The Ivory Coast (Cote d’Ivoire) is working to move away from it’s bitter past as the country consolidates its democratic gains. According to the country’s president...
Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan. PHOTO/File Seven state governors have defected from Nigeria’s ruling party and merged their splinter group with the main opposition party on Tuesday,...
(Reuters) – Madagascar’s first presidential election since a coup in 2009 will go to a run-off due in December after no candidate won an outright majority...
Madagascar votes. PHOTO/AFP Results trickled in from Madagascar’s presidential election on Saturday, though it was too early to identify a dominant candidate in the vote that...
(AFP) – Eight million voters go to the polls Friday in a presidential election that is hoped will return Madagascar to democratic rule, attract much needed...
A Malian lady casts her vote during Mali’s presidential election, July 28, 2013. PHOTO/Joe Penney/Reuters Voters in Mali turned out in large numbers to vote on...
(Reuters) – Mali holds a presidential election on Sunday after more than a year of turmoil including a coup and military intervention to free the north...
Uhuru Kenyatta, Potential President-elect, 2013 Between late 2007 and early 2008, when President Mwai Kibaki was declared winner of a much contested presidential election, supporters of...
Kenyans choose a new president on Monday in a closely contested election that has divided the east African nation. Kenya has rolled out new technology in...
(Reuters) – Ghana extended voting in its presidential election into a second day, officials said on Friday, after a rash of technical problems prevented thousands of...
Ghana President John Mahama (l) and Challenger Nana Akufo-Addo. PHOTO/File AP – Voters in Ghana lined up as early as 2 a.m. on Friday to select...
Nana Akufo-Addo (l) and President John Mahama. PHOTO/File With Ghana’s presidential election set for December 7, the candidates faced off in their final debate this week....
Sierra Leone readied Friday for a high-stakes election in which incumbent Ernest Koroma is seeking a second term in what is billed as a tight race...
Time check: 11:41 p.m. The Vice Presidential Debate ended more than 45 minutes ago – and on all the television networks, pundits are dissecting things; checking...
Copies of the a appendix of President Barack Obama’s fiscal 2013 federal budget. AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta President Barack Obama’s new budget proposal will ask Congress...
