Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaidó has called for an escalating series of strikes to force President Nicolás Maduro to relinquish power. Mr Guaidó urged public employees to act on Thursday, saying the stoppages would lead to a general strike. A woman was killed in clashes between protesters and security forces in Caracas on Wednesday, reports say. Mr Maduro meanwhile dismissed …

Zimbabwean President Emmerson Mnangagwa will this week tour Cyclone Idai-ravaged areas in the country together with representatives of 17 other political parties involved in a national dialogue intended to resolve the country’s political and economic problems. Secretary for Information, Publicity and Broadcasting Services Nick Mangwana confirmed in a tweet Sunday that Mnangagwa, who has been to Manicaland Province before, will …

Cameroon’s opposition leader Maurice Kamto, who faces several charges including hostility against the homeland and offence against the President of the republic, has asked to be tried in open court. Mr Kamto was in court on Tuesday to ask for bail but when the judge insisted that the hearing take place in his chambers, he walked out. The opposition leader’s …

  The Nicaraguan government has agreed to release all opposition prisoners within 90 days in a bid to restart stalled peace talks. Mediators said the government would free more than 700 people detained since anti-government rallies began last April. A crackdown on the protests has left more than 300 people dead. The agreement also called for sanctions imposed on Nicaragua …

Ghana is the first black African nation to become independent from colonial rule and the country’s history books will not be complete without the story of Joseph Kwame Kyeretwie Boakye Danquah, a lawyer, historian, scholar and the country’s first opposition leader who died in detention on February 4, 1965. Danquah’s political journey started in London while he was a student …