Bloomberg Chancellor Angela Merkel was chastised by German voters who elected her to a fourth term with her party’s worst result since 1949, after an election that lifted a far-right party into parliament in a sign of the growing polarisation in Europe’s biggest economy. Sunday’s federal ballot saw support for the two main parties— Merkel’s Christian Democrat-led bloc and Martin …

Bloomberg Kenya’s public prosecutor ordered an investigation into the country’s electoral authority over its handling of last month’s annulled presidential election. Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions investigators will seek to establish whether officials at the Independent Electoral & Boundaries Commission committed any crimes, according to a statement posted on its Twitter account on Saturday. The ODPP asked for …

Bloomberg Rwanda’s police said they arrested an activist barred from running for the presidency and two family members for alleged offenses against state security and forgery. Diane Rwigara, her mother and sister were arrested Saturday after the East African nation’s police “uncovered credible evidence linking the trio to offenses against state security,” the force said in a statement on its …