambian President Yahya Jammeh to accept the results of the presidential election earlier this month as he said he Read more
President Muhammadu Buhari has congratulated the candidate of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Mr. Nana Akufo-Addo, on his historic win of the December 7 Ghana Read more
ACCRA (Reuters) – Ghana’s main opposition leader is heading to victory in a presidential election with an absolute majority over President John Mahama, private Joy Read more
ACCRA (Reuters) – Ghana’s electoral commission spokeman said the agency would start releasing results on Thursday from a presidential and parliamentary vote held the day Read more
ACCRA (Reuters) – Long queues formed at voting stations in Ghana on Wednesday as President John Mahama ran for a second and final term against Read more
By Kwasi Kpodo ACCRA (Reuters) – Ghana’s main opposition leader on Sunday called on voters to rally behind him, saying he has the credentials to Read more
By Chiekh Sadibou Mane and Thierry Gouegnon BANJUL (Reuters) – Gambian leader Yahya Jammeh, who once vowed to rule the tiny West African nation for Read more
By Chiekh Sadibou Mane BANJUL (Reuters) – Gambian leader Yahyah Jammeh, who vowed to rule the tiny West African nation for “a billion years”, was Read more
By TJ Strydom JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) – South Africa’s ruling African National Congress said on Tuesday its executive committee had stood by President Jacob Zuma in Read more
BISSAU (Reuters) – Guinea Bissau’s dominant political party on Monday rejected President Jose Mario Vaz’s newly-appointed prime minister and said it would refuse to join Read more
WASHINGTON — The Electoral Commission of Ghana has begun approving local and international poll observer groups to monitor the December 7 presidential and legislative elections. Read more
By Ed Cropley HARARE (Reuters) – Six Zimbabwean anti-government activists were shot at and beaten on Friday by a gang of men, some wearing police Read more
DAKAR (Reuters) – Gambian authorities have refused the European Union access to observe upcoming elections, an EU spokesman said on Friday, amid concerns about the Read more
By Aaron Ross GOMA, Democratic Republic of Congo (Reuters) – Democratic Republic of Congo opposition figure Samy Badibanga was named prime minister on Thursday under Read more
The International Standards Journalist Association (ISJA) has filed a petition at the human rights court seeking to prevent the electoral commission of Ghana from charging Read more
By Ismaila Chafe President Uhuru Kenyatta of Kenya has begun lobbying fellow African leaders to back Kenya’s Ambassador Amina Mohamed’s quest to succeed South Africa’s Read more
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