Category: GLOBAL NEWS
Benin Extends Presidential Term To Seven Years
Lawmakers in Benin approved on Saturday a constitutional amendment extending the presidential term of office from five years to seven and creating an upper house of parliament. The limit on the number of presidential terms remains set at two in the west African nation. Current head of state Patrice Talon will step down next April…
Killing Of Tanzania Protesters A Disgrace Before God-Archbishop
Hundreds gathered for a church service in Tanzania on Monday to pray for those killed by security forces during election violence, with the archbishop saying the country had “lost its dignity”. President Samia Suluhu Hassan was declared the winner of the October 29 poll with 98 percent of the vote, but the election sparked widespread…
Tanzania President Wins 98% In Election As Opposition Says Hundreds Killed
Tanzanian President Samia Suluhu Hassan condemned protests around the election in which she was declared winner on Saturday with almost 98 per cent of the vote, while the opposition said hundreds have been killed by security forces. The electoral commission said Hassan won 97.66 per cent of the vote, with turnout at 87 per cent,…
Mali Ex-PM To Spend Year In Jail After Social Media Post Supporting Political Prisoners
Former Mali prime minister Moussa Mara will spend one year in prison after a Bamako court sentenced him Monday following a social media post supporting political prisoners. His punishment for “undermining the credibility of the state and opposing legitimate authority” additionally includes a one-year suspended sentence. Mara, who was prime minister for eight months from…
92-Year-Old Biya Poised For 8th Term As Cameroon Holds Presidential Poll
Voting began Sunday as Cameroon holds presidential elections which 92-year-old Paul Biya, the world’s oldest serving head of state, is expected to win, extending his already 43-year grip on power. Biya faces 11 opponents, including former employment minister Issa Tchiroma Bakary, 79, who has generated unexpected enthusiasm among voters in the central African nation, where…
Israeli Hostage Families Want Nobel Peace Prize For Trump
An Israeli advocacy group campaigning for the release of hostages in Gaza on Monday called for US President Donald Trump to be awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for his “determination to bring peace” to the region. In a letter sent to the Norwegian Nobel Committee, the Hostages and Missing Families Forum said Trump made “possible…
Elon Musk Halfway To Becoming World’s First Trillionaire
Billionaire Elon Musk, the world’s richest person, is nearly halfway to becoming the planet’s first trillionaire, Forbes magazine reported Wednesday. The Tesla and SpaceX CEO became the first person to achieve a net worth of $500 billion, briefly, as the shares in his electric vehicle company rebound from his clumsy stint in politics, amid other…
Central African Republic President Submits Candidacy For Re-election
Central African Republic President Faustin-Archange Touadera on Thursday officially submitted his candidacy for elections later this year that he is tipped to win. His file was handed over at the headquarters of the National Election Authority (ANE) in the capital, Bangui, by the secretary general of his ruling United Hearts Movement, an AFP reporter said….
More Than 16,000 Killed In Haiti Violence Since 2022 —UN
More than 16,000 people have been killed in armed violence in Haiti since the start of 2022, the United Nations said Thursday, warning that “the worst may be yet to come”. “The human rights situation in Haiti has reached a boiling point”, with abuses and violence having escalated and intensified since March, UN rights chief…
Russia Withdraws From European Anti-Torture Convention
President Vladimir Putin on Monday signed a law to pull Russia out of a European anti-torture convention, as Moscow extricates itself from Western bodies it was kicked out of or quit over its offensive on Ukraine. Russia was expelled from the Council of Europe, an international human-rights monitor, in March 2022, though it had technically…