Cotonou, Benin (PANA) - Benin has expressed appreciation to the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) for a donation of US$150,000 to support the country’s presidential election on 12 April 2026 Full text...

Conakry, Guinea (PANA) – Guinea’s transition has entered a new phase following a presidential decree issued on 20 March by transitional president Mamadi Doumbouya, convening the electorate for legislative and municipal elections scheduled for 24 May 2026 Full text...

Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The eastern-based Libyan House of Representatives has budgeted 210 million dinars (about $33 Full text...

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - The Chairperson of the African Union Commission, Mr Full text...

Kampala, Uganda (PANA) - Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni, who came to power as a rebel leader in 1986, was on Saturday declared winner of last Thursday's presidential election that was marred by violence and allegations of irregularities by the opposition Full text...

Kampala, Uganda (PANA) - Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni has maintained a strong lead in the East African country's 15 January election, garnering 73 Full text...

Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – South Africa's International Relations Minister Ronald Lamola is leading a High-Level African Union committee meeting in Juba Full text...

Johannesburg, South Africa (PANA) - As polls open on Thursday in Uganda's high stakes general election, a human rights group has called on the authorities to immediately lift all restrictions on access to the internet and affected mobile phone services Full text...

Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) – As Uganda approaches general elections on 15 January 2026, UN experts have warned that the pervasive climate of fear in Uganda, marked by allegations of enforced disappearance, the use of disproportionate force against political opposition supporters, and the intensified suppression of civil society and independent media, is not conducive to peaceful elections Full text...

Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Libya's High Council of State has rejected the vote in the eastern-based House of Representatives on Monday to complete positions in the High National Elections Commission and increase the salaries of members of the Libyan army in the east Full text...

New York, US (PANA) - With Central Africans set to vote in presidential, legislative, regional and long-delayed municipal elections this weekend, the United Nations has appealed for calm and restraint, warning that the credibility of the process will be critical to consolidating peace after years of conflict and instability Full text...

New York, US (PANA) - Four years after the resounding failure of the elections scheduled for 24 December, 2021, Libya remains trapped in a fragmented political system, unable to transform promises of transition into institutional reality Full text...

Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Libya will assume the presidency of the next session of the Council of Ministers of the Organisation of Arab Petroleum Exporting Countries (OAPEC) and the organisation's Executive Bureau, effective 1 January 2026 Full text...

Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) - About a dozen Western embassies in Tanzania have are adding to the pressure on the government of the East African country to open up on the post-election violence that rocked the country in which hundreds of people are said to have been killed and many others injured and arrested Full text...

Bissau, Guine-Bissau (PANA) - The ECOWAS Observation Mission (EOM) has said that Guinea-Bissau's 23 November parliamentary and presidential polls were conducted in "a peaceful, orderly and professional manner… despite few initial organisational and set-up deficiencies observed” Full text...

Bissau, Guinea Bissau (PANA) - As Guinea-Bissau’s estimated 2 Full text...

Bissau, Guinea Bissau (PANA) - Guinea-Bissau’s National Electoral Commission, CNE, has assured the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) Election Observation Mission (EOM) of its readiness to deliver credible and transparent Presidential and Legislative elections on 23 November Full text...

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - Tanzania's 2025 General Elections did not comply with AU principles, normative frameworks, and other international obligations and standards for democratic elections Full text...

Arusha, Tanzania (PANA)  The East African Community (EAC) has officially launched its Election Observation Mission (EOM) to observe Wedensday's General Elections in Tanzania Full text...

Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), in collaboration with the ECOWAS Network of Electoral Commissions (ECONEC), is holding a five-day training workshop from 17 to 21 October 2025 in Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire, to prepare young observers to participate in election observation missions Full text...

Johannesburg, South Africa (PANA) - Tanzanian authorities have intensified their repression of dissent against the opposition, journalists, civil society and human rights defenders in a deliberate strategy to instil fear, suppress civic engagement and entrench power Full text...

Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) has welcomed the holding of municipal council elections Saturday, 18 October, in 16 municipalities in eastern, central and southern Libya, following the interruption of the process on 16 August Full text...

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - The Chairperson of the African Union Commission (AUC), Mr Full text...

Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The High National Electoral Commission (HNEC) of Libya on Monday announced 18 and 20 October as dates for elections for the third group of municipal councils whose legal mandates have expired and whose new management boards will be set up Full text...

Blantyre, Malawi (PANA) - Malawi’s 16 September presidential and parliamentary candidates must ensure the promotion and protection of human rights before, during and after elections, Amnesty International said on Thursday Full text...

Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The European Union (EU) delegation and the diplomatic missions of EU member states in Libya have welcomed the new political roadmap announced by the Special Representative of the United Nations Secretary-General for Libya, Hanna Tetteh, at the UN Security Council last Thursday Full text...

Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) has welcomed the High National Elections Commission’s (HNEC) announcement of the preliminary results of elections for 26 municipalities in the Western region Full text...

Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Voting began Saturday morning in seven Libyan municipalities of group II 2025 municipal elections in which the poll could not take place last week Full text...

New York, US (PANA) - Recent elections in Libya are a sure sign of the people’s desire to choose their own representatives, the UN Secretary-General’s Special Representative for the country said in the Security Council on Thursday Full text...

Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The Counting and Statistics Centre of the Libyan High National Electoral Commission (HNEC) began counting the results of local elections in 26 municipalities on Sunday, with a turnout of 71% Full text...

Tripoli, Libya (PANA) -  The United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) has congratulated the citizens of 26 municipalities for Saturday's “successful” conduct of Municipal Council elections with a reported high preliminary turnout of 71% Full text...

Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Voting for the 2025 municipal elections (Group II) began on Saturday morning in Libya, amid tight security measures aimed at ensuring the smooth running of the polls, following attacks on some polling stations that led to the postponement of voting in those constituencies Full text...

Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The Libyan High National Electoral Commission (HNEC) has condemned attacks on its offices on the west coast and in Zaouia (45 km west of Tripoli) on the eve of the 2025 Group II municipal elections in 51 municipalities across the country Full text...

Trpoli, Libya (PANA) - The United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) has condemned, in the strongest terms, the armed attack by unknown assailants that took place in the early hours of 12 August against the office of the High National Elections Commission in Zliten Full text...

Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The secind phase of 2025 municipal elections in 51 municipalites will be held on 16 August, the Council of Libya's High National Electoral Commission (HNEC) has announced Full text...

Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The president of the Libyan High National Electoral Commission (HNEC), Imad Al-Sayeh, has stressed the essential role of the security services in supporting and ensuring the success of the electoral process Full text...

Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The Special Representative of the UN Secretary General in Libya, Ms Full text...

Tripli, Libya (PANA) - Libya's 6+6 and Advisory committee have agreed on the necessity of amending the North African country's constitutional and legal framework to facilitate presidential and parliamentary elections with broadly accepted results Full text...

Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Mohamed Takkala on Sunday won the election for president of the High Council of State, an advisory body acting as the Senate, with 59 votes, during an election session attended by 95 of the 145 members Full text...

Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) has expressed deep concern following the announcement of the suspension of the electoral process in 11 municipalities as part of the second phase of municipal elections Full text...

Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The UN Secretary-General's Deputy Special Representative in Libya for Political Affairs, Stephanie Khoury, has held public consultations in Beni Walid, about 170km south-west of Tripoli, focusing on the proposals put forward by the Advisory Committee and on the urgent need to unify institutions in the face of the multidimensional crisis facing the country Full text...

New York, US (PANA) - As the Central African Republic (CAR) prepares for upcoming elections, the country continues to grapple with a fragile security and humanitarian context, the UN Security Council heard on Thursday Full text...

Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) is on Tuesday evening organising a round table discussion between members of the Advisory Committee and Libyan media professionals on the Committee's proposals on how to hold elections Full text...

Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) has expressed concern about recent political and security developments and warned against the risk of escalating unilateral actions by political and security actors Full text...

Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The Libyan Prime Minister, Abdulhamid Al Dbaiba, says that the real obstacle to the organisation of elections in the country is not security, but the absence of consensual electoral laws Full text...

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - The African Union has unveiled the full list of Commissioners elected during the 38th session of the African Union Summit Full text...

Washington, DC, US (PANA) - The United States says it is concerned by the 23 December announcement by the Mozambican Constitutional Council regarding the controversial 9 October national elections in the country Full text...

Maputo, Mozambique (PANA) - At least 21 people have been killed in unrest since Mozambique’s top court confirmed the governing party Frelimo’s victory in Full text...

Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – South Africa’s ruling ANC has welcomed Mozambique's court ruling which reaffirmed Daniel Chapo as President-elect Full text...

New York, US (PANA) - A new UN plan for Libya aims to overcome political deadlock, put the country back on the path to long-awaited presidential elections and renew the legitimacy of its institutions, the Security Council heard on Monday Full text...