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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

Voting has been largely calm in Ivory Coast’s presidential election on Saturday, says Africanews’ Yannick Djanhoun speaking from Abidjan. He’s been visiting polling stations in the economic capital. The vote has been tense as incumbent President Alassane Ouattara seeks a third term in an election two rival candidates have urged their supporters to boycott. There have been pre-election clashes, which… Read More

On the shores of the red sea, the 4th edition of Egypt’s El Gouna Film Festival came to a close. With fewer international stars able to travel to Egypt, due to COVID 19, the nine-day festival was determined to nurture a culture that makes it possible for filmmakers to transform their visions into reality. Under strict safety measures, 63 feature… Read More

Tanzania’s populist president John Magufuli was declared the overwhelming winner of the elections by the National Electoral Commission on Friday, sparking a backlash by the opposition who allege fraud. Magzfuli’s victory means he will run for a second term and the ruling party CCM, which has been in power for decades, won enough seats in parliament to change the constitution.… Read More

In the United States, Donald Trump and Joe Biden are attacking each other from a distance during their meetings three days before the presidential elections. Donald Trump Donald Trump does not slow down the pace of his meetings: three per day. He targets states where a victory would give him hope of staying in his post. Thus, this Friday, he… Read More

Three young children and their mother were rescued alive from the rubble of a collapsed building in western Turkey on Saturday, some 23 hours after a powerful earthquake in the Aegean Sea killed at least 39 people and injured more than 800 others. One of the children died soon after being rescued, while a fourth child was still trapped. The… Read More

As votes are being counted in Ivory Coast’s tense presidential election opposition candidate Kouadio Konan Bertin has called for peace. “There have been too many deaths in this country, too much blood spilled on the soil of Félix Houphouët-Boigny,” the presidential hopeful said. Voter turnout was low, according to several media reports, as incumbent President Alassane Ouattara’s bid for a… Read More

Thousands of Abidjan residents are fleeing the economic capital fearing violence during Saturday’s presidential election. They packed their bags several days ago to head to the interior, dreading a possible repeat of the 2010 election when fighting turned the city into a battleground, killing 3,000 people. “I am leaving Abidjan because of what happened in 2010 – I don’t want… Read More

Ivory Coast’s incumbent president Alassane Ouattara has cast his ballot in the presidential election he hopes will grant him a third mandate. He and his wife Dominique voted in the upmarket Abidjan suburb of Cocody on Saturday morning. The former IMF official has been in power since 2010. The 78-year-old is facing off with veteran opposition leader Henri Konan Bedie,… Read More