Opposition

Politics: Mali opposition rejects Keita talks offer

Mali's opposition has rejected an offer to meet with President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita in order to defuse a months-long political…

August 14, 2020

Tanzania: Tundu Lissu jets back from Belgium after nursing six gunshot wounds

Tanzania opposition politician Tundu Lissu jetted back to the country Monday with hundreds of supporters showing up at the airport…

July 27, 2020

Mali opposition dogged with demands despite ECOWAS mediation

Five West African heads of state meeting in Bamako on Thursday failed to get the Malian opposition to accept their…

July 25, 2020

NEWS: ECOWAS declares impasse in Mali on power sharing

ECPWAS mediators seeking to address the political crisis in Mali have introduced a power-sharing government and a new constitutional tribunal.…

July 20, 2020

Congolese Catholics march toward ‘tired’ vote boss in Kinshasa

Hundreds of Catholics took to the streets in Kinshasa, the capital of the Democratic Republic of Congo on Sunday (July…

July 20, 2020

Tanzania opposition considering united front to unseat Magufuli

One opposition leader was shot 16 times and fled the country. Another had his leg broken by unknown assailants and…

July 19, 2020

TPLF tells Ethiopia PM to face challenges, stop scapegoating

Ethiopian opposition party, the Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF), has accused Prime minister Abiy Ahmed and his government of being…

July 10, 2020

Malawi’s opposition chief now president: Lazarus Chakwera

Lazarus Chakwera is the latest addition to the list of African opposition figures that have unseated incumbent presidents. He was…

June 28, 2020

US slams Tanzania for opposition members arrest

The U.S. criticized Tanzania’s arrest of eight opposition leaders during their party meeting on Wednesday, saying the action stifles democratic…

June 26, 2020

NEWS: DR Congo police clash protesters around parliament

Democratic Republic of Congo police fired tear gas and water cannon on Wednesday to repel hundreds of protesters whose rally…

June 25, 2020

Malawians vote in crucial presidential poll rerun despite virus

Voters in Malawi have already started casting their ballots today in crucial presidential election rerun pitting incumbent Peter Mutharika and…

June 23, 2020

Breaking: Why Uganda is opposed to Naivasha cargo plan

Reports that Kenya has suspended a recent order that all transit cargo be transported using the Standard Gauge Railway to…

June 17, 2020

Mali extends hand to opposition coalition

Malian President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita on Sunday extended his hand of friendship to opposition coalition of religious leaders, politicians and…

June 15, 2020

Ethiopia govt exploiting pandemic to stay on ‘indefinitely’ – Jawar

The Ethiopian government is using COVID-19 as a pretext to technically extend “its term of office indefinitely,” this is the…

June 12, 2020

NEWS: Tanzania opposition leader hospitalized after attack by unknown assailants

Tanzania’s main opposition leader was attacked by unidentified assailants as he entered his home late at night, officials with his…

June 9, 2020

Tanzania opposition demand updated virus stats

A Tanzanian opposition figure and leader of the Alliance for Change and Transparency has called on the government to publish…

May 24, 2020

Burundi awaits poll results as opposition alleges fraud

Polling station closed across Burundi on Wednesday in a largely incident free process in keenly watched general elections. The polls…

May 21, 2020

Politics: Zimbabwe’s main opposition accuses police of abducting youth leaders

Three Zimbabwe opposition youth leaders were beaten and sexually assaulted before being dumped on a road outside the capital Harare,…

May 16, 2020

Zimbabwe female opposition politicians abducted, assaulted, abandoned

Three female opposition members were this week abducted leading to an outcry and diplomatic concerns raised by the United States,…

May 15, 2020

Uganda: Opposition Leader Reportedly Tortured by Police

An opposition member of parliament was reportedly tortured after security forces arrested him for distributing food to constituents on April…

April 28, 2020

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