By MondAfrique: A short video circulating on social media shows outgoing Senegalese President Macky Sall's departure...
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Senegal’s outgoing president prepares for disgraced exit
By Francis Sahel, Mondafrique: In the absence of any other alternative, Senegalese President Mack Sall announced last...
Africa’s 2024 Elections Off to a Bad Start
By Arezki Daoud: It’s an election year in Africa and it already started badly. The East African island of Comoros in...
Economy: China’s commitment to Africa is being tested by its stance on the continent’s crippling debt
By MondAfrique: As a whole, Africa has seen its debt increase five-fold over the past twenty years, to reach $700...
Senegal President Suspends Presidential Election, Pushes Country into Chaos
By Nicolas Beau | MondAfrique: The specter of an unprecedented political crisis looms over Senegal with President...
Comoros: First African election ends in disaster, opens door for more drama in the continent
The African island nation of Comoros was the first to organize an election as we entered 2024. As expected, the...
South Africa: A weakened ruling ANC party
Bookmark this page. It will be updated as we get close to the election Election day: May 2024 20 January 2024 - In...
Botswana: Incumbent expected to win with help from dominant ruling party
Bookmark this page. It will be updated as we get closer to the election Election day expected: October 2024 20 January...
Namibia: A dominant ruling party to push for outgoing president’s protege, Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah
Bookmark this page. It will be updated as we get closer to the election Election day expected: November 2024 20...
Mozambique: President ends term, but ruling FRELIMO maintains grip on power
Bookmark this page. It will be updated as we get closer to the election Election day expected: 9 October 2024 In...
Madagascar: Forthcoming legislative elections unlikely to be fair
Bookmark this page. It will be updated as we get closer to the election Election day expected: May 2024 Jan 20, 2024:...
Mauritius: Prime Minister to be picked by dirty money and corruption in November elections
Bookmark this page. It will be updated as we get closer to the election Election day expected: November 2024 20...
South Sudan: First lesson on elections but don’t expect democracy to settle yet
Bookmark this page. It will be updated as we get closer to the election Election day expected: December 2024 There...
Rwanda: President Paul Kagame already “declared winner” in upcoming July election
Bookmark this page. It will be updated as we get closer to the election Election day expected: Mid-July 2024 In...
Togo: President Gnassingbe likely to prevail amid ineffective opposition
Bookmark this page. It will be updated as we get closer to the election Legislative elections day expected: March 2024...
Somaliland: An unrecognized state in search of legitimacy
- Bookmark this page. It will be updated as we get closer to the election - Election date: November 2024 - Return to...
Ghana headed to healthy election competition with three candidates
- Bookmark this page. It will be updated as we get closer to the election - Election date: December 2024 - Return to...
Algeria’s incumbent president and military working to clear path before vote by eliminating opposition
- Bookmark this page. It will be updated as we get closer to the election - Election date: December 2024 - Return to...
Guinea-Bissau: Uncertainty dominates with incumbent president breaking all rules and laws
- Bookmark this page. It will be updated as we get closer to the election - Election date: Not confirmed - Return to...
Senegal: Outgoing president seeks to impose his protege
- Bookmark this page. It will be updated as we get closer to the election - Election date: 24 February 2024 5 February...
Chad: The Deby family will continue to reign with terror and violence
- Bookmark this page. It will be updated as we get closer to the election - Election date: October 2024 20 January...
Burkina Faso: Junta likely to maintain grip, despite beginning of discontent at junta Chief Traore
- Bookmark this page. It will be updated as we get closer to the election - Election date: Unknown / Unlikely to...
Mali’s election scheduled for 4 February 2024 will not happen after all
- Bookmark this page. It will be updated as we get closer to the election - Election period: Unknown / Not likely to...
Russia-Africa: From weapon sales to economic ties
By Arezki Daoud: Has the war in Ukraine deter Russia from engagement in Africa? Certainly not! We know on the...
How Sahel populations reject ECOWAS ($)
The West African group of ECOWAS is supposed to play the role of mediator in regional crises, with a combination of a...
Mauritania: Non-existent opposition and push for popular reforms to guarantee reelection of incumbent president
- Bookmark this page. It will be updated as we get closer to the election - Election period: June/July 2024 19 January...
Tunisia: Controversial incumbent Kais Said favored to win second term
- Bookmark this page. It will be updated as we get closer to the election - Election period: November 2024 19 January...
Environment: Ghana floods displace thousands of people
Flooding after heavy rains in eastern Ghana have forced nearly 26,000 people to leave their homes at the request of...
UN and AU discuss funding for African peacekeeping
The security councils of the United Nations and African Union on Thursday began talks on funding for peacekeeping...
Ethiopia, Egypt and Sudan resume Nile dam talks
Ethiopia said Saturday it had begun a second round of talks with Egypt and Sudan over a controversial mega-dam built...
Sahel: French President makes pragmatic decision to step away from Niger
French withdrawals from Africa After Mali, Burkina Faso and the Central African Republic, France is being forced to...
Niger and ECOWAS: The cost of collective punishment
Lines of hundreds of trucks stretch back many kilometres close to Benin's northern border with Niger, their cargo...
Moroccan King’s feelings hurt by the toppling of his Gabonese friend ($)
Morocco has hailed its relationship with Gabon as “solid,” and so any political disruption could have adverse...
Moroccan King’s feelings hurt by the toppling of his Gabonese friend
Morocco has hailed its relationship with Gabon as “solid,” and so any political disruption could have adverse...
Leaders of Francophone Africa gripped by fear, strengthen their own security
By Arezki Daoud: Leaders of Francophone Africa are in state of panic following a series of coups that toppled their...
Niger-France relations sour as pressure groups in Niger demand withdrawal of French troops
Thousands of demonstrators in Niger on Sunday held a third day of rallies calling for former colonial ruler France to...
Gabon’s new junta makes promises of return to civilian rule
Gabon's coup leader vowed after being sworn in as interim president on Monday to restore civilian rule through "free,...
Gabon: People waiting for junta to announce plan in coup aftermath
People in the central African state of Gabon awaited a steer on their future on Thursday after rebel army officers...
Gabon: Another domino in the French sphere falls, Gabon army ousts Ali Bongo
Rebel officers in Gabon announced Wednesday they had seized power following disputed elections in which President Ali...
Sudan: Deadly violence grips Darfur
Sudan's army chief on Tuesday visited Egypt on his first trip abroad since the outbreak of war in April, with the...
Don’t expect Wagner to abandon Africa after Prigozhin’s announced death
Despite the reported death of the Russian mercenary boss Yevgeny Prigozhin, Moscow has every interest in continuing...
How Sudan is imploding
War and hunger threaten to "consume" all of Sudan, where hundreds of thousands of malnourished children are at risk of...
Sahel: Humanitarian crisis unfolding along Chad’s border with Sudan with influx of new refugees
The UN said Thursday more than 100,000 Sudanese refugees had fled to neighbouring Chad since the conflict in Sudan...