Equatorial Guinea President wins re-election, VP says on Twitter
Dakar, SenegalReuters Equatorial Guinea’s President Teodoro Obiang Nguema has won re-election with 95 per cent of the 20th November vote, his son Vice President Teodoro Nguema Obiang Mangue said on Twitter on Saturday. Reuters was not able to immediately verify the claim. Equatorial Guinea’s President Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo attends the plenary session of the […]
World’s longest-ruling leader holds vote to extend rule of tiny African state
Dakar, SenegalReuters The world’s longest-ruling leader, President Teodoro Obiang of Equatorial Guinea, staged a vote on Sunday to extend his 43-year-rule of a tiny, authoritarian African state where once plentiful oil wealth has been in a rapid decline. “What you sow is what you reap,” said Obiang, 80, who has regularly won more than 90 […]
Gambian women testify about sex abuse under ex-president Jammeh
Dakar, SenegalThomson Reuters Foundation Speaking calmly through tears, in a hearing streamed live on YouTube, former beauty queen Fatou Jallow told how Gambia’s ex-president Yahya Jammeh locked her in a room and raped her. The 23-year-old’s testimony on Thursday concluded three weeks of public hearings dedicated to sexual and gender-based violence under Jammeh’s presidency, part […]