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Landslide Win? The ruling Chama Cha Mapinduzi party candidate – who according to the electoral body won 84% of the vote while rival Tundu Lissu of the Chadema party received 13%, affirmed his win and announced that he has no intention of seeking a third term. Magufuli appealed to the nation, “We cast our votes in a peaceful way, we… Read More

Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang converted a penalty for his first league goal since the opening weekend to give Arsenal a 1-0 victory at Manchester United, their first in the Premier League since 2006. The Gunners captain sent David De Gea the wrong way on 69 minutes after a Paul Pogba foul on Hector Bellerin. “Probably he had added pressure because he knew… Read More

French President Emmanuel Macron said he can understand why Muslims were shocked by caricatures depicting the prophet Muhammad. But in an interview with Al Jazeera broadcast on Saturday, he said he could never accept the issue being used to justify violence. “I understand and respect that we can be shocked by these caricatures,” Macron said. “I will never accept that… Read More

Many were waiting for Ivorian opposition leader Henri Konan Bédié to speak, but instead it was FPI’s Pascal Affi N’guessan who spoke for the opposition parties. N’guessan confirmed they rejected the October 31st vote, and stated once more the opposition no longer recognized Alassane Ouattara as the country’s president. “The Ivorian opposition political parties do not recognize the election of… Read More

US President Donald Trump and his Democratic rival Joe Biden launched a final campaign sprint on Saturday ahead of the November 3 presidential election. With more than 91 million votes already cast, Trump and Biden are out of time to reshape the race. They are instead focusing on their base and making sure that any potential supporters have either already… Read More

Guarded by a heavy police presence, Ivory Coast’s electoral commission has started to announce the preliminary result of the presidential vote. With 2 of the four candidates boycotting, incumbent President Allassane Ouattara is expected to win, especially in the north of the country. The area is known for being a stronghold of the president. According to the first results, President… Read More

Residents of Ivory Coast’s capital city Abidjan fear what will come next. The city is calm this morning, but incertainty is till on everyone’s mind. Following yesterday’s acts of violents in some of the country’s major cities, many dread a return of the 2010 post electoral violence, that killed over 3 000 people. “We no longer want war, we want… Read More

Opposition candidates in the Ivory Coast on Sunday called for a “civil transition” from incumbent President Alassane Ouattara’s government, a day after the election. Presidential hopefuls Pascal Affi N’Guessan and Henri Konan Bédié called for a boycott of the vote, saying it was “unconstitutional” for Ouattara to run for a third term. N’Guessan said it was the “end” of Ouattara’s… Read More

Vote counting is underway following Ivory Coast’s tense presidential election on Saturday. President Alassane Ouattara is trying his luck for a contested third term, leading to two opposition candidates calling for a boycott and labelling the vote as a “failure” of power. Official numbers on voter turnout have not been released but according to media reports, it was low. But… Read More

Voters cast their ballots in Ivory Coast’s heated presidential election on Saturday and now they wait eagerly to see who will be the next leader of one Africa’s fastest-growing economies. The vote is seen as a test of stability as two opposition candidates called for a boycott and civil disobedience, calling the vote a “failure” of power. President Alassane Ouattara… Read More