Africans are laughing at the US elections on Twitter.


Allegations of sexual assault, high-level corruption and vote rigging are normally found in less stable countries, but this year's presidential race is testing the resilience of America's electoral system. Nigerians in particular have found the irony of the world's foremost democracy slipping into embarrassing feuds and demagogic threats too hilarious to resist.

Thousands have been picking events apart on Twitter under the hashtag #Nov8AfricanEdition - a reference to the date of the election.

Under the hashtag, Nigerians and other Africans have been flipping the script and imagining how events in America would be reported if they were happening in Africa, with fake "breaking news" headlines and sarcastic support.

The tag began trending after the third presidential debate, in which Donald Trump hinted he might not accept the election result if Hilary Clinton wins. The jokers saved their best material for Trump's claim that the US campaign is "rigged."
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Zimbabwe has warned that its recognition of the US elections will be based on the report of the SADC observer mission #Nov8AfricanEdition


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#Obama refuses to leave office claims he is the only man fit to rule US, seeks to ammend constitution #Nov8AfricanEdition