The opposition Peoples Democratic Party's leader, Prince Uche Secondus, has warned that the party will not accept anything short of a well organised electoral process devoid of ... Read more »

The announcement by the Electoral Commission chairman, Professor Mahmood Yakubu, at the commission's headquarters in Abuja came hours before Nigerians were slated to head to the ... Read more »

Nigeria will go to polls on February 16 to pick a new president. Currently, President Muhammadu Buhari and former vice president Atiku Abubakar are the frontrunners in the 2019 ... Read more »

As Nigerians get ready to go to the polls on February 16 in the first of two sets of elections to choose the president, national assembly and state legislator, the world is ... Read more »

22 alleged copper thieves are trapped underground at the Gloria Coal Mine in Mpumalanga Province after a gas explosion - their lives are hanging in the balance as rescue efforts ... Read more »

Burundi's government has told East African leaders that preparations for elections in 2020 are going ahead and are being done "democratically in compliance with the law". Read more »

In March 2018, Tanzania's Controller and Auditor General, Mussa Assad, presented his annual audit report which showed that state entities had diverted trillions of shillings into ... Read more »

A report by the Bank of Tanzania has revealed that the tourism sector was the main contributor of foreign exchange in December 2018. The earnings reached U.S.$2.44 billion from ... Read more »

The landmark decision will allow mothers to leave their unwanted newborn babies at places of safety without the risk of prosecution, the government says. However, the same ... Read more »

Popular Congolese musician Koffi Olomide is facing accusations of rape of four dancers whom he held against their will in France from 2002 to 2006. Read more »