WASHINGTON (AA) – Former US President Donald Trump has said the problem with Joe Biden is not his age but the inability to lead the country. “It’s not his age, it’s his competence,” Trump said, adding: “He’s not respected anywhere in the world.” During the first debate with Trump recently, Biden&...
Tehran, Iran – AFP Iranians cast their ballots Friday in a presidential election marked by a lone reformist’s bid to break through against a divided conservative field. Around 61 million Iranians were eligible to vote in the election called after the death of ultraconservative president Ebrahim Raisi in a helicopter crash last mont...
West Palm Beach, United States — AFP Donald Trump, whose attempted White House return is based in part on attacking President Joe Biden as old and feeble, has turned 78 — just three years younger than his election rival — with growing questions over his own health. Whoever wins the November election will set a […]
Renowned political activist and independent presidential candidate Cornel West has chosen Melina Abdullah as his running mate. Abdullah is a prominent figure in the Black Lives Matter movement. Observers say her appointment underscores their shared commitment to justice and advocacy for a cease-fire in Gaza amid Israel’s war on Palestine. We...
Dakar, Senegal — AFP Leading Senegalese opposition figure Ousmane Sonko predicted a comfortable first-round win for his coalition’s presidential candidate, in his first public appearance a day after being freed from prison. Sonko was greeted by hundreds of supporters outside a hotel in the capital Dakar, where he held a news confer...
KIGALI, Rwanda (AP) – Voters in Senegal will choose their next president on March 24, President Macky Sall announced Wednesday, signaling an end to weeks of political chaos which engulfed the West African country following the postponement of elections originally scheduled for Feb. 25. Sall announced the new poll date on the same day the Const...
Dakar, Senegal – AFP Senegalese lawmakers voted late Monday to delay this month’s presidential election until December, an unprecedented move that has sparked international concern over a country normally seen as a beacon of stability in West Africa. The bill was passed near unanimously, with 105 votes in favor and one against, aft...
ANKARA (AA) – Muslims in the US have launched a campaign against President Joe Biden’s bid for re-election in 2024 over his support for Israel in its war against the Palestinian group Hamas. A group of Muslim leaders from Michigan, Minnesota, Arizona, Wisconsin, Florida, Georgia, Nevada and Pennsylvania gathered over the weekend in Dearb...
ABUJA, Nigeria (AA) – A court in Nigeria has rejected a request by the country’s main opposition parties to nullify the victory of Bola Ahmed Tinubu in February’s presidential election. The Presidential Election Petition Court in a judgement announced Wednesday in the capital Abuja said that the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Labour Par...
