Somali president holds security talks with Eritrean leader.

Eritrean President Isaias Afwerki and visiting Somali President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud held bilateral talks in Asmara, the Eritrea’s capital. During the “extensive” meeting on Sunday, the two leaders discussed regional issues, including Somalia’s fight against militants, Eritrean Information Minister Yemane Meskel posted on X. Talks on “important regional and global topics” also featured in their…

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Macky Sall and preferred successor behind the election crisis in Senegal

The botched attempt by Senegalese president Mackay Sall to postpone  the presidential election has stirred unnecessary tension in an already strained electoral process. The move reflected deeper governance problems in the country. Sales decree, subsequently annulled by the Constitutional council, was the latest in a range of government interventions that exceeded the scope of the executive authority. These have…

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Putin wins the Russian election in a landslide with no serious competition.

President Vladimir Putin has tightened his grip on the country he has ruled since the turn of the century, winning Russia’s stage-managed election by an overwhelming majority in a result that was a foregone conclusion. Putin won 87.3% of the vote on a record turnout of 77.5%, the Central Election Commission (CEC) reported Monday after all the…

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Niger junta announces end to military relationship with United States.

Niger’s junta has ended a military agreement that allowed US personnel to be deployed in the country. Saturday’s announcement came in the week that a delegation from Washington had been in Niamey for talks with the country’s military leadership. The US used its base in Niger to monitor regional jihadist activity. This latest announcement by…

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”If I fail to win elections, America will never have an election again”, Trump

Former President Donald J. Trump, at an event on Saturday ostensibly meant to boost his preferred candidate in Ohio’s Republican Senate primary race, gave a freewheeling speech in which he used dehumanizing language to describe immigrants, maintained a steady stream of insults and vulgarities and predicted that the United States would never have another election…

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South Sudan closes schools due to intolerable heat waves.

South Sudan’s government is closing down all schools starting Monday as the country prepares for a wave of extreme heat expected to last two weeks. South Sudan’s government is closing down all schools starting Monday as the country prepares for a wave of extreme heat expected to last two weeks. The health and education ministries…

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