Category : POLITICS

Police fired tear gas at rock-throwing protesters after tens of thousands of people marched through Burkina Faso’s capital on Tuesday, calling for President Blaise Compaore...

As general election results trickled in on Saturday (Oct 25), Botswana’s ruling party was leading in most local council constituencies. “We are still on track...

 by AGENCE FRANCE PRESSE CAIRO, October 21- As the new academic term began in Egypt, riot police were standing guard at Cairo’s universities to quash any repeat...

The next president of Indonesia, Joko Widodo, comes into office with the high hopes of his supporters hungry for reform, and a pledge to give...

The Security Council today extended the United Nations peacekeeping force in Abyei – a resource-rich area contested by Sudan and South Sudan – as part...

The top United Nations official in Somalia today condemned the car bombing which left an estimated 13 people dead and many more injured in Mogadishu,...

  Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta received a triumphant welcome on Thursday on his return from The Hague, where he was the first head of state...

Representatives from Nigeria, Niger, Chad, Benin and Cameroon say a regional force will be in place to counter Boko Haram from November. A regional force...

By Brian Winter and Anthony Boadle   SAO PAULO/BRASILIA (Reuters) – Brazil’s leftist President Dilma Rousseff placed first in Sunday’s election but did not get...

Brazilian presidential hopeful Aecio Neves is heading into Sunday’s election with a slight edge over environmentalist Marina Silva in the race to advance to an...

China’s decision to restrict candidate nominations for Hong Kong’s election for chief executive has sparked massive protests, with area residents and police engaged in a...

The Supreme Price traces the legacy of the Abiola family, who battled for gender equality and political freedom in a nation where both have been...

  BACKGROUND: The National Coordinating Council (NCC) of the United Action for Democracy (UAD) met in Aba,Abia state, on September 20-22, 2014, at the Olive Hotels...

La Maison Blanche a publié ce texte de première adresse de temps du président à la nation comme il a été préparé pour la livraison...

Ekiti State Governor-elect, Ayodele Fayose, in a press conference in Lagos on Wednesday [September 24], claims to have uncovered a plot by the All Progressives Congress, to ensure...

                            By ; LESLEY WROUGHTON A group of 13 countries, the European...

Malta commemorates 50 years of independence on sunday, there is plenty to celebrate and be proud of. Five decades after becoming a sovereign nation State...

Uganda President has finally break the dice After keeping the country waiting for a year, Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni has disposed of his prime minister,...

David Cameron has had the narrowest of political escapes. Success for the “Better Together” campaign has saved him from catastrophe: he will not, after all,...