Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – The National Union of Metalworkers of South Africa (NUMSA) is demanding the immediate and unconditional release of Fred M’membe, president of the Socialist Party of Zambia Full text...

Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Former South African President Jacob Zuma's MK Party is seeking legal advice after he was expelled from the ruling ANC for violating the party’s constitution Full text...

Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) –  South Africa’s Constitutional Court on Monday overturned an Electoral Court decision, and ruled that former President Jacob Zuma was not eligible to run for next week’s national elections Full text...

Cotonou, Benin (PANA) - On Friday, the four political parties with elected representatives in the communes and the National Assembly received a total of 1 Full text...

Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Libyan High Electoral Commission, Imad Al-Sayeh, stressed the importance of the role of political parties in supporting the success of electoral operations Full text...

Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Ace Magashule, the suspended Secretary General of the ruling African National Congress (ANC) in South Africa, and former President Thabo Mbeki are embroiled in a bitter spat that continues to divide the party Full text...

Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – South Africa's North Gauteng High Court on Monday set down two days to hear an application brought by the Secretary-General of the ruling African National Congress (ANC) seeking to overturn his suspension from the party Full text...

Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Ace Magashule, the suspended secretary-general of the ruling ANC, on Friday asked a court to reverse his own suspension and declare President Cyril Ramaphosa suspended instead Full text...

Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) –  Ace Magashule, the suspended Secretary-General of South Africa's ruling African National Congress (ANC), has been ordered to apologise for the “letter of suspension” he wrote to President Cyril Ramaphosa last week Full text...

Lomé, Togo (PANA) - A new political party,  Pan-African Union for Democracy and Change (UPDC), was launched at the  weekend in Lomé, PANA learnt on Tuesday from informed sources in the Togolese capital Full text...

Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Former President Jacob Zuma on Friday took aim at his successor, President Cyril Ramaphosa, in an unprecedented open letter which has been leaked to the media Full text...

Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Mmusi Maimane, the former leader of the official opposition Democratic Alliance (DA), is planning to change South Africa’s political landscape in 2020 Full text...

Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) - Delegates to the 5th congress, held from December 27 to 30 in Kintélé, a northern suburb of the Congolese capital, have elected Pierre Moussa as new secretary general of the Congolese Labor Party (PCT-Pau power), replacing Pierre Ngolo, the current president of the Congolese Senate Full text...

Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - A new political party, Tahya Tounes or  'Vive la Tunisie', formed by Tunisian Prime Minister Youssef Chahed, was officially registered on Monday, bringing to 217 the number of recognised parties in Tunisia Full text...