President Clinton's Africa trip is the first by a sitting US president, in which he has visited the prison that held Nelson Mandela for 18 years and talked of the European slave trade on the African…

According to the government and political party of President Paul Biya, Cameroon's voters overwhelmingly turned out this month to applaud his 15 years in power and elect him to seven more. According…

Some Say Setbacks May Be Temporary, Cite Rise of Civil Societies Amid UpheavalsThe past month's street fights for power in three African capitals underscore that this continent's saluted post-Cold…

Christopher Fomunyoh is regional director for West Africa at the National Democratic Institute. He discussed the fighting and electoral problems in the Congo with reporter Toni Marshall.Question: Is…

In 1990 President Francois Mitterrand of France spoke enthusiastically of a "wind blowing from Europe that has begun to sweep Africa." The speech was widely credited with speeding up moves toward…

Wherever President Nicephore D. Soglo has gone the last few days, whether pressing the flesh in roadside campaign stops or dancing briefly during a festival in the coastal city of Ouidah, he has been…

Washington -- Women in the United States and Africa share many similarities when it comes to election issues and are rapidly becoming increasingly influential in deciding political races…