BEIRUT, Lebanon (AA): Lebanese Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri has set June 14 for holding a session to elect a new president. The last parliamentary session to elect a president was held on January 12, but lawmakers failed to agree on a candidate. There have been 11 sessions to elect a new president to succeed Michel […]
KIGALI, Rwanda (AA): Hundreds of people have been arrested across Senegal since deadly protests broke out against the sentencing of an opposition leader, an official said Sunday. Violence erupted in Senegal’s capital Dakar and some towns on Thursday after Ousmane Sonko, president of the PASTEF-Patriots party was sentenced to two years in priso...
Dakar, Senegal (AFP): Senegalese opposition leader Ousmane Sonko alleged on Tuesday he was being “illegally held” by security forces and urged the public to protest. “I urge all Senegalese people to come out onto the streets,” he said on social media, escalating a political tug-of-war with President Macky Sall’s g...
Beijing, China (AFP): China on Monday congratulated Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on his re-election, after he won a historic runoff vote to extend his two-decade rule. “China expresses its congratulations to President Erdogan on his re-election,” foreign ministry spokeswoman Mao Ning said. “We support Turkiye in tak...
Abuja, Nigeria (AFP): Long-time political kingmaker Bola Tinubu has been sworn in as Nigerian president, succeeding Muhammadu Buhari, a former general who stepped down after two terms in office. The 71-year-old southerner takes over from the 80-year-old northerner as Africa’s most populous nation faces a sea of economic troubles and a se...
BELGRADE, Serbia (AA): Tensions gripped Kosovo again on Monday as Serb protesters attempted to bar newly elected Albanian mayors from entering three municipal buildings, forcing police to fire tear gas shells to disperse them. NATO’s Peacekeeping Force in Kosovo (KFOR) also assisted police in clearing paths for the mayors of Zvecan, Zubi...
ANKARA (AA): World leaders took to social media and public platforms to congratulate Türkiye’s Recep Tayyip Erdogan, who won a historic reelection Sunday as the nation’s president. US President Joe Biden congratulated Turkish President Erdogan on his reelection, saying he looks forward to continuing to working together on bilateral issues and ...
ANKARA (AA) – Recep Tayyip Erdogan has been reelected Türkiye’s president in runoff elections, the chairman of the country’s Supreme Election Council (YSK) said on Sunday. Speaking to reporters in the capital Ankara, YSK head Ahmet Yener said that Erdogan won Türkiye’s presidency over opposition challenger Kemal Kilicdaroglu in the...
ANKARA (AA): Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is leading Sunday’s runoff election with 53.41% of the vote while opposition candidate Kemal Kilicdaroglu has 46.59%, with 75.42% of votes nationwide counted, according to the head of the election authority. Ahmet Yener, chairman of the Supreme Election Council (YSK), gave the official result...
Mogadishu, Somalia (AFP): Somalia’s government and federal member states said Sunday that direct universal suffrage would be introduced with local elections set for June 2024. The move follows a pledge by President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud in March to end a complex indirect system in place since 1969. “The basic principles should be t...
