Elections

"Interference" used to suggest covert foreign state action. Now it is being stretched to cover everything from intelligence claims to billionaire endorsements, and the word is losing precision in both directions.

Expensive fuel leaves incumbents vulnerable across the continent as voters head to the polls through 2028.

Yoweri Museveni was sworn in yesterday for a seventh term as Uganda's president, extending a rule that began in 1986 to at least 2031, as his main rival fled the country alleging ballot-stuffing.

While the economy in Benin surges, its opposition faces a quiet erasure, leaving the ruling party in total control.

A landslide election in Turkish Cyprus, fueled by economic crisis, decisively breaks the political stalemate, renewing the push for a federal solution.