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CHINHOYI, Zimbabwe — Zimbabwe’s ruling ZANU-PF party has endorsed President Emmerson Mnangagwa to remain its leader until 2030 and selected him as its sole presidential candidate for the next election, intensifying debate over the country’s
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MOGADISHU, Somalia — Somalia’s electoral commission has scheduled the country’s next presidential election for May 15, 2027, establishing a date for the next phase of its political transition amid disputes over constitutional changes, the electoral
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BISSAU, Guinea-Bissau — Guinea-Bissau’s military leader, General Horta N’tam, has dismissed Lieutenant-General Sadji Fati, a former defence minister and close associate of ousted president Umaro Sissoco Embaló, in the latest move to remove officials linked
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GOMA, Democratic Republic of Congo — Former president Joseph Kabila has launched a new political-military coalition that brings together the M23 rebel movement and other opponents of President Félix Tshisekedi, deepening the political and security
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BISSAU, Guinea-Bissau — Guinea-Bissau’s military authorities have barred ousted President Umaro Sissoco Embaló from returning to the country, days before he was expected to come back from exile and prepare to contest December’s presidential election.
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BISSAU, Guinea-Bissau — Guinea-Bissau's ousted former president Umaro Sissoco Embalo says he will return to the country and contest the presidential election scheduled for December 6, setting up a potentially significant political test as the
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RABAT, Morocco — Morocco’s political parties are turning their attention to younger voters ahead of the September 23 legislative election, placing jobs, affordable housing and living costs at the centre of their campaigns as they
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KINSHASA, Democratic Republic of Congo — Tensions escalated in the Democratic Republic of Congo on Tuesday as hundreds of people took to the streets of Kinshasa to oppose proposed constitutional changes that critics say could
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TRIPOLI, Libya — The United Nations has welcomed a new agreement between Libya’s rival political factions that sets out a roadmap towards long-delayed national elections, offering a possible route out of the country’s prolonged political
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FREETOWN, Sierra Leone — Former Sierra Leone President Ernest Bai Koroma has returned home after more than two years in Nigeria, following the government’s decision to discontinue treason proceedings against him over an alleged 2023
