Ivory Coast's President Alassane Ouattara has won a controversial third term in office in an election boycotted by the opposition.
He took 94% of the vote, even winning 99% in some of his strongholds.
Turnout was put at almost 54%. T…
Americans are set to vote in one of the most divisive presidential elections in decades, pitting incumbent Republican Donald Trump against his Democratic challenger Joe Biden.
The first polls open from 05:00 EDT (10:00 GMT) in Vermont.
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Ms. Brigitte Dzogbenuku, Presidential Candidate, Progressive People's Party (PPP), says she will be a mother for all Ghanaians when voted as President.
“I will be a mother for all and a servant to the nation for Ghana to develop. A vote…
Former Sudanese Prime Minister Sadiq al-Mahdi has been transferred to the United Arab Emirates for treatment after contracting coronavirus.
The National Umma Party (NUP), in a statement, said its leader was being treated in Sudan before…
Uganda's presidential candidate Patrick Amuriat has been arrested in the capital, Kampala, at the headquarters of his Forum for Democratic Change (FDC) party
Soldiers and police officers have been heavily deployed at the party's offices…
The Founder of Royalhouse Chapel International, Most Rev. Sam Korankye Ankrah has called on Ghanaians, especially political actors to stop insulting leaders through their utterances in the media.
“Ghana the lord stays I should tell you …
A delegation of European Union (EU) Ambassadors, on Monday, paid a courtesy call on former President John Dramani Mahama, the Presidential Candidate of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) in Accra.
The delegation, led by Mrs Diana Ac…
When mobs stormed government buildings and hounded the president from office in the Central Asian republic of Kyrgyzstan after disputed elections last month, Vladimir Putin seemed unimpressed.
“Every time they have an election, they pra…
A wave of COVID curbs has stirred resistance across Europe, with the right-wing British politician who helped force a referendum on Brexit harnessing popular anger at a new lockdown by recasting his Brexit Party under a new banner.
The …
Government efforts to encourage Algerians to back constitutional reform have fallen flat, with fewer than one in four voting in Sunday’s referendum.
Turnout was 23.7%, a historic low for a major poll in Algeria.
It deals a blow to gove…
Nigeria's President Muhammadu Buhari has urged to young people to halt protests against police brutality and instead engage in talks on police reforms.
He said the government wants to "hear concrete and practical ideas" from young people.…
Uganda's electoral commission has cleared incumbent President Yoweri Museveni to begin official campaigns for the elections scheduled for January 2021.
Mr Museveni has ruled the country since 1986 when he rose to power through an armed …
Mr Bernard Oduro Takyi, an Independent Parliamentary Candidate for the Sunyani West Constituency of the Bono Region, said
education and skills development remains his topmost priority if given the nod in Election 2020.
In an interview …
Mr Stephen Mensah, Jasikan District Director of the National Commission for Civic Education (NCCE), has advised political actors to be circumspect in their communication to their followers as they seek to win their votes.
"We as represe…
The Effutu Constituency of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) has officially launched its 2020 campaign ahead of the December general Elections with a call on the citizenry to vote for their future.
Launched on the theme: “Your vote…
Police in Tanzania have arrested the chairman of the main opposition party in the wake of a disputed election.
Freeman Mbowe was detained, along with two other Chadema leaders, for planning violent protests, according to the police.
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Zimbabwe's First Lady, Auxillia Mnangagwa, has denied links to gold smuggling and challenged police to produce "any incriminating evidence" against her.
The first lady also denied illegal dealings with Henrietta Rushwaya - a suspect in …
The Western North Regional Chairman of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Mr Williams Benjamin Assuah has vowed to grab more Parliamentary seats in the Western North Region in the December polls to increase the parliamentary seats in the Regio…
Opposition leaders in Ivory Coast are demanding a "civil transition", following Saturday's presidential poll that their parties boycotted.
Pascal Affi N'Guessan and Henri Konan Bédié say it was illegal for President Alassane Ouattara to…
Sindika Dokolo, the husband of one of Africa's richest women, Angolan Isabel dos Santos, has died at the age of 48.
Mr Dokolo's family confirmed that he had died in Dubai on Thursday.
Friends said he had been involved in a scuba divi…
The US Agency for International Development (USAID) has terminated its Covid-19 cash transfer programme in Uganda.
The US embassy there said the decision followed the Ugandan government's indefinite suspension of GiveDirectly, a non-pro…
Donald Trump and Joe Biden have been travelling across the nation as the US election race enters its final hours.
Republican President Trump, 74, visited five battleground states while his 77-year-old Democratic challenger spoke at a ca…
The Leadership of Parliament has urged the Electoral Commission (EC) to make copies of the certified voters register available to political parties early enough and prior to the December 7 general election.
They have also requested the …
The President of the Volta Regional House of Chiefs, Togbe Tepre Hodo IV, has admonished political parties to engage in campaigns devoid of insults to reduce political tension in the country.
He said politics, which involved serving the…
The Chairperson of the Electoral Commission (EC), Mrs Jean Mensa, has urged all first-time voters, especially the youth, to be agents of peace as the country prepares for its Presidential and Parliamentary Elections on December 7, 2020.
