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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
Zimbabwe is in flux. There are regular protests, especially in the capital, over currency and food shortages, unemployment, and alleged government corruption and mismanagement. Observers Read more
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) – South Africa’s ruling party said on Friday it supported the release of findings of an anti-corruption investigation into claims of political interference Read more
ABUJA—The Federal Government said yesterday it did not immediately comply with the judgement of an ECOWAS Court to release former National Security Adviser, Col. Sambo Read more
The AngloGold Ashanti chairman Sipho Pityana reiterated his call for Jacob Zuma to step down during his speech at the Joburg Mining Indaba on Wednesday. Read more
LIBREVILLE (Reuters) – Gabon’s prime minister on Sunday named a new government in the wake of disputed elections, but it contained no representatives of opposition Read more
By Joe Bavier ABIDJAN (Reuters) – Zaire’s President Mobutu Sese Seko shed a tear as he delivered a speech in April 1990 promising his people Read more
By Karin Strohecker LONDON (Reuters) – Governance across Africa has improved very little over the past decade as deteriorating safety and rule of law have Read more
A former Ghanaian first lady and opposition National Democratic Party (NDP) presidential candidate has chosen Michael Kojo Mensah Sosu as her running mate ahead of Read more
By Edward McAllister LIBREVILLE (Reuters) – Gabon President Ali Bongo was sworn in for a second term on Tuesday and called for unity at a Read more
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) – President Jacob Zuma has received the latest call for his resignation from his own brother, according to a media report, as the Read more
HARARE (Reuters) – Zimbabwe’s government hit back at the leader of its neighbour Botswana on Friday, accusing him of breaking a taboo by calling for Read more
By Ed Cropley GABORONE (Reuters) – Zimbabwe’s 92-year-old President Robert Mugabe should step aside without delay and allow new leadership of a country whose political Read more
A dozen political parties in Liberia are joining forces to take on the ruling Liberty Party in the 2017 presidential election, Senator Prince Johnson told Read more
At least 20 people have been killed in fighting between rival rebel groups in the Central African Republic, the UN mission in the country says. Read more
LIBREVILLE (Reuters) – The African Union says it plans to send observers to help Gabon’s Constitutional Court with a legal complaint lodged by opposition leader Read more
By Wendell Roelf and Mfuneko Toyana CAPE TOWN/JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) – South African leader Jacob Zuma attempted on Tuesday to brush aside market fears of a Read more
HARARE (Reuters) – Zimbabwean opposition parties will on Saturday hold protests throughout the country with or without police clearance to press the election agency for Read more
NAIROBI, KENYA — Kenya’s president on Saturday launched a new political party that he intends to use for a second and last term in office in Read more
By Gerauds Wilfried Obangome LIBREVILLE (Reuters) – The African Union said on Tuesday it would send a delegation to Gabon to help resolve a post-election Read more
By James Macharia JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) – Members of South Africa’s ANC chanted slogans outside its headquarters on Monday demanding President Jacob Zuma step down in Read more
LUSAKA (Reuters) – Zambia’s incumbent President Edgar Lungu will be sworn into office for a new five-year term on Tuesday next week, a government official Read more
GENEVA — A new United Nations report warns restrictions on freedom of expression threaten Somalia’s political transition to democracy after decades of conflict and violence. Read more
Facing intense international pressure, war-ravaged South Sudan on Sunday agreed to the deployment of a 4,000-member regional protection force approved last month by the United Read more
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