Lagos, Nigeria (AFP): President Muhammadu Buhari has congratulated the declared winner of Nigeria’s presidential elections, Bola Ahmed Tinubu, saying he was the best man for the job. Tinubu, candidate of Buhari’s ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), won 8.8 million votes against 6.9 million for opposition Peoples Democratic Part...
TUNIS, Tunisia (AA) – Tunisia on Wednesday called for Arab support amid tension with the African Union (AU) over the flow of irregular migrants into the North African country. Speaking at a meeting of Arab interior ministers in Tunis, Interior Minister Taoufik Charafeddine said Tunisia looks for Arab support amid “an unprecedented and unjustif...
Lagos, Nigeria (AFP): Ruling party candidate Bola Tinubu won Nigeria’s highly disputed weekend election on Wednesday, securing the former Lagos governor his life-long ambition of the presidency of Africa’s most populous democracy. With President Muhammadu Buhari stepping down after two terms, many Nigerians hoped Saturday’s v...
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (AFP): Villagers in eastern Burkina Faso have spoken of how a rebel attack turned into a “horror movie” and accused the army of abandoning them. The final death toll from the assault remains unknown, with locals reporting several dead. “A horror movie unfolded in our village, Partiaga,” a resid...
Paris, France (AFP): President Emmanuel Macron has announced a “noticeable reduction” of French troop presence in Africa, where anti-French sentiment is running high in some former colonies. He was speaking in Paris ahead of a four-nation tour of central African countries from Wednesday, as France seeks to counter growing Chinese a...
BRUSSELS (AA) – The EU is following the developments in Tunisia “with great concern” as the North African country is experiencing “difficult times,” the European Commission’s spokesperson said on Tuesday. “The European Union has been following the developments very closely and with great concern in Tunisia,” Nabila Massrali, the spokesperson o...
MAIDUGURI, Nigeria (AA) – Election observers from the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) urged candidates in Nigeria’s election on Monday to respect the outcome of the polls. Sierra Leone’s former President Ernest Bai Koroma, who heads the observers, called on the candidates to accept the final announcement of the Feb. 25...
Tunis, Tunisia (AFP): Tunisia’s top diplomat sought to “reassure” sub-Saharan African migrants on Monday, in an interview with AFP days after comments by President Kais Saied drew accusations of racism. Last week, Saied called for “urgent measures” against “hordes” of sub-Saharan migrants, whom he accu...
Lagos, Nigeria (AFP): Nigeria’s ruling party candidate Bola Tinubu took an early lead in the race for the presidency, according to initial tallies on Monday, after a tight election marked by long delays and an opposition walkout over fraud accusations. Former Lagos governor Tinubu faced main opposition party PDP’s Atiku Abubakar in...
MAIDUGURI, Nigeria (AA) – Nigeria’s opposition Labour Party has won Lagos state in the presidential poll, a stronghold of the ruling All Progressive Congress (APC) party, election authorities announced Monday. The Labour presidential candidate, Peter Obi, scored 582,454 votes, ahead of Bola Ahmed Tinubu of the APC who got 577,606, ...
