Dakar, Senegal (AFP): A Senegalese court on Monday handed opposition figure Ousmane Sonko a six-month suspended sentence in an appeal of a defamation case that could jeopardise his run for president next year. Sonko, 48, came third in the 2019 presidential election and intends to stand again in 2024, but two court cases could ruin […]
Islamabad, Pakistan (AFP): Former Pakistan prime minister Imran Khan was arrested Tuesday during a court appearance in the capital for one of dozens of cases pending since he was ousted from office last year. Officials from Khan’s Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) party urged supporters to take to the streets after his arrest but police war...
KANO, Nigeria (AA) – The Nigerian Presidential Election Petition Court in Abuja began hearing petitions on Monday challenging Bola Ahmad Tinubu’s victory in the February presidential election. The five-member tribunal panel led by Justice Haruna Tsammani has announced that it will begin its pre-hearing session with three petitions challe...
ANKARA (AA) – The prime minister of Australia’s New South Wales has defended the decision to not light up the sails of the Sydney Opera House for King Charles’ coronation on Saturday, arguing that it would have caused a “significant” financial burden on taxpayers. “I’d like to keep it for Australia and Australians, and for [&...
DHAKA, Bangladesh (AA) – Simmering tensions between the government and opposition dominated Labor Day rallies in Bangladesh on Monday. The opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) reiterated its call for a caretaker setup to oversee the upcoming general elections, slated for either this December or next January. Addressing some 100,000 su...
Tashkent, Uzbekistan (AFP): Polls closed across Uzbekistan on Sunday, ending a day of voting in the Central Asian nation in a constitutional referendum that could allow President Shavkat Mirziyoyev to remain in power until 2040. Voting stations closed at 8:00 pm (1500 GMT), after being open for 12 hours. The Election Commission has to announce...
ISLAMABAD (AA) – Pakistan’s Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif won a vote of confidence from the National Assembly on Thursday. The resolution for the vote of confidence, moved by Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto Zardari, was passed by 180 members of the National Assembly, the lower house of parliament. “The resolution has been passed an...
Tunis, Tunisia (AFP): Rached Ghannouchi, one of the main opponents of Tunisian President Kais Saied, has been arrested, his Ennahdha party said Monday, the latest in a string of opposition figures held. Ghannouchi, 81, whose party was the largest in parliament before Saied dissolved the chamber in July 2021, was arrested by police at his [&hel...
TRIPOLI, Libya (AA) – The leaders of the Libyan armed forces in the west and east of the country on Thursday evening announced their readiness to secure upcoming elections. The announcement came during a meeting between Libyan Chief of General Staff Lt. Gen. Mohammed Al-Haddad with Abdel Razek al-Nadori, Kahlifa Haftar’s army chief...
KUWAIT CITY, Kuwait (AA) – Kuwaiti Prime Minister Sheikh Ahmed Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah formed a new government on Sunday. Sheikh Ahmed was reappointed prime minister by the crown prince in March, two months after his government resigned following a standoff with parliament. According to state news agency KUNA, the new government comprises 14 m...
