SA opposition leader steps down

The Sunday service at the hill-top Kiryama church was packed as Catholic Archbishop Simon Ntamwana delivered a sermon, and a political bombshell, for the small central African nation of Burundi.

South Africa's main opposition party, the Democratic Alliance, is expected to elect Mmusi Maimane as its first black leader.

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Tanzania opposition leader arrested during protest
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Tanzanian police arrested an opposition party leader and 32 party members for allegedly holding a demonstration without police approval, Tanzania's The Guardian reported Wednesday (January 28th).
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Flanked by motorbike riders honking horns, Uganda’s key opposition leader is hailed as a hero by supporters, but three-time presidential challenger Kizza Besigye insists he never wanted to go into politics.

Tanzania Opposition Leader Quits Party After Ex-PM Joins
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A prominent member of Tanzania's opposition alliance has resigned from the Civic United Front (CUF) party, days after former Prime Minister Edward Lowassa joined the opposition Chadema Party following his defection from the ruling Chama Cha Mapinduzi ...

Togo's opposition leader says he considers himself the new president, rejecting official figures saying incumbent Faure Gnassingbe had won.

Burundi’s opposition leader Patrice Gahungu was shot dead on Monday night as he was heading home at Gasenyi in the capital Bujumbura, his family told Xinhua Tuesday.

>The Inspector General of Police, Gen Kale Kayihura, has lashed out at intelligence officers for failing to detect movements of former Forum for Democratic Change president Kizza Besigye.

South Sudan’s opposition leader Riek Machar has said he will return to Juba at the beginning of December.