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The U.S. State Department notified Congress it approved the sale of 50 Lockheed Martin Co LMT.N F-35 jets to the United Arab Emirates in a deal that could be worth $10 billion, sources said on Thursday, potentially setting up a showdown wi…
After nearly five years of Brexit crisis, the European Union and Britain are making a last ditch attempt to clinch a thin trade deal that would govern nearly a trillion dollars in annual imports and exports from 2021.
The United Kingdom…
Tanzanians are for the fourth day having difficulties accessing social media sites.
Since Tuesday morning, WhatsApp users have been failing to download photos or videos and can only send and receive text messages via the chat applicatio…
Mr John Dramani Mahama, Flagbearer, National Democratic Congress (NDC), has assured fish folks in Tema, that he will dredge the Tema Fishing Harbour to boost fishing activities if he wins the 2020 election.
He said the fishing industry …
Advocates for Christ, Ghana- a movement of Christian professionals, has called on government to partner churches and para church groups in policy development and implementation for rapid national development.
The Movement made the call …
When his ship pulled into anchorage at Santos in Brazil last week, "Alona" had been at sea so long, he had missed his own wedding.
The assistant engineer from the Philippines had been on the same ship for nearly 16 months, despite three…
The remains of 59 bodies - belonging mostly to young people - have been found in unmarked graves in Mexico.
The bodies, possibly of teenagers, were discovered in Guanajuato state.
The discovery was made in the Salvatierra municipalit…
Mr John Dramani Mahama, Presidential Candidate, National Democratic Congress (NDC), has promised to upgrade the Tulaku Cattle Market, in the Greater Accra Region, into an ultra-modern livestock market.
He said the upgraded facility woul…
Professor Naana Jane Opoku-Agyemang, the running mate of Mr John Mahama, flagbearer of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) has appealed to Chiefs and people of the Ketu North Constituency to support her and the Party to victory.
She …
The Overlord of the Mamprugu Traditional Area, Nayiri Naa Bohagu Mahami Abdulai Sheriga has called on all stakeholders in the December 7 Presidential and Parliamentary elections to be circumspect and ensure that the elections are conducted…
Mr John Dramani Mahama, Presidential Candidate, National Democratic Congress (NDC), says no beneficiary of Government's COVID-19 stimulus package will pay back should he win the December polls.
A statement issued by Mr James Agyenim-Boa…
The southern French city of Nice was in mourning on Friday for the three people stabbed to death in a suspected jihadist attack at a church.
A makeshift memorial has been set up outside the Notre-Dame basilica, where people have placed …
The ruling CCM party's presidential candidate in Zanzibar, Hussein Mwinyi, has been declared the winner with 76% of the vote.
His rival Maalim Seif Sharif was arrested while trying to vote on Tuesday before being released hours later.
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The governor of Cameroon's South West region Bernard Okalia has been filmed accusing women of refusing to reveal the identities of attackers who killed seven students at a school in the city of Kumba on Saturday.
Women had marched to Go…
"Traders for Nana Akufo-Addo," a group of women traders from Accra and Kumasi, have declared their support for President Nana Akufo- Addo and expressed confidence in his ability to deliver on his Party's manifesto promises in his second te…
Mr John Dramani Mahama, the Presidential Candidate of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), says the Party is working towards peaceful elections on December 7.
"We are working towards peaceful elections. We believe that Ghana is the o…
Forty-seven parliamentary aspirants, including seven women, have filed nominations to contest the 12 seats in the Bono Region.
The candidates are from eight political parties and five independent ones.
Mr Frank Ohene Okraku, Deputy B…
Togbe Tepre Hodo IV, President of the Volta Region House of Chiefs, has admonished the leadership of the various parties to use temperate language to help reduce the political temperature ahead of the general elections.
He said if polit…
The authorities in Uganda have banned a coalition of over 60 organisations formed to monitor the country’s 2021 general elections on grounds that it is illegal.
The Uganda’s National Bureau for Non-governmental Organisations - which reg…
New Zealand has voted to legalise euthanasia in what campaigners have called "a victory for compassion and kindness".
Preliminary results showed 65.2% of voters supported the End of Life Choice Act coming into force as a new law.
The…
Voices against Tribalism (VaT), a social development, research and advocacy-based Non-Governmental Organisation (NGO) has urged all presidential candidates to work towards safeguarding Ghana's peace by running campaigns devoid of cultural …
The National Elections Security Task Force (NESTF) has stated that only uniform security personnel will be deployed to polling stations to ensure the smooth conduct of the December 7 general election.
It said the NESTF would not tolerat…
Nigeria's President Muhammadu Buhari has said the country must do all it can to “avert a second wave of Covid-19”.
In a tweet, he said he did not want the number of people contracting the virus in Nigeria to increase again, because the …
The presidential candidate of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, has condemned the violence that occurred at Odododiodio last Sunday.
He said the acts were perpetrated by some frivolous minds who had n…
Police in Zambia have summoned two journalists from a privately owned TV station for questioning over a reportedly leaked budget speech presented to parliament last month.
Diamond Television said its chief executive, Costa Mwansa, and h…