South Korea’s Culture Minister Arrested Over Arts Blacklist In Political Scandal
South Korean prosecutors arrested the culture minister on Saturday, on suspicion of abuse of power for drawing up a blacklist ...
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Who Are These Revolting Soldiers In the Ivory Coast?
The Ivory Coast tranquillity has been shaken by a revolt of a group of soldiers in the Ivoirian Army shooting ...
S. Korea President’s Lawyers Say No Evidence For Impeachment
The impeachment trial of South Korea's President Park Geun-Hye got under way Thursday, with her lawyers arguing there is no ...
Senegal Expats To Be Allowed To Run For Parliament
Senegalese people living abroad will be able to run for office in their home country for the first time in ...
Pink Sheeting An African Election
By the time Charlotte “lip gloss” Osei, Ghana's electoral Commissioner conceded defeat to the NPP and Nana Addo Danquah Akufo ...
Spanish Court Suspends Catalonia Independence Vote
Spain's Constitutional Court on Wednesday suspended a resolution by Catalonia's regional parliament that called a referendum next year on independence ...
Lawyer of Gabon’s Opposition Leader Reported Missing
A lawyer for the Gabon opposition leader Jean Ping, who is still disputing the re-election of President Ali Bongo, has ...
Turkey’s AK Party Wants President’s Powers Expanded
Turkey’s ruling AK Party on Saturday submitted to parliament a package of constitutional reform proposals that would expand the president’s ...
South Korea’s President Park Faces Historic Impeachment Vote
President Park Geun-hye faces an impeachment vote in parliament on Friday over an influence peddling scandal that could lead to ...
Italian PM Renzi Resigns, President To Consult With Parties
Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi resigned on Wednesday after a bruising referendum loss at the weekend, with most parliamentary factions ...
S. Africa Divided Over ICC Withdrawal
South Africans are divided over the country's decision to pull out of the International Criminal Court (ICC). Last month, South ...
Jacob Zuma Survives No Confidence Vote
A motion of no confidence in South Africa’s President Jacob Zuma has been defeated in parliament despite a spate of ...
South Africa’s Jacob Zuma Survives No Confidence Vote
A motion of no confidence in South Africa's President Jacob Zuma has been defeated in parliament despite a spate of ...
South Africa’s Julius Malema Challenges Apartheid-Era Law
South African opposition figure Julius Malema is challenging an apartheid-era law used to prosecute him over calls to occupy white-owned ...
South African Leader Visits Mugabe Amid Scandal
South African President Jacob Zuma has traveled to neighboring Zimbabwe following the release of a state watchdog report indicating possible ...
South Africa Opposition Party Challenges ICC Withdrawal In Court
South Africa's main opposition party has filed papers with the Constitutional Court to challenge the government's decision to pull out ...
South Africa’s Decision To Leave ICC A ‘blow To Victims’ of International Crimes
South Africa’s announcement Friday that it is leaving the ICC surprised many, raising questions about its legality and concerns for ...
France Says Congo Election Delay Not Answer To Crisis
A decision to push back presidential elections in Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) to 2018 is not the answer to ...
Top Zambia Opposition Leaders Arrested
Zambian police said on Wednesday they had arrested the top two leaders of the main opposition party, two months after ...
Heavy Security In Tense Gabon After Bongo Re-Election Validated
Libreville (AFP) - Libreville's nearly empty streets were under the watch of a heavy police and military presence on Saturday ...