Monday, February 5, 2024
By Nicolas Beau | MondAfrique: The specter of an unprecedented political crisis looms over Senegal with President Macky Sall’s decision to suspend the presidential election scheduled February 25. The latter’s desire to impose his protege Amadou Ba at all costs as his...
Tuesday, January 30, 2024
Transcript: The Sahel is now clearly the next big event in Africa’s geopolitics. After the complete destruction of Libya, the same foreign powers that paid for the killing of a nation are now shifting their attention to the Sahel, establishing the bases of...
Monday, January 29, 2024
The ruling junta in Mali announced, on Thursday 25 January, the “end, with immediate effect”, of the Algiers agreement signed in 2015 with the pro-autonomy and independence groups based in the north of the country. Long considered essential for stabilizing...
Monday, January 29, 2024
In a significant development, Burkina Faso, Mali, and Niger have decided to withdraw from the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS, following a prolonged disagreement over ECOWAS’s rejection of military rule in West Africa. The Sahel nations,...
Wednesday, January 24, 2024
The Wagner Group is wracking havoc in northern Mali, with actions that hint on ongoing efforts to depopulate the region. Human rights abuses against local population are being committed by both the Malian national army and its Russian contractors from the Wagner...
Wednesday, January 24, 2024
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Wednesday, January 24, 2024
In a series of surprise operations, coastal communities in Morocco have been experiencing the forceful destruction of homes and structures by bulldozers supervised by local authorities. The affected residents say they received no prior warning or official...
Wednesday, January 24, 2024
Junior executives of Oxy and Chevron, affiliated with the US-Algerian Business Council (USABC) traveled to Algiers on 21 January 2024 as part of a 26-people delegation representing various sectors seeking opportunities in Algeria. Among the most noticeable companies...
Monday, January 22, 2024
By The North Africa Journal: The entire sub-region of North Africa is the hardest hit by a drought that is causing disruptions to millions of households, businesses and farmers. The situation is probably the worst in the region’s history. Just like other countries in...Monday, January 22, 2024
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Saturday, January 20, 2024
The African island nation of Comoros was the first to organize an election as we entered 2024. As expected, the election was rigged, with the incumbent President Azali Assoumani declared the winner, triggering riots. As of January 18, Comoros witnessed a second day of...
Saturday, January 20, 2024
Bookmark this page. It will be updated as we get close to the election Election day: May 2024 20 January 2024 – In South Africa, the ruling African National Congress (ANC), which has been in power since the end of apartheid in 1994, is in big trouble, with a...
Saturday, January 20, 2024
Bookmark this page. It will be updated as we get closer to the election Election day expected: October 2024 20 January 2024 – Botswana’s election template follows that of neighbor Namibia. The Botswana Democratic Party (BDP) has a stronghold on political...
Saturday, January 20, 2024
Bookmark this page. It will be updated as we get closer to the election Election day expected: November 2024 20 January 2024 – In Namibia, although the elections are generally considered free and fair, they tend to follow the Mozambican template. President Hage...
Saturday, January 20, 2024
Bookmark this page. It will be updated as we get closer to the election Election day expected: 9 October 2024 In Mozambique, President Filipe Nyusi, who has been in power since 2015, can no longer stand for re-election in the general elections scheduled for 9 October....
Saturday, January 20, 2024
Bookmark this page. It will be updated as we get closer to the election Election day expected: May 2024 Jan 20, 2024: In Madagascar, where the last Presidential election was an electoral farce, the legislative elections scheduled for the first quarter of 2024 followed...
Saturday, January 20, 2024
Bookmark this page. It will be updated as we get closer to the election Election day expected: November 2024 20 January 2024: In Mauritius, parliamentary elections that are seemingly free but generally stained with money and corruption, which will decide the new prime...
Saturday, January 20, 2024
Bookmark this page. It will be updated as we get closer to the election Election day expected: December 2024 There have never been elections in South Sudan since the country was founded in 2011. Initially scheduled for 2015, they were postponed to 2024 by power. No...
