Benin's parliamentary elections and Uganda's general elections, both held in January, marked the beginning of a busy and decisive year at ballot boxes across the African continent.

The Central African Republic’s Constitutional Council has confirmed President Faustin-Archange Touadéra’s victory in last ...

The election is widely seen as a test of the 81-year-old leader's political strength and ability to avoid the kind of unrest ...

BANGUI, Central African Republic (AP) — The runner-up in Central African Republic 's presidential election rejected the provisional results on Wednesday and alleged widespread fraud, while the ...

His victory was never in doubt, but Yoweri Museveni won Uganda’s presidential election with his biggest margin this century.

Sub-Saharan African countries are gearing up for elections in 2026, with voters set to choose presidents, parliaments, and ...

Africans everywhere should show interest in the outcome of the African Union’s elections for its human rights institutions.

JOHANNESBURG -- Partial results in South Africa's national election put the long-ruling African National Congress party at well below 50% of the vote as counting continued Thursday, and it could be on ...

Uganda is not an outlier. It is the clearest demonstration of an emerging regional grammar, which is, stability defined less ...

JOHANNESBURG, May 22 (Reuters) - Nelson Mandela's African National Congress promised South Africans "A Better Life For All" when it swept to power in the country's first democratic election in 1994, ...

By Emmanuel Nnadozie OnwubikoThe black continent of Africa is made up of roughly 50 countries most of which have opted for multiparty democracy as a way to set up the political organs that govern ...