ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — Election officials declared Bola Tinubu the winner of Nigeria’s presidential election Wednesday, keeping the ruling party in power in Africa’s most populous nation and raising the specter of protests by opposition supporters who already have called for the vote to be voided. Tinubu, 70, the former governor of Lagos state, appealed…
AFP , Thursday 2 Mar 2023 The United States congratulated Nigeria on the election of ruling party presidential candidate Bola Tinubu, while calling for calm amid accusations of voter fraud and concerns over technical glitches. Secretary of State Antony Blinken discussed the election aftermath on Thursday when he met his Nigerian counterpart, Geoffrey Onyeama, on…
AP , Wednesday 1 Mar 2023 Ruling party candidate Bola Tinubu was declared winner of Nigeria’s presidential election early Wednesday and soon after thanked his supporters and appealed to his rivals who are already demanding a revote in Africa’s most populous nation. The announcement by election officials overnight was likely to lead to a court…
High-level steering panel will be established to bring together all relevant stakeholders The UN’s Libya envoy told the Security Council on Monday that he will launch a new initiative aimed at enabling presidential and legislative elections to take place in 2023. Abdoulaye Bathily, special representative of the Secretary General for Libya, said he will establish…
By Rédaction Africanews and AP **The weeklong FESPACO that opens Saturday (Feb. 25) in Burkina Faso’s capital goes beyond entertainment and seeks to also offer hope, and a symbol of endurance: In years of political strife and Islamic extremist attacks, which killed thousands and displaced nearly 2 million in the West African country, it’s never been cancelled.**…
AFP South Africa’s military on Wednesday defended its decision to host controversial naval exercises jointly staged with Russia and China and coinciding with the one-year anniversary of the Kremlin’s invasion of Ukraine. Originally slated to start last week, the exercise dubbed Mosi-II kicked off on Wednesday along South Africa’s eastern coast. But coming on the…
AFP The EU on Saturday announced additional sanctions against Russia’s Wagner mercenary organisation for “human rights abuses” in the Central African Republic, Sudan and Mali. Eleven individuals and seven entities tied to the paramilitary group were added to the bloc’s list for asset freezes and a travel ban. The Wagner Group itself — which is…
AFP Vote counting started in Nigeria’s tightly contested election on Saturday, with three frontrunners vying to govern Africa’s most populous democracy after a ballot hit by delays and isolated violence. Nearly 90 million people were eligible to vote for President Muhammadu Buhari’s successor, with many Nigerians hoping their new leader would tackle a widening security…
AP , Wednesday 22 Feb 2023 Trends in a historic Horn of Africa drought are now worse than they were during the 2011 drought in which at least a quarter-million people died, a climate center said Wednesday. The IGAD Climate Prediction and Applications Center said below-normal rainfall is expected in the rainy season over the…
The South African-born filmmaker, Christopher Nupen, who pioneered classical music documentaries, has died at the age of 88. After moving to Britain in his 20s and working for the BBC, he exploited the then-new silent 16mm cameras to be the first to film musicians at close quarters on stage and backstage. Portraits of such greats…
