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LUSAKA, Zambia — President Hakainde Hichilema has been sworn in for a second five-year term, but his inauguration has been overshadowed by a disputed election, allegations of democratic backsliding and the detention of his main
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LUSAKA, Zambia — Zambia’s main opposition leader Brian Mundubile has been detained over an alleged treason offence, deepening political tensions following the country’s disputed presidential election. Mundubile and his running mate, Makebi Zulu, surrendered to
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DODOMA, Tanzania — Tanzania’s Vice President Emmanuel John Nchimbi has resigned from office and announced his retirement from public service and active politics, less than a year after becoming the country’s second-highest-ranking political office holder.
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KINSHASA, Democratic Republic of Congo — The political contest over the Democratic Republic of Congo’s next presidential transition has begun more than two years before the scheduled end of President Félix Tshisekedi’s mandate, with a
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Detectives from the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) have arrested Mukurwe-ini Member of Parliament John Kaguchia following a high-profile, overnight standoff outside a Nairobi media house. The lawmaker was taken into custody on Monday morning
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Prominent Ugandan opposition figure Dr. Kizza Besigye has been admitted in critical condition to the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) at Mulago National Referral Hospital in Kampala. The 70-year-old politician collapsed in the dock during a
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Recently, Senegalese politics entered a turbulent new era as President Bassirou Diomaye Faye officially launched a new political party. Specifically, he unveiled Kiiraay–The Republican Patriots during a founding assembly in the capital city of Dakar.
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South Africa’s political landscape has entered another critical phase as the Cape Town High Court begins hearing President Cyril Ramaphosa’s urgent application to halt Parliament’s impeachment proceedings linked to the controversial Phala Phala scandal. High-Stakes
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The quiet town of Ol Kalou has become the epicenter of an aggressive proxy war. On the eve of the final campaign day for one of Kenya's most consequential parliamentary by-elections, an armed ambush has
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Institutional adjustments fail to bridge the deep chasm between a resilient military-backed executive and an increasingly detached electorate. As citizens voice their skepticism through historic abstention, the state’s managed democracy faces a profound crisis of
