Maputo News
Voter registration in Mozambique.
A huge voter-registration campaign is underway in Mozambique before the forthcoming provincial, city council and general elections. Music, drama and other activities are being used to promote the impo...
Nairobi News
Women’s quota in Kenyan parliament.
Kenyan women have launched a campaign calling for a women
Cape Town News
Cape Town residents may have studied the outside of the imposing Victorian neo-classical parliament building in Plein Street many times with a mixture of detachment and awe. Now there is a chance to l...
Accra News
The race is on to succeed incumbent president John Kufuor when he steps down at the end of next year after two terms in office. Aspiring candidates for the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP) have until...
Addis Ababa News
The Ethiopian government has pardoned and freed 38 opposition members sentenced to jail terms of between 18 months and life in connection with post-election violence in 2005. The group includes 30 pro...
Addis Ababa News
Opposition leaders sentenced to life.
A court in Addis Ababa has handed down life sentences to 35 senior opposition figures after they were found guilty of charges ranging from armed rebellion to outrage against the constitution in connec...
Accra News
Accra summit focuses on integration.
The African Union (AU) summit in Accra was dominated by the question of continental integration. Leaders of the 53-member pan African body agreed on the need for closer collaboration between countries...
Addis Ababa News
Guilty verdict for Ethiopian opposition leaders.
Thirty-eight senior opposition figures have been found guilty of charges ranging from armed rebellion to outrage against the constitution in connection with post-election violence in 2005. They includ...
Lagos News
Strike and national holiday for Yar'Adua inauguration.
Trade unions in Nigeria have called a two-day strike ahead of the inauguration of the new president, Umaru Yar'Adua, on 29 May. The industrial action is in protest over the outcome of the April local...
Cape Town News
Opposition leadership for Cape Town mayor.
Cape Town mayor Helen Zille is the new leader of South Africa
Accra News
French presidential election at the Alliance Française.
French citizens living in Accra and interested Ghanaians can follow the second round of the French presidential elections on 6 May at the Alliance Fran
Addis Ababa News
Eight Ethiopians who were kidnapped along with five Europeans during a sightseeing tour in the remote Afar region on the Ethiopia-Eritrea border in March have been released. The Europeans
Lagos News
Nigerians have gone to the polls to elect their new president and federal parliament amid reports of confusion and widespread violence and a failed attack on the electoral commission headquarters.
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