•Parliament of Ghana Ghana’s parliament was adjourned indefinitely again today following a no-show by lawmakers from the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP) during a high-stakes session shortly before elections. The absence of the NPP legislators stalled government business, including crucial budget approvals needed to pay public sector workers a...
•A Congolese police officer stands guard at a polling station People in the Democratic Republic of Congo were voting today in a high-stakes election pitting the incumbent President Felix Tshisekedi against a fragmented opposition, whose leaders denounced “chaos” and “irregularities”. The first polling stations in the east of the vast central A...