Saturday, January 20, 2024
Bookmark this page. It will be updated as we get closer to the election Election day expected: Mid-July 2024 In Rwanda, President Paul Kagame is guaranteed to be re-elected on 15 July 2024. Opposition is systematically prevented from presenting candidates. Only minor...
Friday, January 19, 2024
Bookmark this page. It will be updated as we get closer to the election Legislative elections day expected: March 2024 Togo has a perceived and fragile democracy: President Faure Gnassingbé has been quietly re-elected since 2005 without much fanfare or drama, like his...
Friday, January 19, 2024
– Bookmark this page. It will be updated as we get closer to the election – Election date: November 2024 – Return to Africa election center The unrecognized state of Somaliland, on the Horn of Africa, will hold presidential elections in November...
Friday, January 19, 2024
– Bookmark this page. It will be updated as we get closer to the election – Election date: December 2024 – Return to Africa election center 20 January 2024: In Ghana, the 7 September 2024 presidential election will be as free as it will be contested:...
Friday, January 19, 2024
– Bookmark this page. It will be updated as we get closer to the election – Election date: December 2024 – Return to Africa election center 19 January 2024 Update: In 2024, Algeria will conduct its second presidential election since the end in 2019...
Friday, January 19, 2024
– Bookmark this page. It will be updated as we get closer to the election – Election date: Not confirmed – Return to Africa election center 19 January 2024: In Guinea-Bissau, the presidential elections, with no date so far, appear extremely...
Friday, January 19, 2024
– Bookmark this page. It will be updated as we get closer to the election – Election date: 24 February 2024 5 February 2024: Senegal President Suspends Presidential Election, Pushes Country into Chaos 19 January 2024: Long considered a unique model of...
Friday, January 19, 2024
– Bookmark this page. It will be updated as we get closer to the election – Election date: October 2024 20 January 2024: In Chad, nothing is likely to change. President Mahamat Déby, who inherited the presidential seat from his father, who died brutally in...
Friday, January 19, 2024
– Bookmark this page. It will be updated as we get closer to the election – Election date: Unknown / Unlikely to happen 1/19/2024 – MondAfrique: In Burkina Faso, a scenario similar to that of Mali seems to be emerging: the end-of-transition period...
Friday, January 19, 2024
– Bookmark this page. It will be updated as we get closer to the election – Election period: Unknown / Not likely to happen 19 January 2024 Update: In Mali, the end of the transitional regime and the transfer of power to civilians, originally scheduled for...Thursday, January 18, 2024
By Arezki Daoud: Has the war in Ukraine deter Russia from engagement in Africa? Certainly not! We know on the security front, a growing number of African states are turning to Russia to supply them with military equipment and security services, judging by the...
Thursday, January 18, 2024
By Arezki Daoud: Russia’s influence in the Sahel is about to expand further with more cooperation deals announced by Niger and Russia during the ongoing visit to Moscow of Niger’s Prime Minister and other senior officials. Speaking to Russian media, Niger’s Defense...Wednesday, January 17, 2024
A gunfire broke out near Nitzana, Israel, along the border crossing separating Egypt and Israel. The incident, which involved more than a dozen people, resulted in the death of one person. Six people were arrested. The Egyptian authorities insist that the incident was...Tuesday, January 16, 2024
A major Nigerian delegation traveled to Moscow on Monday, 15 January 2024, in a tour that will visit Serbia, Turkey and Iran, in a bid to distant Niger from France and help it gain new partners. Continue Here Subscribe...
Tuesday, January 16, 2024
– Bookmark this page. It will be updated as we get closer to the election – Election period: June/July 2024 19 January 2024 Update: In Mauritania, the 24 June 2024 presidential elections is likely to proceed without challenge to the incumbent president,...
Tuesday, January 16, 2024
– Bookmark this page. It will be updated as we get closer to the election – Election period: November 2024 19 January 2024 Update: In Tunisia, local and regional elections will precede the October presidential elections. Despite the massive economic and... 
