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Pierre Claver Maganga Moussavou: “I am afraid for Gabon”
Pierre Claver Maganga Moussavou is the presidential candidate for the Social Democratic Party ahead of the pending Gabonese election, scheduled for August 30....
Zimbabwe: MDC and Zanu-PF at each other’s throats ahead of GPA talks
President Robert Mugabe and the two MDC leaders, Prime Minister Morgan
Tsvangirai and Deputy Prime Minister Arthur Mutambara are meeting this
Monday for what is set...
Gabon: Politician explains his hunger strike ahead of presidential election
Ben Bruno Moubamba, Gabonese presidential candidate ahead of the August 30 presidential polls, Saturday in front of the National Assembly in Libreville, announced his...
Gabon: Election postponement demanded in the face of gross irregularities
Eleven candidates standing for the pending presidential election in Gabon, scheduled to take place August 30, 2009, Wednesday asked for the postponement of the...
Gabon: Presidential candidates harassed while Ali Bongo stands guests up in Paris
Travel documents, including diplomatic passports, belonging to Jean Eyeghe Ndong and André Mba Obame, former Prime Minister and former Interior Minister of Gabon, respectively,...
Zimbabwe: Zanu-PF infighting after vice-president’s death sparks fears of unrest
A Zimbabwe cabinet minister has warned that the southern African country could plunge into Somalia-type anarchy, with military coups the means to acquire power...
Madagascar: A historic peace deal already compromised by Rajoelina’s position?
The Southern African Development Community (SADC) have been able to broker a power sharing deal between rivaling Madagascar leaders, ousted President Marc Ravalomanana and...
US-Zimbabwe: Clinton on the ‘negative effects of the continuing presidency of Mugabe’
United States Secretary of State Hillary Clinton will push South Africa to use its influence with neighbour Zimbabwe during her visit but risk being...
DR Congo and Rwanda leaders make a historic move
President Joseph Kabila of DR Congo and President Paul Kegame of Rwanda have agreed to better cooperate towards regional peace, stability and development. Both...
Mauritania: Why the United States and France validated Abdel Aziz’s election
According to Paris, the locally criticised election that sought to legitimise Mohammed Ould Abdel Aziz’s presidency took place under internationally acceptable conditions. In other...
Niger referendum: A very muscled victory for Mamadou Tandja
With an oscillating voter turnout, between “40% and 90%", a new constitution ratified in a plebiscite by Nigeriens... Announcements and results continue to flow...
Guinea: Party leader and former minister arrested
Aboubacar Sylla, a former Guinean information minister, was arrested Tuesday morning by men clad in military uniform. The ex minister was picked up in...
Zimbabwe: Vice president’s death sparks questions on Mugabe’s age
The national radio of Zimbabwe has announced the death of Vice President Joseph Msika. Joseph Msika, 86, served as vice President from 1999 to...
Niger: An “illegal” referendum under high surveillance
Citizens of Niger head for the polls Tuesday to vote on a custom made referendum ordered by President Mamadou Tandja who wishes to run...
Zimbabwe: Tsvangirai meets Zuma as all levers of state power shift to Mugabe
Zimbabwe Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai is in South Africa for crucial talks with President Jacob Zuma about widening cracks in Zimbabwe's inclusive government,...
Nigeria in the shadow of Sudan or Rwanda: A Political and Social quagmire
Africa, in recent years, has seen a spate of violent clashes among populations that have co-habited since time immemorial. Inter-communal tensions have been one...
Guinea-Bissau presidential elections: Fate of results in the hands of the military?
The second round of presidential elections in Guinea-Bissau, Sunday, saw two political elephants standing against each other: Malam Bacai Sanha (African Party for the...
Gabon elections: Ali Bongo to run unopposed to succeed Omar Bongo
Signs are clear that Gabon will be subject to a dynastic rule, as late president Omar Bongo's son, Ali-Ben Bongo, prepares to replace his...
Zimbabwe: Mugabe’s endorsement as supreme leader closes succession debate
Zimbabwe’s leader, Robert Mugabe has been endorsed by his party Zanu
PF as the Supreme leader in a move that has dashed hope of him...
Mauritania: Opposition cries foul over Military Junta’s electoral victory
Gen Mohamed Ould Abdelaziz, who led a military coup in 2008 and ousted Mauritania's only democratically elected leader, Sidi Ould Cheikh Abdallahi, has conducted...
Happy Birthday Nelson ‘Madiba’ Mandela
South African anti-apartheid icon celebrated his 91st birthday on Saturday. The event was marked with festive activities in Johannesburg and New York. This year,...
Gabon: Ali Bongo is not a concensus candidate… An avalanche of resignations
Ali Bongo Ondimba does not have the supposed unanimity within the ruling Democratic Party of Gabon (PDG). Discontentment since his election, Wednesday, as...
Ugandan government confused over Sudan president’s arrest ahead of visit
Ugandan government is divided over what action it must take concerning Sudan's president, Mr. Omar al-Bashir, ahead of his visit to Uganda for the...
Gabon: Ali Bongo Ondimba moves a step closer to succeeding Omar Bongo Ondimba
After more than two weeks of meetings and negotiations behind the scenes, the political bureau of the Gabonese Democratic Party (PDG, ruling party)...
Congo elections: Denis Sassou Nguesso, wins by a “controversial” landslide
Provisional results of the July 12 Congolese presidential elections were made public Wednesday. Denis Sassou Nguesso, outgoing head of state won by a landslide,...
Congo: Election results known ahead of time
Despite protests from the opposition, presidential elections in Congo, Sunday, was relatively peaceful as a result of some 17 000 security personnel ordered to...
Africa’s slow growth pace and a vicious cycle since independce
About 80% of financial aid to Africa is sent back into Western bank accounts of Africa's dictators and corrupt leaders. In 2004 about $94...
Welcome to Ghana President Obama
Last year, in the midst of the “Obama fever,” another event – by no means as historic as President Barack Obama’s election victory, but...
World Cup in danger as stadium constructions halt in South Africa
Construction of South Africa’s 2010 World Cup stadiums grinded to a halt Wednesday morning after building workers embarked on a crippling indefinite strike....
Zimbabwe: The conflict of constitutionalism and a non-English speaking North Korean doctor!
Virtually abandoned and discarded by a bankrupt government she has worked for almost thirty years, my sister Zanele Ngwenya, fifty five, languishes in a...