Accra News
Ghana presidential elections go to run-off.
The next president of Ghana will be decided in a run-off vote after the first round of polling on 7 December failed to result in a clear winner. The run-off has been scheduled for 28 December and the...
Accra News
Ghana awaits election results.
Ballots are still being counted in Ghana following peaceful and orderly general elections on 7 December.
In the presidential elections official results are not expected until 10 December, but analys...
Accra News
Election observers from the Commonwealth secretariat in London have arrived in Ghana to monitor the presidential and parliamentary elections on 7 December. The team will be joined by representatives o...
Maputo News
Local elections in Mozambique.
The labour ministry has declared Wednesday 19 November a public holiday to facilitate local elections in 43 municipalities across the country.
Meanwhile the technical secretariat of electoral admini...
Accra News
New presidential palace inaugurated.
A new presidential palace has been officially inaugurated in the capital Accra less than a month before general elections on 7 December. The structure, known as Golden Jubilee House, is located north...
Nairobi News
Kenya celebrates Obama victory.
Kenyans have reacted with song and dance to the victory of Democratic senator for Illinois Barack Obama in the race for the White House. Supporters across the country took to the streets in jubilation...
Accra News
Ghana presidential candidates.
Eight candidates will contest the presidential elections in Ghana on 7 December. The frontrunners are former attorney general, minister of justice and minister of foreign affairs Nana Addo Dankwa Akuf...
Nairobi News
Kenya counts down to the US elections.
There are no prizes for guessing who Kenyans are backing in the United States presidential elections on 4 November. Support for the junior senator from Illinois and Democratic candidate Barack Obama,...
Lagos News
Campaigning has begun for upcoming local elections in Lagos state. On 11 October eligible voters will be called to choose their representatives in 20 local government councils and a further 37 local c...
Cape Town News
New caretaker president appointed.
Deputy leader of the ruling African National Congress (ANC) Kgalema Motlanthe has been nominated as caretaker president following the resignation of Thabo Mbeki on 21 September. Motlanthe, a veteran A...
Maputo News
President Guebuza to run for re-election.
Incumbent president Armando Guebuza is the candidate for the ruling FRELIMO (Mozambique Liberation Front) party in the December 2009 presidential elections. The decision came after the head of state r...
Nairobi News
Anti-corruption tsar Githongo calls for amnesty.
The one-time head of the Kenya anti-corruption commission John Githongo has called for an amnesty for high-level corruption suspects on condition of full confession and the voluntary surrender of stol...
Cairo News
Egyptian parliament destroyed by fire.
A fire has destroyed part of the 19th-century upper house of Egypt
