Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari will run for re-election in February 2019 against former vice president Atiku Abubakar
Muhammadu Buhari will run for a second term in polls scheduled for February 2019
If Jair Bolsonaro gets more than 50% of the vote to lead the field of 13 candidates, he will win the presidency outright
One of Africa’s longest serving leaders, Biya has made Yaounde’s Etoudi presidential palace his home since 1982
"One South Africa for all" was announced as the campaign slogan
Opposition activists in the tiny southern African country formerly known as Swaziland say Friday’s election is a mockery of democracy
Chamisa, who heads the Movement for Democratic Change, narrowly lost to Emmerson Mnangagwa in Zimbabwe’s first election
SADC’s silence on Zimbabwe is bad news for the DRC
Soumaila Cisse: ‘We have a large lead. We do not accept that our voice is stolen. This is why there are results we will not accept’
On the eve of voting, authorities said they had disrupted a plot to carry out "targeted attacks" in the capital Bamako
After the July 29 first-round vote the pool of candidates was reduced from 24 to two
Eight candidates including at least three from the opposition have already submitted their names
In the north and centre of the country — shaken by jihadist violence and lawlessness — tension has been sharpened by the vote
Police with assault rifles were on duty in the court precinct, with a truck of other officers stationed outside
‘The only thing holding Zimbabwe together is the indomitable spirit of Zimbabweans themselves’
The parliamentary results strengthened the chances of President Emmerson Mnangagwa holding power
Gabriel, the ghost of corruption past, won’t rest until his demands are met. But Mnangagwa stays ready.
The count has begun in Mali after an election marred by violence
Opposition fears that slow queues in urban areas could discourage voters
A fair trial? There’s a good chance the ex-president’s new heavyweights will claim he won’t get a fair trial and we focus on BRICS and Zim elections
The former president has slammed his successor in a scathing press conference on the eve of Zimbabwe’s election
While Zanu-PF and President Mnangagwa have created some distance between itself and their former leader, Chamisa seems to have embraced Mugabe
For better or worse, it is time to discover what the ‘new Zimbabwe’ really looks like
‘Of particular concern is the independence — or lack thereof — of the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission’
The vote is meant to be a rare democratic transition of power in the nuclear-armed country
A new survey suggests opposition Zimbabwean leader Nelson Chamisa is closing in on the ruling Zanu-PF’s President Emmerson Mnangagwa
Mchunu says it is time for the ANC to face its delivery shortcomings head on and to begin to implement the tangible solutions people wanted
Apartheid has been removed from the statute books for almost three decades. But a de facto apartheid endures both economically and socially
The process of institutionalisation may be patchy and uneven. But one thing is clear: Africa is not without functioning institutions
The newly elected crop of politicians may promise the same, but should they fail to deliver they know that Emmerson will be on their case
The state of the nation address and budget speech didn’t leave a sense that there has been reflection on the depth of the economic malaise gripping SA
No one is immune to change in leadership that has led many African presidents to lose their coveted top job