People across Africa stayed up all night or woke before dawn to watch U.S. history being made, while the president of Kenya — where Obama's father was born — declared a public holiday.

In Indonesia, where Obama lived as child, hundreds of students at his former elementary school erupted in cheers when he was declared winner and poured into the courtyard where they hugged each other, danced in the rain and chanted "Obama! Obama!"

ADDIS ABABA (AFP) — Ethiopia on Tuesday warned of an "imminent" terrorist attack and urged its citizens to be vigilant but did not elaborate on the nature of the risk.

"There is proven evidence that a plot to undertake a terrorist attack in Ethiopia exists at this very moment," the National Anti-terrorism Taskforce warned in a statement received by AFP here.

ADDIS ABABA, Oct 27 (Reuters) - Ethiopia said on Monday it will respect a U.N.-brokered peace deal for Somalia requiring the gradual withdrawal of its troops whose presence is the main bone of contention for opposition groups.

Somalia's government signed a ceasefire agreement with moderate leaders of the Alliance for the Re-Liberation of Somalia (ARS) on Sunday after meeting an opposition demand to fix the exit of Ethiopian troops.