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Large ECOWAS observer team to monitor Ghana elections
Former Nigerian leader Yakubu Gowon will lead the 200-member ECOWAS Observer team to Ghana's 7 December parliamentary and presidential elections, the fifth consecutive elections...
Early voting begins in Ghana
Early voters in Ghana cast their ballots on Tuesday as the West African country begins the process of electing a new president and 230...
Jacob Zuma now Jesus Christ?
A senior African National Congress official has likened his president Jacob Zuma treatment which he called "persecution:" to that of Jesus Christ.
Ace Magashule,...
Mugabe’s nephew accused of plot to topple him
Robert Mugabe's nephew, Patrick Zhuwao who is the current deputy minister of Science and Technology, has been figured as a ring leader in a...
Eric Holder to become first Black U.S. Attorney General
U.S. President-elect, Barack Obama, will appoint Eric Holder as Attorney General. According to a party official the former deputy attorney general accepted Obama’s offer...
Zanu PF defends Tsvangirai’s secret European visit?
Morgan Tsvangirai’s European trip has puzzled the Robert Mugabe regime which has not issued him a passport for several months. Prime minister designate, only...
Obama – Clinton, a long overdue union?
Hillary Clinton has emerged as a surprise contender to become secretary of state in Barack Obama’s administration, months after the pair fought a bitter...
Blow to Mugabe’s Zanu-PF: Major ally PF ZAPU pulls out
The Bulawayo branch of the notorious Central Intelligence Organization (CIO) was from Thursday operating from the streets as they were evicted from...
Obama and G20 summit : Only one president at a time
Barack Obama will play no part in this weekend’s Group of 20 economic summit in Washington, although his advisers will hold talks with visiting...
Mugabe finds a new way of dividing MDC
Robert Mugabe has ordered his rival Morgan Tsvangirai to urgently submit a list of ministers from his party so that...
Barack and Michelle Obama go to the White House
Barack Obama stepped inside the Oval Office for the first time on Monday during a visit to the White House for talks with George...
Tsvangirai wants equity Mugabe won’t budge
SADC's weekend extra-ordinary summit on Zimbabwe again failed to break an impasse on forming a unity government, prompting opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai to appeal...
Zimbabwe talks : Zuma zooms in
Zimbabwe's economic crisis has forced millions of its citizens to flee the
country, with an estimated three million Zimbabweans in neighbouring South
Africa alone.
South African African...
Kenyans organise mass prayer session for Obama
Kenyans will assemble at Nairobi's Uhuru Park sometimes next week to attend a prayer session to celebrate US president-elect Barack Obama's victory, Immigration Minister...
Two day polling exercise begins in South Africa
Registration for South Africa’s crucial general elections next year kicks off this weekend in polls that are set to be tightly contested...
Mixed greetings and feelings and the Obama win
Barack Obama on Wednesday moved swiftly to capitalise on the momentum from his historic victory by announcing a string of senior appointments aimed at...
Obama strips Mugabe of Key argument
Official Harare, for a long time at odds with the United States over human rights abuses, was Wednesday mum about the historic presidential victory...
The morning after King’s Dream : Henceforth, White House no more for whites only
'Let us not seek to satisfy our thirst for freedom by drinking from the cup of bitterness and hatred,’ Martin Luther King told his...
Obama win : Kenya declares national holiday
Kenya reverberated into a thunderous applause on Wednesday, moments after media projections showed Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama has cruised to poll victory to...
An incontestable win for Barack Obama
With 270 electoral votes needed to win Presidential elections, the 47-year-old first-term Illinois senator, Tuesday, secured the needed electoral votes to clinch the ticket...
Exit Polls and Early Projections indicate Obama win
John McCain was on the defensive in a number of Republican strongholds on Tuesday night as early counts in the historic US presidential election...
Exit polls favoring Obama, McCain in close pursuit
Barack Obama and John McCain cast their ballots this morning as voters streamed to the polls across the country to elect the 44th president...
Obama wins first votes : Big celebration awaits historical elections around the world
There is a sense of an impending celebration waiting to set off among many communities across the globe after the US presidential election today....
Economy : The determining factor of US November 4 polls
A US political analyst has said only the candidate that is able to convincingly articulate his economic and foreign relations policy will win the...
Obama’s double digit lead : “Civil War”ahead for GOP ?
John McCain enters the final day of the 2008 presidential contest facing what even some prominent Republicans were dubbing a difficult fight as a...
ANC to contest breakaway party’s acronym
The ANC breakaway group, which was the weekend struggling to come up with a name has settled on SA Democratic Congress as its...
Zambia election recount : Party filing court documents
Zambia's losing presidential hopeful Michael Sata has called for a recount of the results after losing to Rupiah Banda who has since...
Zambia Elections: Banda wins, Sata furious amid minor unrest
Zambian Electoral Commission announced Sunday that Acting President Rupiah Banda won the Zambian presidential race over Michael Sata, his combative rival.
According to the chairwoman...
Zambia elections : Rupiah Banda leads
Acting President Rupiah Banda is set to become the new President of Zambia following the latest results released Saturday night by the Electoral Commission...
Obama’s strong showing in early voting reflects party’s success
As the candidates head into the final weekend of the US’s longest and most expensive presidential campaign, some 20m Americans have already cast their...