Zimbabwe presidential rivals both signal election victory, result due soon
Both leading contestants in Zimbabwe’s disputed presidential election signaled they had won on Thursday as a nervous nation awaited the official results three days after voting.
Zimbabwe police storm opposition MDC offices, detain 16 people: Reuters witness
Zimbabwe police stormed the headquarters of the opposition Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) in the capital Harare on Thursday and detained 16 people after sealing off the building earlier, a Reuters witness said.
Congo opposition leader Bemba files presidential candidacy
Democratic Republic of Congo opposition leader Jean-Pierre Bemba filed his candidacy on Thursday for December’s presidential election, cementing an unlikely comeback after a decade in prison for war crimes.
Waiting for reunion: A new German law raises Syrian family’s hopes
When Oudai Alhomsi left his wife, toddler son and eight-month-old daughter in Jordan to seek asylum in Germany in 2015, he thought it would be a matter of months before they could join him.
Macron, May meeting not an attempt to sidestep Barnier: Elysee
President Emmanuel Macron has full trust in Michel Barnier, the European Union’s Brexit negotiator, and Friday’s meeting with British Prime Minister Theresa May is not an attempt to hold parallel talks, a French presidency official said on Thursday.
Three employees of catering firm Sodexo abducted, killed in Kabul
Three foreign nationals working for French catering company Sodexo were abducted and killed in Kabul on Thursday, deepening concerns about security of expatriates in Afghanistan.
Gas leak at Bosnian hydropower plant kills three, injures one: media
Three people died and one was injured in an incident on Thursday caused by a gas leak in Bosnia’s Una Kostela hydropower plant, FENA news agency reported.
Zimbabwe presidential election results to begin at 10pm
Zimbabwe’s electoral commission will start announcing presidential election results from 10 p.m. (2000 GMT), commissioner Qubani Moyo said on Thursday.
Israel and Jordan kill Islamic State fighters flushed out of Syria
Israel and Jordan said on Thursday that their forces had killed Islamic State insurgents who approached their borders after being squeezed out of southwestern Syria by the army of President Bashar al-Assad.
Zimbabwe opposition leader Chamisa says won presidential election
Zimbabwe’s main opposition leader Nelson Chamisa said on Thursday that he had won the presidential election, and President Emmerson Mnangagwa knew he had lost otherwise the results would have been announced by now.
