MOGADISHU, Somalia (AA) – Leaders of the East African regional bloc Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD) met Monday to discuss the conflict in Sudan. Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed hosted the meeting, which was chaired by Kenyan President William Ruto. The regional bloc called on the parties to the conflict in Sudan to ...
NEW DELHI – The Supreme Court of India will begin hearing petitions challenging the revocation of special status for Indian-administered Jammu and Kashmir from the second of August. The Indian government had revoked this constitutional special status and divided the state into two centrally administered areas four years ago. The Constitu...
KHARTOUM, Sudan (AA): Sudan’s Foreign Ministry has rejected a proposal by the Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD) to deploy peacekeepers in the country to stop the nearly three-month-old war between the Sudanese army and Rapid Support Forces (RSF). In a statement Tuesday, the ministry condemned any attempt to deploy forces in Sud...
WASHINGTON – From filing lawsuits to threatening disinformation researchers, Republicans are bracing up for the 2024 elections. Republicans have put pressure on researchers through a House subcommittee investigation as well. They have long alleged that major technology platforms unfairly target conservative votes. But research has produced li...
WASHINGTON – Two advocacy groups are launching a campaign to disqualify former President Donald Trump from running for another term. Free Speech for People and Mi Familia Vota are planning rallies and dropping banners to advocate for Trump’s legal disqualification. They are invoking Section 3 of the 14th Amendment, which prohibits ...
Tashkent, Uzbekistan (AFP): Uzbek President Shavkat Mirziyoyev has won a third term that will keep him in charge of the gas-rich country until 2030 as international observers said Monday the vote had lacked “genuine” competition. Mirziyoyev, who was running against three largely unknown candidates, won Sunday’s election with ...
Libreville, Gabon (AFP): Gabon’s President Ali Bongo Ondimba said on Sunday that he would seek a third term as the oil-rich African nation’s head of state. “I officially announce today that I am a candidate,” he told a crowd of supporters in a speech broadcast live on his Facebook page. Bongo, 64, took over from [&helli...
Tashkent, Uzbekistan (AFP): In the streets of Tashkent, there is little doubt as to who will win Sunday’s presidential election in Uzbekistan. The residents who spoke to AFP all said they would cast their ballots for the incumbent, Shavkat Mirziyoyev. “There is nothing new to expect from this vote,” said Rustam Usmonov, a pro...
BATON ROUGE, Louisiana – A federal court in Louisiana has barred the Biden administration from communicating or meeting with social media companies. The judge who issued the ruling is Terry A. Doughty, who was appointed by former President Trump. The decision, widely seen as a victory for conservatives, stems from a lawsuit filed by the ...
Dakar, Senegal (AFP): Relief swept Senegal and its foreign allies on Tuesday after President Macky Sall said he would not seek a contested third term in office, a move that defused fears of further deadly protests. A flood of reaction at home and abroad welcomed the announcement from Sall that after “long consideration” he had [&he...
