The electoral commission of Tanzania said Saturday that President Samia Suluhu Hassan had won a landslide victory in the country’s presidential election this past week, a contest that has led to days ...

The former head of education at the United Nations Children's Fund (Unicef) Tanzania Office, Dr Mohammed Waheed Hassan, 59, is now the new president of the tiny archipelago nation of the Maldives. The ...

KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) — Tanzania's President Samia Suluhu Hassan won the country’s disputed election with more than 97% of the vote, according to official results announced Saturday. Her two main ...

Jon Shenk’s The Island President tells the story of former president Mohamed Nasheed of the Maldives, a man confronting a problem greater than any other world leader has ever faced—the survival of his ...

The Maldives’ top court has cancelled the 13-year prison sentence of former President Mohamed Nasheed following a review of his controversial conviction on terrorism charges. Nasheed, who recently ...

The trial of former Maldives President Mohamed Nasheed, who faces charges of abuse of power, has been postponed in the capital, Male, after Mr Nasheed failed to attend. Mr Nasheed, who resigned in ...

Mohamed Nasheed became the nation's first democratically elected leader in 2008 A former president of the Maldives has been sentenced to 13 years in prison after he was found guilty of ordering the ...

A former president of the Maldives has been sentenced to 13 years in prison after he was found guilty of ordering the arrest of a judge while in office. Mohamed Nasheed was cleared of the charges last ...