Guinea: military junta dissolves government, seals borders
Guinea’s ruling junta, which seized power more than two years ago, on Monday (19 February) decreed the dissolution of the government in the West African […]
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Zimbabwean opposition figure Job Sikhala is to be released from prison
Zimbabwean opposition figure Job Sikhala will soon be released after more than a year and a half in a high-security prison in the capital, Harare, […]
Guinea-Bissau: President Embalo dissolves Parliament after a new “attempted coup”
President Umaro Sissoco Embalo is back in control of Bissau, three days after clashes that caused panic in the capital on Thursday night, December 1. […]
Zimbabwean opposition figure kidnapped and found dead
An opposition activist in Zimbabwe was found dead after being abducted while campaigning ahead of by-elections, his party announced on November 14. This is the […]
Zimbabwe: opposition MP kidnapped, tortured, found naked
A Zimbabwean opposition MP was abducted on Wednesday November 1st morning, tortured and then left naked along a roadside, his party said, amid sustained tensions […]
Nigerian Supreme Court validates election of President Tinubu
On Thursday October 26, Nigeria’s Supreme Court rejected the appeals of the two opposition candidates – Atiku Abubakar (2nd) and Peter Obi (3rd) – who […]
Sierra Leone: President pledges to enforce agreement with opposition
Sierra Leone’s President Julius Maada Bio has pledged to fully implement an internationally-brokered agreement with the opposition to overcome tensions exacerbated by his disputed re-election. […]
Madem-G15 asks the President of the Republic to dissolve Guinea-Bissau’s Parliament
Guinea-Bissau’s main opposition party, to which the President of the Republic belongs, has asked the Head of State to dissolve the Parliament elected a month […]
Zimbabwe’s president Mnangagwa re-elected in controversial vote, opposition rejects results
Zimbabwe’s President Emmerson Mnangagwa has been re-elected for a second and final five-year term in office, with the elections commission saying the incumbent won 52.6% […]
Zimbabwe: opposition members arrested a week before the presidential election
On Tuesday August 15, in Zimbabwe, forty opponents were arrested a week ahead of the presidential and parliamentary elections, during a campaign parade in a […]