Buhari congratulates Ghana’s president-elect
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
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
CAPE TOWN (Reuters) – South African President Jacob Zuma survived a no-confidence vote on Thursday, over what the opposition called his “reckless leadership”, after the Read more
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) – South African President Jacob Zuma is concerned about “unwarranted public attacks” on him by the former anti-corruption watchdog Thuli Madonsela, his office Read more
By Wendell Roelf CAPE TOWN (Reuters) – South Africa’s Jacob Zuma faces a no-confidence vote in parliament next week with his presidency mired in crisis, Read more
ABIDJAN, IVORY COAST — Ivory Coast voters have approved a new constitution, the electoral commission announced Tuesday. However, the opposition — which had called for a Read more
Ethiopia’s Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn has announced a Cabinet reshuffle, following months of often-violent protests which led the government to declare a state of emergency. Read more
Former Vice President of Nigeria, Alh Atiku Abubakar, has called on leaders and various economic groups in the African continent to work towards diversifying their Read more
HARARE (Reuters) – A Zimbabwean cabinet minister on Tuesday accused Robert Mugabe’s deputy of using state institutions to try to arrest him and further his Read more
LONDON (Reuters) – The U.S., British and Italian foreign ministers began talks with Libyan Prime Minister Fayez Seraj on Monday to tackle a political standoff Read more
By Patrick Markey and Tarek Amara REDAYEF, Tunisia (Reuters) – For years, trains ferried millions of dollars in phosphate past Nouredine Ezzidine’s Tunisian town, where Read more
ABIDJAN (Reuters) – Voters in Ivory Coast cast their ballots on Sunday in a referendum to decide whether to approve a new constitution that President Read more
The presidential candidate of Ghana’s opposition Progressive People’s Party (PPP) says a court decision Friday that orders the Electoral Commission to put him on the Read more
By Ed Stoddard JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) – South Africa’s main opposition party has filed papers with the Constitutional Court to challenge the government’s decision to pull Read more
The chief whip of South Africa’s governing political party has called on its entire leadership – including President Jacob Zuma – to step down. Jackson Read more
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – The United Nations confirmed on Friday receipt of South Africa’s withdrawal from the International Criminal Court, which will take effect one Read more
WASHINGTON — Ghanaian police officials plan to meet with leaders of the Muslim community this week as part of an effort to ensure peaceful presidential, Read more
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