Senegal’s top court confirmed the presidential election victory of opposition candidate Bassirou Diomaye Faye on Friday The top court validated provisional results announced on Wednesday based on vote tallies from 100% of polling stations, adding that no objections had been raised by the other contenders. Faye won more than 54% of votes in last Sunday’s…
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Prior to having the support of Senegal’s most potent opposition politician, Ousmane Sonko, 44-year-old Bassirou Diomaye Faye was little known. It is barely ten days since both men were released from prison. Only ten days after being freed from prison, a young political outsider supported by a prominent opposition figure emerged victorious in Senegal’s presidential…
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Algeria to hold presidential elections on date 7 September in the year 2024, giving candidates who are vying for the seat 5 months to campaign. The date was announced in a statement on Thursday by the president after meeting with a group of high ranked members of the parliament. Tebboune the current president has not…
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President of the Republic of Uganda Yoweri Museveni,has appointed his son as top commander of the military. According to a military statement, Museveni’s son Gen.Muhoozi Kainerugaba was promoted to the new seat on Thursday. He has recently been holding rallies in the country in violation of a law barring serving army officers from engaging in…
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After the military coup in Niger, France soon wants to evacuate its citizens from the West African country. The Swiss foreign department is aware of the departure flights and is in contact with Swiss citizens on site. The French Foreign Ministry said the evacuation should begin on Tuesday. Other Europeans who wanted to leave the country could…
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