Politics

Zambia is gearing up for an August election in which President Hakainde Hichilema is favoured to win a ​second term...

Zimbabwe's President Emmerson Mnangagwa has signed ​into law legislation that extends his ‌term in office by two years to 2030,...

A proposed change to the constitution of Guinea-Bissau giving more power to the president will be put to a referendum...

Senegal's President Bassirou Diomaye Faye is planning to set up his own political party, ​a coalition supporting him said, the...

Heavy security has been deployed across Tanzania's commercial capital, Dar es Salaam, ahead of planned anti-government demonstrations, as fears grow...

Burkina Faso announced on 26 June that it would cut its diplomatic ties with France. International relations expert Hamadé Soro...

Sweeping changes to Zimbabwe's constitution that will extend the presidential term by two years sailed through their final parliamentary hurdle...

Senegal's National Assembly passed a bill revising the balance of power between the country's executive and parliament on Monday, prompting...

A leading East African ‌media group whose outlets in Uganda were shut down at the weekend by soldiers is in talks with...

Senegalese police fired tear gas on Monday to disperse protesters outside parliament as lawmakers debated ​a constitutional amendment that would...