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Peace process takes a hit in Central African Republic
A Sudanese led rebel faction in the Central African Republic has engaged the armies of the Central African Republic (CAR) over a disarmament, demobilization...
Guinea military seek to take over power again?
In a televised speech broadcast Sunday, Guinea's Army Chief, Major Ibrahima Balde revealed a planned assassination attempt on the lives of some of the...
The day Somaliland voters braved al Qaeda threats to engage in “the Devil’s practice”
On Saturday 26 June, across the length and breadth of the breakaway state of Somaliland the rising sun reveals long lines of people snaking...
Guinea elections: Enraged party to dispute results in court
Numerous Sydia Touré supporters gathered Monday in the Guinean capital, Conakry, to protest alleged electoral fraud in the June 27 presidential elections. The Guinean...
Burundi: A bloody presidential election
Burundians went to the polls on Monday to re-elect incumbent head of state Pierre Nkurunziza, who was the only candidate to run for president...
Guinea: The long wait for election results
At fifty-two, Guinea, a novice in what concerns democratic practices, seems to have emerged from Sunday's first free and independent presidential election unscathed after...
Somaliland: Peaceful presidential election defies al-Shabab
Autonomous state of Somaliland held its presidential elections with thousands of people coming out to vote despite threats from Islamist rebels, al-Shabab. Many voters...
Guinea holds first democratic elections
Guinea is set for its first democratic vote in half a century on Sunday after clashes between rival parties on Thursday left at least...
Ethiopia: Opposition coalition reject Supreme Court decision over election results
Ethiopian opposition coalition, Medrek’s Executive Committee has decided to go to the Cassation Bench after the Federal Supreme Court rejected their request for an...
Guinea army arrests: Payback time or Democratization?
Guinea’s top military officers close to former military ruler, Captain Moussa Dadis Camara, who was shot in the head in an assassination attempt last...
Sudan: US supports south Sudan’s independence
The United States has pledged technical and financial support for the referendum of an independent South Sudan amidst fears that civil war, ethic and...
Zimbabwe: Election fever grips politicians
Zanu-PF’s high decision body, the politburo has told its dwindling support base to get ready for national elections anytime next year, possibly May. This...
Ethiopia: Election results causes international stir
The United States has warned Ethiopia to reform its electoral process to be more inclusive of all groups or risk diplomatic strains with the...
Madagascar: Andry Rajoelina handpicks his new ministers
Andry Rajoelina, President of the Malagasy High Transitional Authority (HAT), partially reshuffled his government on Monday, bringing in ten new ministers, including five military...
Nigeria: Electoral reform raises skepticism
Top Nigerian governor has vowed to oppose the appointment of a new electoral commission boss by Nigeria’s President Goodluck Jonathan, despite a strong support...
Ethiopia: Government Repression Undermines Poll
Ethiopian government and ruling party officials intimidated voters and unlawfully restricted the media ahead of the May 23, 2010 parliamentary elections, Human Rights Watch...
Ethiopians to protest “biased” election report
Ethiopians are expected to hold a public demonstration tomorrow, Tuesday, against the US based Human Rights Watch. The protest comes in the backdrop of...
Ethiopia: Observers approve electoral process as opposition protest
Results of Ethiopia’s first elections in five years will be released on 21 June despite claims the process was marred with electoral irregularities. While...
Guinea: Presidential election campaign begins
It’s official. Campaigning for the June presidential election began Monday in Guinea. The list of candidates for the election, scheduled to take place June...
Uganda President attacks USA and Britain
Uganda's president Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has attacked USA and Britain
for interfering into Uganda affairs. He has accused the two countries for saying that the...
Ethiopia: Ruling party gets huge boost from business community
Top Ethiopian businessmen have confirmed their support for the Ethiopian People’s Revolutionary Democratic Front (EPRDF) by donating 32 million birr for its election campaign...
Guinea’s military leader refuses postponement of elections
The head of the joint AU-UN-ECOWAS mission, General Lamine Cissé has presented his first evaluation report of the restructuring of the defense and security...
DR Congo: New rebel groups spring up as UN Peacekeeping forces prepare to leave
Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), which goes to the polls in September 2011 to elect its president, is now faced with a new rebel...
Activities of the Japanese Election Observation Team for the General Elections in Sudan
The Japanese Election Observation Team, headed by Mr. Yuichi Ishii, former Ambassador of Japan to Sudan, and composed of sixteen members, was dispatched from...
Zambian President Banda warned of imminent ‘war’
Zambian president Rupiah Banda has been accused of “driving the country to the brink of civil war” as he is allegedly allowing policeman to...
Ugandan government officials blast U.S. Secretary of State
Uganda government officials have requested the United States of America to respect it's sovereignty and stop treating it as if it were a U.S....
Sudan elections: El Bashir wins, Kiir wins landslide
With 68 per cent of votes cast in Sudan's recently held presidential and general election, controversial incumbent president Omar El Bashir has beaten his...
Sudan: Confusion over bloody North South clash
Southern Sudan army have attacked and killed 55 people in Darfur over cattle grazing land rights. The fighting between cattle men from Rezeigat tribe...
Nigeria: Confusion hits ruling party ahead of 2011 election
Nigeria’s ruling political party, the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) has been thrown into disarray ahead of the country's 2011 presidential election.
A faction of...
Sudan: Blocking of elections monitoring website seen as dangerous move amid electoral tension
Access to the Sudan Vote Monitor website, a collaborative platform created by Sudanese civil society with the aim of facilitating independent monitoring and reporting...