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US Elections
fromwww.aljazeera.com
3 days ago

Zimbabweans fear planned constitutional change will kill political choice

Zimbabwe is debating a bill to extend presidential term limits and change election processes, raising concerns about political power consolidation.
Right-wing politics
fromwww.dw.com
1 day ago

Why have US-South Africa relations soured?

Cyril Ramaphosa criticized global right-wing forces, particularly Trump, amid deteriorating South Africa-US relations and a shift towards BRICS countries.
France politics
fromwww.theguardian.com
1 week ago

It's going to give us closure': could there finally be justice for the murder of Patrice Lumumba?

Patrice Lumumba's assassination symbolizes the suppression of pan-African liberation by colonial forces, with a Belgian diplomat now facing trial decades later.
World politics
fromFuturism
2 weeks ago

Trump Threatens to Do Something Horrible in Africa Unless He Gets a Deal on Precious Minerals

The Trump administration drafted a plan to withhold $115 million in HIV treatment aid from Zambia to coerce access to its copper mineral wealth and counter Chinese economic interests.
World news
fromwww.dw.com
3 weeks ago

Madagascar strongman sacks government after just 5 months

Madagascar's interim military leader Colonel Michael Randrianirina dismissed his prime minister and dissolved the Cabinet five months after seizing power during youth-led protests against the former government.
US Elections
fromwww.aljazeera.com
3 weeks ago

Nothing changes': Four decades in power, Congo's Nguesso seeks a new term

Republic of Congo's stability stems from carefully organized political continuity under long-term leadership rather than democratic consolidation, with citizens expressing skepticism about electoral change despite oil wealth.
World news
fromwww.theguardian.com
1 month ago

Robert Mugabe's son charged with attempted murder over Johannesburg shooting

Bellarmine Chatunga Mugabe has been charged with attempted murder and multiple offences after a man was allegedly shot in Johannesburg.
World news
fromwww.aljazeera.com
1 month ago

South Africa police arrest son of former Zimbabwe leader Robert Mugabe

Bellarmine Chatunga Mugabe, youngest son of former Zimbabwe president Robert Mugabe, was arrested in South Africa after a gardener was shot and critically wounded.
World news
fromwww.aljazeera.com
1 month ago

Zimbabwe cabinet approves plan to extend Mnangagwa's rule till 2030

Proposed constitutional amendments would extend presidential terms to seven years, allow Mnangagwa to remain until 2030, shift presidential elections to parliament, and expand Senate appointments.
fromFortune
2 months ago

Machado once backed Trump's Venezuela plan. Now the jilted Nobel Laureate is frozen out | Fortune

Machado described Maduro's system not as a normal dictatorship but as "a criminal structure, a narco terrorist structure" that was inflicting "huge harm and bringing huge pain to our people" and "destabilizing the whole western hemisphere." The only way to dismantle it, she argued, was "to cut the inflows that come from criminal activities such as drug trafficking, gold smuggling, arms smuggling, even human trafficking,"
World politics
World news
fromwww.dw.com
2 months ago

Zambia: Defense chiefs meet amid eastern DRC insecurity

ICGLR emergency meeting in Livingstone sought regional action to address escalating eastern DRC fighting, mass displacement, M23 advances, and alleged Rwandan aggression.
World news
fromwww.aljazeera.com
2 months ago

From Uganda to Cameroon, how Africa's leaders for life' stay in power

Long-serving African leaders like Yoweri Museveni use compromised elections, divide-and-rule tactics, and foreign alliances to consolidate decades-long rule.
World news
fromwww.dw.com
2 months ago

Zambia: Defense chiefs meet amid eastern DRC insecurity

ICGLR held an emergency meeting in Zambia to coordinate regional military and diplomatic responses to escalating violence and mass displacement in eastern DRC.
World news
fromwww.aljazeera.com
2 months ago

Military leader Doumbouya sworn in as Guinea's president

Mamady Doumbouya was sworn in as Guinea's president after winning the country's first post-coup election, with constitutional changes enabling his candidacy and extended presidential terms.
World news
fromwww.dw.com
2 months ago

Will Uganda's election bring change or further hardship?

Uganda faces tense, potentially chaotic elections with heavy security presence, fears of violence, voter suppression, internet restrictions, and incumbent Museveni seeking a seventh term.
World news
fromAxios
2 months ago

Why Trump hasn't backed Machado to lead Venezuela

Trump backs Delcy Rodríguez to stabilize Venezuela despite polls showing María Machado holds majority popular support and calls for quicker elections.
fromenglish.elpais.com
1 month ago

The mystery surrounding Cuba's next ruler: The man who is emerging as the Delcy Rodriguez of Havana'

He doesn't have an X account. He's not on Facebook. Nobody knows where he lives or what kind of life he leads. In fact, people don't have a clue who he is. I've never heard of him, says a bakery worker in Bauta, a municipality west of Havana. No idea who he is, a housewife from Pinar del Rio shrugs, when asked if she knows Oscar Perez-Oliva Fraga, the great-nephew of Fidel and Raul Castro.
World news
fromwww.dw.com
2 months ago

Uganda election: Museveni takes early lead

After casting his vote at a polling station in Rwakitura, Museveni said he was confident of securing "80% of the vote, if there is no cheating." According to partial results from Uganda's electoral commission based on tallies from nearly half of the polling stations, Museveni is leading with over 75% of the vote. Wine follows with about 21%, while the remainder is split among six other candidates.
World news
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