We have been reporting about violent clashes in Cameroon English-speaking city of Bamenda. Witnesses say police used live bullets to disperse a "peace" rally organised by the ruling party.

Gabon has postponed its legislative elections scheduled to take place in December to mid 2017,the interior minister said on Saturday citing lack of finances.

A new era appears to be dawning in The Gambia as country’s long time president has lost the presidential election held on Thursday December 1.

Angola’s President Jose Eduardo dos Santos will not seek a new mandate for the 2017 presidential elections.

President Yahya Jammeh has conceded defeat and opposition candidate Adama Barrow has been declared winner of Gambia’s presidential election.

Official results from Gambia’s Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) indicates that opposition leader Adama Barrow has beaten incumbent President Yahya Jammeh in the capital Banjul

President Yahya Jammeh has conceded defeat after majority of votes went in favour of opposition candidate Adama Barrow, Gambia’s electoral commission announced on Friday.

The Gambia has banned the internet and international phone calls as presidential elections are held in the West African state.

Sudan's leader Omar al-Bashir has praised US President-elect Donald Trump, saying he it will be "much easier" to deal with him, the Emirati al-Khaleej newspaper reports.

Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe is in Cuba for former leader Fidel Castro's funeral, following his death at the age of 90, the state-owned Herald newspaper reports.

 South Africa’s president Jacob Zuma has yet again survived a motion of no- confidence, this time lodged by his own party, South African media reported.

Four independent newspaper publications have been confiscated by Sudanese security services and a private television channel ordered to close down after coverage of opposition protest.

Zimbabwe’s central bank has released bond notes onto the market today despite strong resistance from a section of the society.

President Jacob Zuma of South Africa is facing a vote of no confidence from the leaders of his own party, the ANC.

Somalia is a patriarchal society which has never had a female leader until recently when two women took a step to make that dream a reality.