The United States hit Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro with direct sanctions on Monday over a disputed and deadly weekend vote that, while consolidating his power, has largely isolated him at home...
The Republic on the Move Party (LREM) led French President Emmanuel Macron on Sunday won a large majority in the National Assembly, the lower house of parliament in a second and final round of...
The Centre for Progressive Governance (CenProG) has added its voice to the argument of whether former president John Dramani Mahama should contest for president for the NDC in the 2020 General...
The president-elect had made several conditions for candidates to sign up to (AFP) The party of French President-elect Emmanuel Macron has selected a diverse list of 428 candidates for parliamentary...
Emmanuel Macron is already facing a battle to govern France after his election victory - because he does not have the support of a traditional party. At 39, the pro-EU former investment banker will...
The pro-EU centrist Emmanuel Macron has won the French presidency with a decisive victory over the far-right Marine Le Pen that his supporters hailed as holding back the tide of populism. Macron, 39,...
Five things you need to know about France's vote. Why is this election important? France is choosing its next president. The election is being closely watched because, for the first time in modern...
Samuel Ruddy was working as a teacher in Paris when he was abducted and murdered Human remains have been found at the site in northern France where a search has been taking place for the body of...
Venezuela says it will withdraw from Organization of American States (OAS), accusing the Washington-based grouping of meddling in its internal affairs. The government made the announcement after the...
French presidential hopeful Emmanuel Macron has been heckled by factory workers in Amiens after a visit by his far-right rival, Marine Le Pen. Ms Le Pen upstaged her centrist rival earlier by turning...
Macron backed by mainstream parties to shut out Le Pen The presence of EU flags at Mr Macron's rally was not lost on supporters and opponents France's beaten mainstream parties have lined up behind...
Emmanuel Macron and Marine Le Pen to fight for French presidency Emmanuel Macron and Marine Le Pen will go head-to-head in just under two weeks' time Centrist Emmanuel Macron has gone through to the...
Centrist Emmanuel Macron has gone through to the second round of the French election, where he will face far-right leader Marine Le Pen. Mr Macron, a former banker, is seen as a political outsider,...
Centrist Emmanuel Macron has gone through to the second round of the French election, where he will face far-right leader Marine Le Pen. Mr Macron, a former banker, is seen as a political outsider,...
The centrist Emmanuel Macron and far-right leader Marine Le Pen have won the first round of voting in French presidential elections, projected results say. The two saw off a strong challenge from...
All 11 French presidential candidates have made their final pitches in the last set-piece TV encounter ahead of Sunday’s first round of voting. Both far-right leader Marine Le Pen and radical...
Spain is mourning Carme Chacón, the former defence minister who died on Sunday and was famously photographed in 2008 reviewing troops in Afghanistan while seven months pregnant. Ms Chacón was found...
Spain is mourning Carme Chacón, the former defence minister who died on Sunday and was famously photographed in 2008 reviewing troops in Afghanistan while seven months pregnant. Ms Chacón was found...
Thousands of people took to the streets of the Senegalese capital Dakar on Friday to protest against President Macky Sall and call for the release of political opponents. The protesters, many dressed...
South Africa's ANC party, the celebrated political force that ended white-minority rule and ushered in democracy, had hoped its dominance of national politics might last for generations. But deep...
