As the date for Brexit referendum is approaching near the buzz around it is gaining. David Cameron, British prime minister, declared June 23rd as the date of referendum, when United Kingdom will vote on the question of whether to stay “in” or “out” of the European Union. READ MORE

Khartoum, (IANS) Presidential and legislative elections began in Sudan on Monday with incumbent President Omar Hassan al-Bashir expected to win again, given the boycott of the polls by main opposition parties.

Elections will last three days, in which 13.3 million people in 18 states are eligible to cast their ballots.

Lagos, (IANS/EFE) Outgoing Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan on Tuesday conceded defeat in the presidential election after the opposition took a decisive lead, and called up his rival Muhamadu Buhari to congratulate him on the victory.
Spokesman for Buhari's All Progressives Congress party (APC), Lai Mohammed, confirmed to Efe that Buhari received the call from Jonathan.
Although Jonathan was initially given a slight advantage, Buhari had managed to take a lead in the election by two million votes after winning several key states.
With the final result yet to be announced, the APC on Tuesday declared victory in the election. According to Nigerian electoral law, the winning candidate should get at least 51 percent of the popular votes and at least 25 percent of the votes in 24 of the 36 states.

Abuja, (IANS) With the final result yet to be announced, the Nigerian opposition party on Tuesday declared victory in the recent presidential poll.
Shehu Garba, spokesperson of the opposition party's campaign organisation, said the political group has already declared a victory party in Abuja, with the party's presidential candidate, Muhammadu Buhari, in attendance.
"We have already won the election. The figures have shown we won and the ruling party cannot meet up with the figures. It is not possible," Xinhua quoted Garba as saying.
The opposition All Progressives Congress party took a lead in weekend's presidential election, according to results of 33 states released by the Independent National Electoral Commission. Results of Sokoto, Delta and Borno states are yet to be released.

A steady lead of 3.1% ahead of ruling New Democracy holds the Greek main opposition party, SYRIZA, according to a latest poll on behalf of Greek newspaper “Eleftheros Typos.”

Abuja - The People's Democratic Party (PDP) has counseled the All Progressives Congress (APC) and its Presidential candidate, Muhammadu Buhari, to focus more on winning followers genuinely than applying alleged diversionary tactics.

Harare, (IANS) Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe has fired his deputy Joice Mujuru and seven other cabinet ministers in a move that shocked the southern African nation.

According to a statement issued by the chief secretary to the president and cabinet, Misheck Sibanda, Mugabe exercised his executive powers to relieve Mujuru of her position on the grounds that "it had become evident that her conduct in the discharge of her duties had become inconsistent with the expected standard, exhibiting conflict between official responsibilities and private interests".

Secularists rule out unity government with Ennahda party after winning 85 seats and the right to form government

A liberal party with ties to the deposed regime has taken the most seats in Tunisia’s parliamentary elections, leaving the once-dominant Islamists running a close second, the country’s election commission has announced after the completion of final counting.