African elections 2026

Zambia's Electoral Commission has suspended the counting of votes following reports of violence and ballot paper theft a day after the country held presidential and parliamentary elections, raising uncertainty over when official results…

Former Zambian Vice President Guy Scott, who briefly served as the country's acting president in 2014 and became Africa's first white head of state since the end of apartheid, has died at the age of 82. The Zambian government confirmed…

Ethiopia is set to hold general elections on June 1, with Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed and his ruling Prosperity Party widely expected to secure a decisive victory. More than 50 million voters have reportedly registered in a country of over…

In Benin, presidential frontrunner Romuald Wadagni has claimed a decisive victory in the country’s latest election, securing 94 percent of the vote according to provisional results released by the electoral commission. The overwhelming…

Yoweri Museveni has secured a seventh term as Uganda’s president, winning 71.65 percent of the vote according to official results released on Saturday. The outcome extends his four-decade grip on power and reinforces a political status quo…