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Bola Tinubu and Atiku Abubakar are frontrunners to be next leader of country of 210mn people
Washington is seeking to entice nations away from financial and resource ties to China
Plan highlights battle over power producer, whose outgoing chief suffered recent attempted poisoning
Gesture by Assimi Goïta resolves dispute amid threats of sanctions being imposed by Ecowas bloc
Ramaphosa’s re-election as party president buys him a bit more time at the helm but does little for the country
Former unionist’s path to victory had been clouded by fallout over theft at private game farm
Opposition calls on president to step down after just 9% of eligible voters headed to the polls
Analysts and politicians say new assembly will be ‘window dressing’ for Kais Saied’s decisions
A descent into legal scandal is not the arc envisaged for a leader who won early glory battling apartheid
Party fears losing its biggest electoral asset ahead of crucial elections next year
Scandal around South Africa’s president is likely to hasten decline of the ANC
Ruling African National Congress backs troubled leader over theft at his game reserve
South African leader’s legal team prepares to rebut abuse of office allegations
South Africa’s president on brink of resignation after damning parliamentary report into theft at his game farm
South African leader’s future in turmoil after damning report into theft from his private game reserve
Government and Tigray forces congratulated on ‘taking much-needed steps forward towards peace’
Local and foreign-backed forces are waging a deadly offensive in the mineral-rich heart of Africa
People are tired of corruption and want it to end, president tells nation in response to ‘state capture’ inquiry
Félix Tshisekedi says country will rely on its own army to fight militia as he pledges to push ahead with economic plans
The 61-year-old former governor emerges as first credible third-party candidate since return to democracy in 1999
Army captain Ibrahim Traoré’s supporters take to the streets and attack French institutions
Army captain introduced on TV as new leader after escalating violence
The next president should prove doubters wrong by focusing on ordinary Kenyans
Losing candidate had lodged several petitions to have result overturned
Judges must decide whether to nullify presidential election results in a country with a history of post-election violence
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