Africa Politics News

Polling stations in Namibia closed late Saturday after two days of voting in national and presidential elections expected to return the long-ruling Swapo to power despite a tough challenge from a new breakaway party who denounced irregularities. "All polling stations...

Israel's tourism minister said Saturday the ministry will continue to develop West Bank tourist attractions during a moratorium on settlement construction. Stas Misezhnikov said his party, the nationalist Israel Beitenu, will only support the moratorium if construction of public buildings...

Morgan Tsvangirai, whose Movement for Democratic Change shares power with President Mugabe, said that he was “committed to seeing Zimbabwe being welcomed back into the family of nations, and I trust that this move by the Commonwealth will be matched...

Obiang made the comments on Saturday, a day before the poll to which journalists and election observers have been given scant access. Members of the media have been denied visas to the country and a presidential decree has ruled that...

A golden rule for journalists is to report the story, not become it...Kidnapped in Somalia, the Canadian journalist endured 15 months of captivity before her release this week. Snatched along with Australian photographer Nigel Brennan in August 2008, the pair...

Soccer World Cup draw and were taking no chances when protecting the public. The draw will take place in Cape Town on Friday and the airforce used the weekend to make sure the skies were safe. Various aircrafts flew low...