Category : POLITICS

By Clement Manirabarusha Burundi’s electoral commission on Monday proposed possible dates for upcoming elections, though the move is unlikely to satisfy government opponents who have...

Rwandan President Paul Kagame arrives in Dar es Salaam on May 13 , 2015 for a crisis summit of East African leaders. PHOTO | DANIEL...

Turkey’s president says he avoided a UN General Assembly dinner in September 2014 in order ‘not to be in the same picture’ as Sisi Turkish...

  Nicolas Sarkozy vs Francois Hollande: the re-match. With both having tightened their grips on their parties in recent days, a 2017 repeat of France’s...

Nkurunziza also “called on party members to be vigilant so that the achievements of democracy are safeguarded,” the statement added. File photo Image by: STRINGER...

Burundi President Pierre Nkurunziza should postpone elections in the country scheduled for June, East African leaders said in a joint statement on Sunday.  Presidents of Tanzania,...

Rescue workers gather at the site of an explosion in Maiduguri, Nigeria Photo: AP    Nigeria’s military on Saturday repelled a Boko Haram attack on the...

        Special Reporting by JIDE ADESINA -Editor-In Chief “Change does not roll in on the wheels of inevitability, but comes through continuous...

Victory seen as major win for continent’s biggest economy as it clamors to expand role in region Akinwumi Adesina, Nigeria’s minister of agriculture and rural...

EU also made the same request to Morocco and Tunisia in order to monitor the movement of boats transferring illegal migrants or drugs to France,...

People wait to vote at a polling station as Ethiopia’s national election kicks off in capital Addis Ababa. Image by: TIKSA NEGERI / REUTERS Ethiopians voted...

Democratic Republic of Congo President Joseph Kabila called for a “national dialogue” to discuss creating an environment that will enable peaceful elections set to take...

The presidents of Egypt, Ethiopia, South Sudan, Eritrea and Chad will attend the swearing-in ceremony of Omer Hassan al-Bashir, the ruling National Congress Party (NCP)...

By Zineb El Mechrafi Boston- A remarkable young Moroccan has become the leader of the Green Party in the Netherlands. Jesse Klaver, a 29-year-old politician,...

Burundi President Pierre Nkurunziza’s attempt to return home amid reports of a coup has failed and he has returned to Tanzania where he was attending...

Pierre Nkurunziza (Reuters)  Burundi’s President Pierre Nkurunziza has rejected international calls to delay elections after his bid for a controversial third term triggered deadly protests....

President Barack Obama’s pick to be the first U.S. ambassador to Somalia in nearly 25 years is withdrawing her nomination. An administration official says Katherine...

The 2015 Global Forum on Modern Direct Democracy will take place May 14-17 at the University of Carthage in Tunis, Tunisia. This 5th world conference...

UK ELECTION 2015 LIVE UPDATES NATIONAL CONSTITUENCY 0/650seats declared Party & leader Seats Conservative Party David Cameron 0 0% Labour Party Ed Miliband 0 0%...

They are a remarkable contrast: David Cameron, 48, the red-cheeked toff who went to Eton and belonged to snooty clubs; and Ed Miliband, 45, the...