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By Malcolm Webb Nairobi 31 August 2007 The ODM-Kenya opposition party Friday chose Kalonzo Musyoka as their presidential candidate to run in the forthcoming general election in Kenya. His former ally, Raila Odinga, is expected to be running against h
CAIRO, Dec. 26 (Xinhua) -- Egypt's main opposition bloc National Salvation Front on Wednesday called on people to take to the streets on Jan. 25, 2013 and protest against President Mohamed Morsi's leadership. The front said during a press conference
In Zimbabwe, a proposed constitutional amendment to create a unity government has been published, paving the way for parliament to take up the matter. But, the opposition Movement for Democratic Change says negotiations over power-sharing must be co
In South Africa, opposition leaders are reacting with dismay to the dissolution of an elite crime fighting unit that targeted organized crime and corrupt public officials. Correspondent Scott Bobb reports from Johannesburg. South African opposition
Early reports suggest Ethiopia's ruling party has won a massive victory in Sunday's parliament elections. Almost every major opposition leader appears to have been defeated. The headquarters of Ethiopia's main opposition party was like a funeral parl
By Arjun Kohli Nairobi 16 July 2007 Thirty five Ethiopian opposition leaders have been given life sentences for their role in the 2005 election protests that saw scores of people killed. Arjun Kohli reports from our East Africa Bureau in Nairobi the
By Carrie Giardino Just hours before the deadline, a main opposition leader in Cameroon has broken ranks with the opposition coalition to stand as a candidate for the presidential elections in October
By Delia Robertson Johannesburg 16 April 2008 Zimbabwe's opposition Movement for Democratic Change says 50 supporters have been arrested since Tuesday. The police say the number is fewer than 40. VOA's Delia Robertson reports from our southern Africa
By Chris Simkins Washington 21 April 2008 Morgan Tsvangirai is the head of Zimbabwe's opposition party and over the last decade has made unsuccessful attempts to unseat the country's longtime president Robert Mugabe. Now in 2008, the 55-year old Tsva
By VOA News 01 April 2008 Zimbabwe's main opposition party is claiming victory in the country's general elections, despite the slow trickle of official results from Saturday's vote. Zimbabwe's electoral commission released tabulations Monday [March 3
By Peta Thornycroft Harare 06 March 2008 All three presidential candidates in the Zimbabwe election have launched their campaigns for the election scheduled for the end of this month. But, as Peta Thornycroft reports for VOA, there are already indica
By Kari Barber Dakar 17 September 2007 Sierra Leone's National Electoral Commission says opposition leader Ernest Koroma has won the nation's September 8 presidential runoff. Kari Barber has more from VOA's West Africa bureau in Dakar. Ernest Koroma
Zimbabwe's opposition Movement for Democratic Change says the publication of ministerial posts in an official government newspaper threatens the country's power sharing agreement. Tendai Maphosa has more from Harare. President Robert Mugabe, left, s
By Arjun Kohli Nairobi 15 August 2007 In Kenya, a split has occurred in the main opposition party that will nominate a candidate to oppose President Mwai Kibaki in December's presidential elections. As Arjun Kohli reports from our East Africa Bureau
By Scott Bobb Johannesburg 08 April 2008 Opposition leaders in Zimbabwe say supporters of President Robert Mugabe have launched a campaign of violence in order to derail elections 10 days ago, which they say they won. The accusation comes as a court
By Gary Thomas Washington 07 August 2007 Former Pakistani prime minister Benazir Bhutto says President Pervez Musharraf will have to relinquish his role as military chief if he wants to reach a political accommodation with the opposition. In an exclu
By Alisha Ryu Nairobi 03 January 2008 Kenya's opposition leaders have called off a mass rally that had been scheduled for Thursday in Nairobi to protest alleged vote rigging in last week's presidential election. Before the march was called off police
By Nancy-Amelia Collins Islamabad 03 January 2008 The party of the slain Pakistani opposition leader, Benazir Bhutto, is demanding the United Nations lead the investigation into Ms. Bhutto's assassination. But the Pakistani government insists a Scotl
Zimbabwean opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai says he hopes negotiations with President Robert Mugabe's ZANU-PF party will allow the veteran leader an honorable exit from power. Tsvangirai made the statement one day after Mr. Mugabe said he was com
By Phillip Wellman Dakar 07 September 2007 Even as northern-based rebels and presidential advisers in Ivory Coast say they are upbeat about the peace process taking hold, opposition activists say that current developments have not changed anything. P