Candidates in Senegalese presidential poll have just two weeks to campaign after delays
The new date leaves the 19 candidates little more than two weeks, rather than the usual 21 days, to drum up support. It also means that for the first time campaigning in the majority Muslim nation will take place during the holy month of Ramadhan, which begins on Sunday night
Biden blasts Trump, Republicans for denying January 6 attack on Capitol Hill subverted US constitution
The greater thrust of his remarks focused on Trump, although Biden did not mention him by name. Biden opened by declaring democracy under threat at home and abroad and criticising Trump for inviting Putin to invade NATO nations if they did not spend more on defence.
Once mighty Sudan Armed Forces have made military and political errors, raising prospects of breakup of Sudan
The Sudan Armed Forces should be thought of as a complex institution. They are not just an amalgamation of caricaturised generals preoccupied with furthering their personal interests or ethnic agendas.
The institution itself is older than independent Sudan and has always guarded its autonomy from the state and society.
World questions whether Haiti PM Henry is fleeing from gangs at home or navigating safe return after Kenya trip
Prime Minister Ariel Henry travelled to Kenya last week to seal a deal to launch a UN-backed multinational security force to fight gangs in Haiti, which sparked violence and calls by a top gang leader for him to step down and stay away from the country.
Prospect of gangs taking control of government in Haiti is forcing US to push PM Henry to speed up transition
Jimmy Cherizier, alias Barbeque, who leads a broad alliance of criminal gangs that have been fuelling a dire humanitarian crisis in Port-au-Prince, Haiti’s capital, has signalled the gangs could fight the proposed mission as a united front and that the city’s international airport is no longer secure.
Senegal elects President Sall’s successor on March 24, ending uncertainty that had shrouded the West Africa nation
Prime Minister Amadou Ba, an election frontrunner who has been endorsed by the outgoing president, was replaced by Sidiki Kaba who was the interior minister.
Anti-Trump Republicans change name to ‘Haley Voters for Biden’ as Biden, Trump woo Haley voters
Almost 570,000 voters in three key battleground states – Nevada, North Carolina and Michigan – voted for Haley in the Republican nominating contest, a small but potentially significant group in races that have been decided by tiny margins in recent elections.
World’s largest hunger crisis is in the offing as ruinous Sudan conflict rages, UN official warns
Cindy McCain, head of the World Food Programme, said the fighting in Sudan, which pits the country’s military against a violent paramilitary group, has shattered the lives of millions across the northeastern African nation.
Kenyan opposition politician vows fresh challenge to Haiti police deployment
Ekuru Aukot said the agreement between President William Ruto and Haitian Prime Minister Ariel Henry was invalid and failed to address objections by the judge who blocked the deployment in January following a lawsuit by Aukot’s party.
Uganda’s lords of poverty: Where political elite find thrill in poverty for it earns them fat paycheques
Uganda has the largest percentage of the world’s freshwater resources, which are unfortunately being degraded by leaking chemicals and oil in them. Her freshwaters are naturally productive, but their productivity is in danger of plummeting due to unwise policies and use of the land and natural resources such as oil.
