Every major party has ruled out working with Wilders, meaning Jetten is on track to become the country's youngest and first openly gay prime minister -- even if he comes second.

Hassan was elevated from vice-president in 2021 on the death of her iron-fisted predecessor, John Magufuli, but faced opposition as the country's first female leader.

Amid these new appointments, the future of the Gauteng and KZN premiers hangs in the balance. eNCA unpacks this further with elections analyst, Wayne Sussman.

Scores of tourists, including children and the elderly, were also stranded overnight at the airport near Mount Kilimanjaro, a popular tourist destination.

Argentine President Javier Milei hailed his party's runaway victory in Sunday's midterm elections as a "turning point" for the country

Moving further west, Alassane Ouattara has won his 4th term as Ivory Coast President at the age of 83. We discuss how the old guard keeps getting new mandates in Africa with Professor Everisto Benyera, from Unisa's African Politics Department.

Taxi driver Alain is so disillusioned with Ivory Coast's politicians that he and other residents of Abidjan's Yopougon district plan to ignore next week's presidential election.

With far-right parties on the march in France, Germany, and Britain, the Dutch vote was seen as a bellwether for the strength of populists in Europe.

There were few voters at polling stations in Tanzania's biggest city on Wednesday as the main challengers to President Samia Suluhu Hassan were either jailed or barred from running.