Men in kaftans sit at tables, selling tomatoes and onions in front of small, crowded homes. On the street, young men on motorbikes zip past in broiling heat, searching for people willing to pay for a ride. Buses and trucks rumble through town without stopping.

Governors elected on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) yesterday paid a solidarity visit to Vice-President Goodluck Jonathan and urged him to “continue with the work that he is doing”.

Guinea's main unions Tuesday issued a new threat to stage nationwide strikes if the ruling junta failed to meet their demands for resolving the west African country's political crisis.

Equatorial Guinea's main opposition candidate has said he will not accept the result of Sunday's election because polls were not free and fair.