Stephen L. Esquith, Michigan State University Prior to the military coup in 2012, Mali was praised for its transition to democracy in West Africa. That is…
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The Electoral Commission of Zambia has declared opposition candidate Hakainde Hichilema as the winner of the August 12 presidential election. Hichilema, 59, defeated his main rival,…
No fewer than 69 people Ivoriens arrested and detained in the violence that marred the 2020 presidential election have been released in the country. About 100…
President Paul Kagame has received President Faustin-Archange Touadéra of the Central African Republic who arrived Kigali Thursday on a four-day State visit. Both Heads of state…
Former President of Mozambique, Joaquim Chissano, has advised the current government to negotiate with armed groups operating in the Cabo Delgado Province to end the conflict…
An international humanitarian medical non-governmental organization, Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) said on Tuesday that it has withdrawn its staff from Cameroon’s Northwest region, an English-speaking area…
Tanzania’s Minister of Defence and National Service, Elias Kwandikwa, is dead. Kwandikwa, who is also a former Deputy Minister of Works, Transport and Communications, died on…
Libya’s High National Elections Commission (HNEC) on Monday announced it has extended the voters’ registration date to August 17, 2021. HNEC Chairman, Emad Al-Din Al-Sayeh, who…
Madagascar on Sunday announced the arrest of 21 people, including five generals and some high-ranking police officers, after a failed attempt to assassinate President Andry Rajoelina.…
At least one person has been seriously injured after officers of the Royal Eswatini Police Service fired rubber bullets at protesters in Mbabane, the capital. The…