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Former South African leader Zuma’s party says it will join opposition in parliament

Johannesburg, South Africa Reuters South Africa’s uMkhonto we Sizwe (MK) party will join an alliance of smaller opposition parties in parliament in a bid to take on the African National Congress and Democratic Alliance-led coalition government, it said on Sunday. The ANC and its largest rival, the white-led, pro-business Democratic Alliance, agreed on Friday to […]

Togolese opposition members arrested over campaign against new constitution

Lome, Togo Reuters Nine Togolese politicians who were running a campaign against a new constitution that could allow President Faure Gnassingbe to extend his 19-year rule have been arrested, a spokesperson for an opposition coalition said on Thursday. Opposition voices are growing in the tiny phosphate-producing West African nation over constitutional reform that could change […]

Three Senegal opposition lawmakers arrested after disputed vote delay

Dakar, Senegal Reuters Three Senegalese opposition lawmakers were arrested on Tuesday amid the fallout from parliament’s move to delay a presidential vote by 10 months that prompted West Africa’s economic and political bloc to call for the re-establishment of the electoral calendar. Lawmakers late on Monday approved a last-minute amendment to hold the vote on […]

Comoros holds presidential election, opposition say vote had irregularities

Moroni, Comoros Reuters Voting took place in Comoros on Sunday in an election widely expected to hand a fourth five-year term to President Azali Assoumani, while his five opponents said the vote was tainted by accusations of pre-marked ballots in favour of the incumbent. The polls opened across the Indian Ocean archipelago at 8am for […]

Bangladesh opposition protest turns violent amid calls for PM to resign

Supporters of Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami occupy street of Matijheel to hold a rally in Dhaka, Bangladesh, on 28th October, 2023.

Dhaka, Bangladesh Reuters One police officer was killed in Bangladesh on Saturday and over 100 people injured during an opposition party protest demanding the resignation of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and calling for a free and fair vote under a caretaker government. Police fired tear gas and rubber bullets as clashes erupted when tens of […]

Venezuela, opposition sign election deal; US weighs sanctions relief

Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro speaks during a meeting with Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi at the Miraflores Palace, in Caracas, Venezuela on 12th June, 2023

Caracas, Venezuela/Washington DC, US Reuters Venezuela’s government and its political opposition on Tuesday agreed to electoral guarantees for 2024 presidential elections, paving the way for possible US sanctions relief, though the deal did not lift bans on opposition candidates barred from public office. A presidential election will take place in the latter half of 2024, […]

Belarus opposition march in Warsaw on anniversary of contested election

People take part in Belarusians' march through Warsaw on the third anniversary of the 2020 presidential election which was followed by mass protests over alleged electoral fraud, in Warsaw, Poland, on 9th August, 2023

Warsaw, Poland Reuters Hundreds of opponents of Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko marched through the Polish capital Warsaw on Wednesday to mark the third anniversary of their unsuccessful attempt to unseat him in an election they say was rigged. Protests dragged on for months after Lukashenko claimed victory in the 9th August, 2020, presidential election. Western […]

Protests rock Israel as it passes curbs on some Supreme Court powers

Protesters block part of Ayalon Highway during a demonstration following a parliament vote on a contested bill that limits Supreme Court powers to void some government decisions, in Tel Aviv, Israel, on 24th July, 2023.

Jerusalem Reuters Israel’s parliament on Monday ratified the first bill of a judicial overhaul sought by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, after last-gasp compromise efforts collapsed and failed to ease a constitutional crisis convulsing the country for months. The amendment limiting the Supreme Court’s powers to void some government decisions if it deemed them “unreasonable” passed […]

Crowds clash with riot police as Senegal’s Sonko sentenced to jail

A riot police officer walks near a car set on fire during clashes between supporters of Senegalese opposition leader Ousmane Sonko and security forces after Sonko was sentenced to prison in Dakar Senegal, on 1st June, 2023

Dakar, Senegal Reuters Supporters of Senegal opposition leader Ousmane Sonko threw rocks at riot police and set fire to busses on Thursday after a court sentenced him in absentia to two years in jail, hitting his chances of running for president next year.  Sonko, 48, was accused of raping a woman who worked in a […]