People in Niger began casting their ballots in the country’s presidential and parliamentary elections on Sunday. At the polling station of Dar-es-Salam, a popular district in the capital Niamey, the first voters began to vote around 09:00 (08:00 GMT) about an hour later than scheduled. Voting is scheduled to close at 7:00 pm local time, but election workers have instructions to extend voting hours in … Continue reading Polls open in Niger’s presidential and parliamentary elections

With Rwandan and UN guards in tow, President Faustin-Archange Touadera was one of the earliest to cast their ballots as polls opened in the Central African Republic’s presidential and parliamentary elections on Sunday. Touadera was keen to show his nervous compatriots that the vote was being held despite renewed rebel violence in the countryside. The rebels are opposed to the exercise. They have called for … Continue reading Gun shots, attacks as Central Africans vote