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Gabon military junta considers a two-year transitional period before conducting elections In a recent development, the military junta in Gabon has expressed its intentions to oversee a two-year transitional period prior to the organization of elections. This announcement comes amidst ongoing tensions and uncertainty following the hospitalization of President Ali Bongo, which has left the country in a state of ...

Police is Rwanda have arrested a suspected serial killer after more than 10 bodies were discovered buried in a hole in the kitchen of his home in the capital, Kigali. This is according to police and local media reports on Wednesday. Police said the 34-year-old suspected serial killer had lured his victims from bars to his rented home in Kicukiro, ...

The Gabon coup leader that ousted President Ali Bongo will address the nation for the first time as interim president on Monday. This will be after a swearing-in ceremony that would appear to solidify the junta’s grip on power. In West and Central Africa’s eighth coup in three years, military officers led by General Brice Oligui Nguema seized power on Aug. 30, minutes ...

Incarcerated former head of the Mali Football Federation (FEMAFOOT) Mamatou Touré “Bavieux” was re-elected as president on Tuesday. Bavieux managed to secure his re-election with a landslide victory during the general meeting held in Bamako. He won the vote with 61 votes, 1 abstention and 1 against. Remarkably, he was the only candidate whose file was accepted by the electoral ...

Election authorities announced on Saturday that Zimbabwe’s President Emmerson Mnangagwa had won a second term in office. However, the opposition disputed the outcome of a poll that foreign observers claimed did not meet democratic guidelines. According to official results released by the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC), Mnangagwa, 80 received 52.6% of the votes. His closest opponent Nelson Chamisa, 45, came ...