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Ivory Coast鈥檚 ruling party wins legislative elections

President Alassane Ouattara's RHDP has won parliamentary elections held at the weekend.

Ivory Coast鈥檚 ruling RHDP has won the legislative elections held at the weekend, provisional results show. The party now awaits official confirmation by the country鈥檚 electoral commission.

The death toll from a blast at Equatorial Guinea military barracks has risen to 98. The incident in the coastal city of Bata also left hundreds other people injured.

Plus South African DJ, Black Coffee talks about his new Subconsciously album, his childhood and plans to revolutionise his country鈥檚 music industry.

(Picture: President of the Ivory Coast Alassane Ouattara casts his vote at a polling station on parliamentary election in Abidjan city on March 06 2021. Credit: Cyrille Bah/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)

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