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On 17th December, more than eight million Chadians will vote in a referendum on a new constitution, according to the National Commission in charge of organizing the constitutional referendum. But the ballot seems to be going in General…

Opposition politician Ousmane Sonko will know on Thursday 14th December whether he can be reinstated on the electoral rolls. Sonko’s lawyers and legal counsel for the state of Senegal attended a court hearing in Dakar on Tuesday on the…

The ECOWAS (Economic Community of West African States) is set to issue a decision on a complaint submitted by lawyers of former Nigerien president Mohamed Bazoum over his ouster in a July coup. Since his toppling, Bazoum has been held…

Somalia has launched an overhaul of its political system, with an agreement signed between the government and the federated states providing for the introduction of direct universal suffrage from 2024 and the transition to a presidential…

At least 30 people were killed when police clashed with demonstrators in the Chadian capital during a banned protest against the ruling military. Hundreds of demonstrators turned out to mark the date when the military had initially…

The head of Tunisian Ennahdha, opposition  party, Rached Ghannouchi, has condemned President Kais Saied's "authoritarian" rule and accused him of bad conduct towards the judges who he sacked on Thursday. Tunisia’s president last week…

Thousand Tunisians rallied in the capital Tunis calling for an end to what they describe as an ongoing power grab from their president Kais Saied. The protest was organised by a movement named "Citizens Against the Coup" along with the…

Thousands of Sudanese pro-democracy protesters marched on the streets of the capital, Khartoum, on Sunday to demand a return to civilian rule. Since the military coup in 25th October that demonstrations have become regular events. The…

The Court of Appeal in Botswana started hearing a government attempt at overturning a landmark ruling that decriminalised homosexuality. In 2019 Botswana's High Court declared prison sentences for same-sex relationships as…

A Rwandan court is expected to rule on Monday in the case of Paul Rusesabagina, a one-time hotel manager portrayed as a hero in a Hollywood film about the 1994 genocide, later accused by Rwanda's authorities of masterminding terrorism from…