Dakar, Senegal (AFP): Popular Senegalese opposition leader Ousmane Sonko called on the public to “come out en masse” on the eve of a speech in which President Macky Sall is expected to announce on Monday whether he will seek a controversial third term. “We must come out to confront the Macky Sall regime and say […]
In 1989, Salaam and 4 others were wrongfully arrested, beaten, coerced into a false confession of raping a woman in Central Park NEW YORK – Yusef Salaam, one of the wrongfully convicted Central Park Five teenagers, has won the Democratic primary for a New York City Council seat, Salaam, a 49-year-old poet, activist and inspirational [&he...
WASHINGTON (AA): Republican presidential candidate Francis Suarez appeared Tuesday to make a major gaffe during a radio interview focused on national security when he did not know the Uyghur people. Suarez, Miami mayor, was asked on the Hugh Hewitt Show, “Will you be talking about the Uyghurs in your campaign?” “The what?R...
DOUALA, Cameroon (AA): Sierra Leone’s President Julius Maada Bio has won a second term in office with more than 56% of the vote, the West African country’s Electoral Commission announced Tuesday. “By virtue of the powers vested in me, I hereby certify that Julius Maada Bio is elected president in the election of June 24, […]...
IDBLIB, Syria – At least nine civilians were killed and 30 others injured in a Russian warplane attack on a market in Syria’s Idlib de-escalation zone. Local sources told Türkiye’s Anadolu news agency that the deal toll is feared to rise further. The injured have been shifted to hospital for treatment. The White Helmets civil [&...
Freetown, Sierra Leone (AFP): Sierra Leone’s President Julius Maada Bio looked on course for re-election on Monday after the electoral commission said he had a clear lead with 60 percent of the votes counted. Bio had garnered 55.86 percent of ballots cast, more than the 55 percent required for victory after Saturday’s first round o...
CAIRO, Egypt – India and Egypt signed a strategic partnership treaty on Sunday committing to cooperate in various sectors of the economy. The treaty, signed by Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Cairo, also promises Indian investment in the Suez Canal Authority. Egypt has also established ...
Freetown, Sierra Leone (AFP): Police in Sierra Leone fired tear gas at the main opposition party’s headquarters on Sunday evening, authorities said, as voters awaited the results of a fiercely fought general election. Opposition All People’s Congress (APC) presidential candidate Samura Kamara said on Twitter that live bullets had a...
KARACHI, Pakistan (AA): Pakistan’s army has dismissed three senior officers, including a three-star general, after an inquiry into last month’s violent protests which erupted following the arrest of former Prime Minister Imran Khan, the military spokesman said on Monday. Addressing a press conference in Rawalpindi, Major Gen. Ahmad...
Freetown, Sierra Leone (AFP): Vote tallying was underway in Sierra Leone on Sunday, the electoral commission said, following fiercely fought elections that were mostly calm despite significant delays in some areas. Tallying, which consists of adding up counted ballots from each polling unit at the regional level, would take place in the capita...
