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In Gabon, voters headed to the polls on Saturday for the first round of legislative and local elections, following ten days of campaigning. About 1,600 candidates are contesting 145 parliamentary seats, while nearly 17,000 are competing for municipal and departmental…

The Southern African Development Community has condemned deadly protests in Madagascar over crippling power and water shortages. In a statement, SADC Executive Secretary Elias Magosi described the unrest as tragic, saying it has already caused deaths, injuries, and widespread destruction…

Ugandan opposition leader Robert Kyagulanyi, popularly known as Bobi Wine, has been cleared to run in the presidential election scheduled in January. After Wednesday’s decision, Wine, a pop star-turned-politician, can once again challenge President Yoweri Museveni, who is seeking a…

Seychellois voters will go to the polls from this Saturday, September 27, to elect their President of the Republic and members of the National Assembly. More than 77,000 voters, spread across 26 electoral districts, are expected to cast their ballots…

Authorities in Madagascar on Thursday imposed a dusk-to-dawn curfew in the capital, after protests over frequent power outages and water shortages turned violent. The demonstrators were denouncing the government and demanding restoration of reliable water and electricity across the country.…

Canadian Union of Postal Workers said it went on a nationwide strike on Thursday after the Canadian government called for the postal company to undergo a widespread transformation to bolster its finances and modernize operations. Canada Post said that its…

Russia’s top diplomat has accused NATO and the European Union of using Ukraine to declare a “real war” against his country in a speech at the United Nations that Britain dismissed as “false fantasy world distortions.” He spoke at a…

Nicolas Sarkozy, a former French president, has been sentenced to five years in jail for criminal conspiracy over attempts to raise campaign funds from Libya, a spectacular downfall for the conservative who led France from 2007 to 2012. The sentence,…

United States President Donald Trump delivered a fiery, nearly hour-long speech at the United Nations General Assembly, targeting the UN itself, global climate policy, and Europe’s approach to immigration and energy. Trump didn’t mince words, calling climate change “the greatest…

Uganda’s long-time leader, President Yoweri Museveni, officially launched his bid for re-election Tuesday, extending a presidency that began back in 1986. Now 81 years old, Museveni was confirmed as a candidate after over 2 million supporters backed his run. The…

President of the National Assembly in the Democratic Republic of Congo, Vital Kamerhe, has resigned, just ahead of a planned vote on a petition targeting his leadership. The announcement was made Monday evening by the Assembly’s first vice president, with…

The ruling Malawi Congress Party (MCP) has pledged to accept the results of last week’s general election, while calling on electoral authorities to address concerns about alleged irregularities in the vote count. At a press conference in Lilongwe on Sunday,…