The political climate remains tense in Senegal. After his politically charged trial sparked deadly unrest last week, Ousmane Sonko addressed his supporters Monday (Mar. 20).
New governors are being chosen for 28 of Nigeria's 36 states as the opposition continues to reject the victory of President-elect Bola Tinubu from the West African nation's ruling party.
"The trip will strengthen the United States' partnerships throughout Africa and advance our shared efforts on security and economic prosperity," said a statement from
the vice president's spokesperson, Kirsten Allen.
Some 30 migrants are missing after a shipwreck on Sunday off the coast of Libya, during the rescue attempt by a cargo boat sailing in the area, two weeks after a shipwreck near Italy that left 76 dead.
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Five of the six men charged with murdering Italy's ambassador to the DRC in 2021 requested acquittal on Saturday, during a
hearing in the...
The Labour Party presidential candidate, Peter Obi, on Thursday, broke his silence on the outcome of last Saturday’s presidential election, claiming that the exercise was marred by irregularities.
In the early hours of Wednesday, March 1, the chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission and returning officer of the 2023 presidential election, Professor Mahmood Yakubu, declared the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress, Bola Tinubu, as the winner of the keenly contested election which was held on Saturday, February 25.
Peter Obi, the outsider candidate for Nigeria’s Labour Party, narrowed the gap with Bola Tinubu and opposition leader Atiku Abubakar in the race to become the next president of Africa’s biggest democracy.
