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Zimbabwe: Morgan Tsvangirai to step down from MDC
Zimbabwe's Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai is expected to step down as leader of the Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) next year in line with...
Sudan: Foreign diplomats arrive to enforce stability
Diplomats from Britain, China, France, Russia and the United States have arrived in Sudan to oversee the referendum that may lead to the secession...
Uganda: Intimidation and rigging to mar elections?
Election mood has reached fever pitch levels as primary election campaigns for flag-bearers of various political parties, ahead of the January presidential polls, register...
Wole Soyinka: Words, deeds and a serious Nigerian political party
Despite his criticism of Nigerian politics, Wole Soyinka, 1986 Nobel Laureate in Literature, has taken a decisive step by launching his own party, Democratic...
Egypt’s presidential campaign: The war has begun
The campaign to succeed President Hosni Mubarak is in full swing. Tuesday, a demonstration against the candidacy of his son Gamal saw protests erupt...
Uganda: 42 candidates to challenge Museveni
Uganda's electoral commission which is currently making final arrangements for the 2011 general and presidential elections in the country, has been overwhelmed by the...
Sudan: U.N. and U.S. step up effort on Sudan referendum
U.S. President Barack Obama is scheduled to attend a special summit on Sudan on Friday on the sidelines of the U.N. General Assembly meeting....
Nigeria: Drama and intrigue unfold as presidential race begins
After Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan finally declared he would run for presidential election, northern politicians have vowed to oppose his candidacy. His national security...
Guinea: The longest wait for second round presidential polls
The burning down of the warehouse at Camp Samory military barracks in Guinea where voting materials for the upcoming second round presidential elections were...
U.S. “not choosing sides” in Sudan’s “make or break” period
The current period leading up to the January 9, 2011, referendum on Southern Sudanese independence presents “a make-or-break period for Sudan,” U.S. Special Envoy...
Majority of Zimbabweans fed up with Mugabe, poll shows
A new poll survey released this week in Zimbabwe has shown that Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirais’s party, MDC would win the next general elections...
Uganda organizes prayer week ahead of 2011 elections
Uganda Electoral commission has today declared that there will be week of national prayers for the 2011 presidential and general elections.
The Electoral Commission has...
Nigeria: Election timing generates heated debates
Nigerian electoral commission has four months to prepare for presidential, parliamentary and state polls. The electoral commission must put together an entirely new voter...
Sudan: North guilty of using LRA rebels to destabilize south?
Northern Sudan has been accused of employing rebels of the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) to unsettle southern Sudan and the Darfur region ahead of...
Nigeria President’s security reshuffle politically motivated?
Nigeria's President Goodluck Jonathan has replaced the heads of the Nigerian military, the police force and the intelligence service, four months before presidential elections-...
Sudan: Referendum commission makes progress
South Sudan has agreed to allow a northern Sudanese to head the special referendum commission giving room for progress on plans for the January...
South Sudan: humanitarian devastation threatens referendum
A humanitarian devastation after last month's floods threatens to throw south Sudan's referendum for independence into confusion following the displacement of over 60,000 of...
Uganda: President Yoweri Museveni to stand in 2011 elections
President Yoweri Museveni has announced his candidature for the chairmanship of Uganda's ruling party National Resistance Movement Party (NRM) and Presidential flag bearer for...
Wyclef Jean: Not so Haitian
Haiti’s Provisional Electoral Council will not budge despite Wyclef Jean's struggle to appeal its decision not to allow him to run in the country's...
Wyclef Jean: “If I Was President”
Wyclef Jean's presidential aspiration has been rekindled after having been rejected by Haiti's Provisional Electoral Council. The entertainer has decided to fight last week's...
Zimbabwe in electoral reform bid
An election monitoring group in Zimbabwe has called on authorities to scrap controversial postal votes for police and instead introduce a new special voting...
Madagascar’s uncertain future despite new political deal
Another signature appended to another agreement! The president of the High Transitional Authority (HAT) of Madagascar, Andry Rajoelina, last Friday signed an agreement to...
Sudan: Tug of war over return of southerners in north
South Sudan is demanding its citizens living in northern Sudan to return in order to enhance the votes ahead of a referendum for independence....
Rwanda attracts mixed feelings over progress
Rwanda’s progress since the genocide of 1994 has been remarkable and is a testament to the people in facing and overcoming staggering challenges, a...
Sudan: Imminent war between North and South?
North and South Sudan will resume war should northern Sudan, hinder the referendum for southern independence, a top leader in Southern Sudan warned Friday.
Leading...
Nigeria: President gets party accord to run in 2011 elections
Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan has been given the green light by the Chairman of Nigeria's ruling party- the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP)- to run...
Rwanda election: Big win for Paul Kagame after vote count
The sitting president of Rwanda and RPF candidate, Paul Kagame, has overwhelimingly won the Rwanda presidential elections, which were held yesterday, by over 90...
Rwanda election free and fair?
In Rwanda, voting polls are set for the second presidential election since the 1994 genocide, and while preparations for the elections have witnessed the...
Rwanda: Free press, post-genocide
Regardless of Rwanda’s presidential election outcome on August 9th, one thing is certain – an independent press will not monitor the election results. ...
Rwanda: Media banned from operation ahead of elections
Last week, Rwanda's Media High Council asked about 30 radio stations and newspapers to apply for permits. The media are currently de facto banned...