elections

The Department of Home Affairs has implemented an emergency extension of its operational hours this weekend to facilitate the final push for voter registration across South Africa. All…

Romuald Wadagni has secured a landslide victory in Benin’s presidential election, according to provisional results released by the Autonomous National Electoral Commission (CENA). Wadagni, who has served as…

Ouagadougou - Djeneba Sawadogo was making a cake when she heard a noise she did not recognise - a series of sharp cracks that rang across the village…

Opposition supporters arrested in Mauritania during clashes after the disputed presidential election have been released following official confirmation of the ruling party’s victory, security and justice sources told…

President Arthur Peter Mutharika won Malawi’s presidential election with 38.57% of votes, the electoral commission said on Monday, narrowly securing another five-year term after delays over suspected tampering.

Malawi’s opposition leader Lazarus Chakwera on Wednesday warned against attempts to rig the country’s election, claiming he was leading as votes were slowly tallied.

The Ensemble political party led by Moise Katumbi, an alliance of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) opposition parties, says they are optimistic the Southern African Development Community…

The African National Congress (ANC) says government should engage the Democratic Republic of Congo government and Southern African Development Community (SADC) as it is concerned that the situation…

The United Nations (UN) and European Union (EU) called for restraint in Mali on Tuesday after the opposition candidate said he would reject the results of a presidential…

Zimbabwe’s main opposition leader, Nelson Chamisa has filed a court challenge against President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s election victory.