This year has been an "annus horribilis" for those governments in sub-Saharan Africa that have had to face voters at the ...
Like Equatorial Guinea’s Baltasar Ebang Engonga, many of Africa’s leading political figures have been caught up in sex ...
Senegal’s Prime Minister Ousmane Sonko has affirmed he will remain head of government rather than preside over parliament, ...
The ruling Pastef party of President Bassirou Diomaye Faye and Sonko won 130 seats in the 165-seat national assembly in snap ...
Voters handed Senegal's president an overwhelming legislative majority in snap elections. Now, he has to deliver for them.
The French man is accused of drugging and raping his 72-year-old wife, Gisèle Pelicot, and also inviting 50 other men to rape her while she was unconscious. Pelicot has been praised as a feminist hero ...
In late November, both Senegal and Chad – independently of one another – moved to profoundly alter their longstanding ...
Senegal's Prime Minister Ousmane Sonko on Monday said he would remain head of the government rather than preside over the ...
Official results show that Tanzania's ruling Chama Cha Mapinduzi (CCM) party won more than 98% of seats in last week's local ...
Senegal marked the 80th anniversary of the Thiaroye Massacre, where African soldiers returning from WWII were killed by ...
Thiaroye, SENEGAL - Senegal on Sunday commemorated the 80th anniversary of a massacre of African soldiers who fought for ...
Between 35 and 400 West African soldiers who fought for the French Army in the second World War were killed on Dec. 1, 1944 ...