In a "pre - determined" presidential election for the outgoing President, Idriss Deby, seeks a sixth term, after spending 30 years in office. The voters in Chad are voting today for

Wali West Darfur Mohammed Abdullah Douma announced that the toll of casualties in tribal clashes in the state had risen to 132 killed and 208 wounded.

Following a "coup attempt" on Tuesday night, authorities in Niger arrested military personnel, saying the situation was "under control," according to a security source.

At a time when the Movement for the Defence of Democracy (MDD), a group of opposition parties including Bastif, called for protests throughout Senegal for three days,