Niger: Election just the start of challenges for new president

Panama's former security minister Jose Raul Mulino on Sunday stormed to victory in a presidential poll dominated by his old boss, the popular ex-leader Ricardo Martinelli, who buttressed his campaign despite being holed up in Nicaragua's embassy.

Polling stations open in Chad for a presidential election that will bring transition to a close.

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