Tag: political

Interventions to reduce the risk and lethality of political violence must be part of South Africa's preparations for 2019 national government elections. Speakers...

After more than a decade as allies, two of Ivory Coast's largest political parties face off in local elections after an acrimonious...

Ethiopia passed a law granting amnesty to recently released political prisoners reversing decades of security-obsessed rule. The law is in line with...

The US State Department denounced recent political violence in Burundi ahead of the country's May 17 referendum to amend its constitution and...

Sudan President Omar al-Bashir has ordered the release of all political prisoners in the country, state news agency SUNA said. The decision came...

Sudanese authorities said more than 80 political prisoners would be released from jails in Khartoum, a week after the country appointed a...

Two foreign advisers to Kenyan opposition leader Raila Odinga, expelled from the country days before Tuesday's election, said they were taken from...

Libya's neighbours Algeria, Egypt and Tunisia agreed to push for political dialogue to end the crisis in the North African country and...

Police shot dead one person in northern Kenya's Isiolo county after a political rally attended by President Uhuru Kenyatta where supporters of...

Rival Libyan camps issued separate statements promising to calm tensions in southern Libya and fight terrorism, but offering no shared way forward...

There is "extreme risk" to the stability of Democratic Republic of Congo as a deepening political rift over President Joseph Kabila's future...

Political violence in Ethiopia has delayed the distribution of aid to four million people hit by drought and floods, including malnourished children,...