Joe Biden is on the cusp of declaring victory after taking the lead in the state of Georgia early on Friday morning, while Donald Trump clings to a narrow lead in other swing states that are still counting votes.
As President Trump's lead in Pennsylvania and Georgia dwindles and his hopes of catching up to rival Joe Biden in Nevada are diminishing, some of his biggest backers are turning on Republicans for failing to support him more vocally.
When a candidate wins the presidency, he or she needs to set up what's called a transition team to help prepare to take office in the following January.
Prime minister and vice president of the United Arab Emirates and ruler of Dubai, Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, has said he received a coronavirus vaccine shot.
The electoral commission in Ivory Coast says President Alassane Ouattara has won a third term, securing just over 94% of the votes in Saturday's election, that the opposition boycotted.
US President Donald Trump and his Democratic challenger Joe Biden have spent the final hours of the White House race delivering their closing pitch to voters in critical states.
Uganda's electoral commission has cleared incumbent President Yoweri Museveni to begin official campaigns for the elections scheduled for January 2021.
