Zimbabwe’s President Emmerson Mnangagwa won a second term in office, election officials said Saturday, but the opposition rejected the result of a vote that international observers said fell short of democratic standards.

Le président zimbabwéen Emmerson Mnangagwa, 80 ans, a été reconduit samedi pour un second mandat à l’issue d’un scrutin, aux nombreux dysfonctionnements, dont les résultats ont aussitôt été rejetés par le parti de son principal rival. 

Gabon’s government blocked internet access and imposed a curfew on Saturday after a general election marked by major voting delays, as the opposition cried foul over a poll they hoped would halt President Ali Bongo’s bid to extend his family’s 56-year grip on power. 

Tens of thousands of people rallied in Niamey Saturday in support of last month’s coup, a day after the country’s new military rulers gave France’s ambassador to Niger 48 hours to leave the country.

Le gouvernement du Gabon a rapidement instauré un couvre-feu et coupé Internet, samedi soir, après la fermeture des bureaux de vote, au terme du journée durant laquelle les Gabonais étaient appelés aux urnes pour confier ou non un troisième mandat au président Ali Bongo Ondimba.

Plusieurs milliers de personnes se sont rassemblées samedi à Niamey pour soutenir le Conseil national pour la sauvegarde de la patrie (CNSP) désormais au pouvoir au Niger, au lendemain de son ultimatum de 48 h donné à l’ambassadeur de France pour partir.

China’s expansion into the West African arms market is a shift in strategy for a country that has typically focussed its weapons sales on other African regions. But Beijing is not just competing for a share of a new market: amid waning French influence in West Africa, China is looking …

The junta in Niger has ordered its armed forces to go on highest alert, citing an increased threat of attack, according to an internal document issued by its defence chief on Friday that a security source in the country confirmed was authentic. 

Islamic State extremists have almost doubled the territory they control in Mali in less than a year, and their al-Qaida-linked rivals are capitalizing on the deadlock and perceived weakness of armed groups that signed a 2015 peace agreement, United Nations experts said in a new report.

At least 12 people died in a crush at a stadium in Madagascar on Friday as sports fans gathered for the opening ceremony of the Indian Ocean Island Games, local media reported.