Category : POLITICS

Former president of Madagascar Marc Ravalomanana(SABC) Madagascar leader Hery Rajaonarimampianina said he would end the house arrest of former president Marc Ravalomanana as part of...

By Mark Sullivan, Harvard Correspondent A Nobel laureate who has been called the conscience of Nigeria told a Harvard audience on Wednesday that ruthless Islamist religious...

MADRID – An Egyptian parliamentary election that was due in March will be held before the end of the year, President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi told...

Sudanese incumbent President Omar Hassan al-Bashir has won the African country’s presidential elections, extending its 25-year rule.   Sudan’s National Electoral Commission announced on Monday...

Hundreds of supporters have been sentenced to death since Mohamed Morsi’s removal from power and thousands more detained. (Reuters Photo/Mohamed Abd El Ghany) Cairo. Muslim...

Egyptian people have held fresh anti-government protest rallies across the country, calling for the reinstatement of former President, Mohammed Morsi, who was ousted by the...

Polling stations closed across most of Sudan on Thursday (Apr 16) after nationwide elections that President Omar al-Bashir is widely expected to win were extended...

Sudan’s National Elections Commission (NEC) on Tuesday decided to extend the voting for an extra hour, noting that security and logistical reasons prevented the voting...

FILE – Health officials stand outside La Terrasse restaurant in Bamako, where five people were killed in a militant attack, March 7, 2015. Armed groups...

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A day after becoming the first politician in Nigerian history to succeed a sitting leader by ballot, president-elect Muhammadu Buhari promised on Wednesday to “spare...

Those of us who have the privilege to serve this country have an obligation to do our job as best we can. We come from...

  CUMULATIVE VOTES SO FAR, AFTER 9 STATES APC 2,302,918 PDP 2,322,734 States Party Winners (36 States in Nigeria)APC: 5 PDP: 4 Ekiti – APC:...

  By Jide Adesina Professor Attahiru Jega, the chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, has insisted that the results of the presidential election will...

By ‘JIDE ADESINA Polling stations opened in Nigeria its electoral commission said, as voters went to the polls to elect a new president in what...

Lawmakers in South Sudan have voted to extend the tenure of President Salva Kiir by three more years. The proposal to extend Kiir’s term, which...

THE AFRIKA MARKET ANALYSIS OF PERTINENT CONCERNS TO NIGERIAN VOTERS  PART 1 EDITORIA @ JIDE ADESINA Nigeria, Africa’s most populous country and its biggest economy,...