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N’Djamena, Chad – AFP The death of the leading adversary of Chad’s ruling junta in an army assault was an “assassination” by the presidential guard, his opposition party has alleged. Yaya Dillo Djerou, who led the Socialist Party Without Borders (PSF), died ahead of a May election, in which he was set to face his ...
ROCHDALE – AFP “Keir Starmer, this is for Gaza,” said George Galloway from the Workers Party of Britain after winning the Rochdale by-election, beating the Conservative and Labour parties with 12,335 votes. The left-wing leader was elected to the UK parliament after tapping into anger over Israel’s war on Gaza. “K...
Tehran, Iran – AFP Iranians voted on Friday in elections for parliament and a key clerical body, amid fears of a low turnout. Supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, who has called for a strong turnout, was the first to cast his ballot, at a polling station in central Tehran, state television reported. Since the last elections, […]...
Washington, United States – AFP The United States said that Iran’s elections Friday are certain to be unfair, as the conservative establishment seeks to blunt boycott calls. “I have no expectation that Iran’s elections will be free and fair, and I suspect that a great number of Iranians have no expectation that those el...
Diamniadio, Senegal – AFP Senegal’s President Macky Sall has proposed a general amnesty bill for political protesters arrested since 2021, as he holds talks to end fresh turmoil over delayed elections. The West African nation is facing its worst political crisis in decades after Sall abruptly deferred the February 25 presidential v...
ISLAMABAD (AA) – Independent candidates backed by Pakistan’s jailed former Prime Minister Imran Khan have joined a little known party to gain reserve seats in parliament. The candidates claim they have the numbers needed to form a government days after elections in the South Asian nation resulted in a hung parliament. Nearly 100 ne...
Islamabad, Pakistan – AFP Pakistan’s two dynastic parties have reached a power-sharing agreement that will return Shehbaz Sharif to the premiership, leaving out politicians loyal to jailed former leader Imran Khan despite them winning the most seats in this month’s vote. The army-backed Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) an...
KARACHI, Pakistan (AA) – Pakistan’s three mainstream political parties are still struggling to finalize talks to form a government following the high-stake February 8 general elections. Although a coalition led by the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) has higher chances of forming a new government for a five-year term after amassing the sup...
NEW DELHI (AA) – A Hindu nationalist group in eastern India has approached a court contesting the authorities’ decision to name a lion ‘Akbar’ and a lioness ‘Sita’. Sita is a Hindu deity and Akbar was a 16th-century Muslim emperor. According to the Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP), a rightwing Hindu organization...
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia – AFP The head of the African Union Commission voiced concern on Saturday about the political crisis in Senegal but said he hoped “free and transparent” elections would be held there soon. Moussa Faki Mahamat’s comments at the opening session of the AU summit came after Senegalese President Macky S...
