Tag: democracy

Mali: over 80 parties, civil groups demand elections after junta failed to transfer power on 26 March

April 2, 2024

More than 80 political parties and civil groups in Mali, repressed by the ruling junta, have united to issue a rare call for an end ... Read More

US’s Blinken starts four-nation West Africa tour to boost democracies amid Sahel concerns

January 23, 2024

The US top diplomat’s tour of four African countries began on Monday (22 January) with a visit to Cape Verde, as the Biden administration seeks ... Read More

King Mohammed VI: Democracy is a Gradual, Home-Grown Exercise Based on Pluralism and Diversity

January 17, 2024

King Mohammed VI has affirmed that democracy is not a ready-made recipe; nor is it a model to be imported but it is a gradual, ... Read More

Kenyan and Ghanian activists among 2023 ‘Alternative Nobel’ prize laureates

September 29, 2023

Sweden’s Right Livelihood Award, known as the “Alternative Nobel Prize”, has in 2023 honored work of two women activists from Africa to provide safer abortion ... Read More

CAR leader announces constitutional referendum

May 31, 2023

Faustin-Archange Touadéra, President the Central African Republic (CAR) announced Tuesday a referendum for a new Constitution. “I have therefore decided, after consultation with the President ... Read More

Ivorian State distances from Gbagbo’s radiation on vote register

May 25, 2023

The administration of the Ivorian President Alassane Ouattara denied Wednesday any wrongdoing and connection with the decision by the Electoral commission to revoke former President ... Read More

Guinea and Senegal engulfed in civil unrest, leaving scores dead, injured

May 11, 2023

Pro-democracy activists in Guinea have announced more peaceful demonstrations against the military government to go ahead as planned on Thursday (11 May), while protesters in ... Read More

AU observer team to monitor Nigeria poll, as pre-election violence escalates

February 15, 2023

The African Union (AU) will be sending a 90-strong observer mission to Nigeria for this month's elections, the AU Commission announced Tuesday (14 February), as ... Read More

US offer: reforms first, then removal of Zimbabwe sanctions

October 22, 2022

The United States has outlined the measures the government of Zimbabwe can take for Washington to end its sanctions on the country, but warns that ... Read More

ECOWAS mediator reaffirms commitment to Burkina Faso in wake of coup

October 5, 2022

The ECOWAS mediator for Burkina Faso has ended his visit to the country in the wake of last week's coup, the second in eight months, ... Read More