ALGIERS (Reuters) - Police in Algiers fired tear gas to disperse hundreds of demonstrators on a third straight day of protests against President Abdelaziz Bouteflika's plan to run for a fifth term after six years of his near total absence from public life.
ABUJA (Reuters) - As many as 35 people were killed in election violence in Nigeria civil society groups said on Sunday after voters went to the polls in a tight presidential race between President Muhammadu Buhari and businessman Atiku Abubakar.
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - South African President Cyril Ramaphosa has appointed a tribunal to fast-track legal proceedings from graft investigations by the country's Special Investigating Unit (SIU), the presidency said on Sunday.
CAIRO (Reuters) - Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir appointed Mustafa Youssef as finance minister to replace Moatazz Moussa, who was also prime minister, a presidential statement said on Sunday.
ABUJA (Reuters) - A handful of polling stations remained open to allow more Nigerians to vote on Sunday in what is expected to be a tight presidential race between President Muhammadu Buhari and businessman Atiku Abubakar in Africa's top oil producer.
ASNI, Morocco (Reuters) - Britain's Prince Harry and his pregnant wife Meghan arrived in Morocco's Atlas Mountains on Sunday where they will show their support for rural girls' education.
DAKAR/FATICK, Senegal (Reuters) - Senegalese voters headed to the polls on Sunday for an election President Macky Sall is expected to win after strong economic growth in his first term, although rights groups criticise him for squeezing out rivals.
BAMAKO (Reuters) - Unidentified gunmen killed three Guinean members of a U.N. peacekeeping force in southern Mali in what the force described as a robbery gone wrong, far from the northern area where troops have been attacked by insurgents.
ABUJA (Reuters) - Islamic State on Saturday said it carried out a morning attack on the northeast Nigerian city of Maiduguri as the country holds elections, although the army has denied an attack took place and says sounds of fighting were drills.
ALGIERS (Reuters) - Hundreds of Algerians protested for a second straight day on Saturday in the capital against President Abdelaziz Bouteflika's plan to seek a fifth term.
KANO, (Reuters) - Sunday Nicholas voted for Muhammadu Buhari in Nigeria's 2015 presidential election, but the 32-year-old factory worker in the northern city of Kano was casting his ballot on Saturday for the president's challenger, Atiku Abubakar.
ABUJA/MAIDUGURI, Nigeria (Reuters) - Nigeria began counting votes in Saturday's closely-fought presidential election although the electoral commission extended voting in some places where polling stations opened late or ballot machines malfunctioned.
KHARTOUM (Reuters) - Sudanese police fired teargas at demonstrators on Saturday as fresh protests broke out against the rule of President Omar al-Bashir, after he appointed a new prime minister and first vice president a day after declaring a state of emergency.
DAKAR (Reuters) - Senegalese vote on Sunday in an election President Macky Sall is expected to win after strong economic growth in his first term, while rights groups criticise him for squeezing out rivals.
Facebook
Twitter
Pinterest
Instagram
Google+
YouTube
LinkedIn
RSS