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  The incumbent President of Congo-Brazzaville, Denis Sassou-Nguesso, has won the presidential election with 88.57% of the vote, according to preliminary results from the electoral commission. The 77-year-old leader has been in power for a total...

North Korea tested a "short-range system" over the weekend, its first known weapons test during the Biden presidency, senior administration officials confirmed on Tuesday. It comes as Biden's administration is still mulling its options for dealing...

    The African Union, AU, Observer Mission Head, Dileita Mohamed has congratulated the Congolese people for conducting a "calm and peaceful" presidential election.   A vote that according to the African Union mission has "consolidated...

  The European Union (EU) has imposed sanctions on the Eritrean government's National Security Office (NSO). The sanction was laid under the accusation of serious human rights violations - including extra-judicial killings, torture, arbitrary arrests and...

Mauritania has resumed diplomatic relations with Qatar after a four-year freeze. Foreign ministers from both countries met in Doha, Qatar, on Sunday, to hold talks on the resumption of ties. The Mauritanian state news agency quoted a...

  Guy Brice Parfait Kolelas, one of the main contenders in Congo-Brazzaville's presidential race, died on Sunday after becoming seriously ill with Covid-19. Reports from his campaign director stated that Mr Kolelas "died in the medical...