Tensions that had been rising as the end of President Kabila’s final term drew close exploded after the government failed to announce elections on 19 September. Now Kabila and a small group from the opposition are trying to manage the transition but other oppositionists are putting up a fight.

The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) is at “extreme risk” of sliding into violence, warns the United Nations (UN) envoy to the country.

Opposition supporters in the Democratic Republic of Congo blocked Kinshasa's roads with burning tyre as they called for President Joseph Kabila to stand down when his mandate ends on 19 December.

A day after Wednesday's contested re-election of Ali Bongo Ondimba, Gabon is still under a state of high alert.

Many countries in Africa conduct general elections regularly. Electoral management bodies have the responsibility to ensure free and fair elections. But what are their score cards so far?

Drug trafficking and the black market are, to a large extent, a direct consequence of the international drug control system and the national laws that are derived therefrom.