Ethiopia’s electoral board ruled that Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed’s Prosperity Party won 410 of 436 contested parliamentary seats (FT) in June elections marked by insecurity and opposition boycotts. The results give Abiy another five-year term.
South Africa: The army is deploying troops (AFP) to two provinces to quell unrest sparked by the jailing of former President Jacob Zuma. South Africa’s Constitutional Court is hearing a bid to rescind Zuma’s sentence (News24) for contempt of court today.
