KIGALI, June 8 — Rwanda has said it would withdraw from the Economic Community of Central African States (ECCAS), underscoring diplomatic tensions in the region over an offensive this year by Rwanda-backed M23 rebels in eastern Congo.

DAKAR, Nov 27 — Equatorial Guinea's President Teodoro Obiang Nguema has won re-election with 95 per cent of the November 20 vote and his party took all the senate and parliament seats, his son Vice President Teodoro Nguema Obiang Mangue said on Twitter on Saturday.