Nepal’s Election Commission said on Wednesday that 125 political parties had registered to contest the first parliamentary polls since a mass uprising in September ousted the government. Many are established parties, but some of the movements vying for seats in…
The Chinese government says it firmly supports the President Bola Tinubu administration as it “leads its people on the development path suited to its national conditions”. Addressing a press conference on Tuesday, Mao Ning, spokesperson of China’s foreign ministry, said…
The death toll from a week of flooding and record rains in central Vietnam rose to 40 on Tuesday, authorities said, as another powerful storm threatened the battered region. Vietnam’s central belt has been deluged by torrential rain, turning streets…
The President of the United States, Donald Trump has threatened to send Military Troops to Nigeria “guns-a-blazing” if the killing of Christians is not stopped. He wrote on Truth Social; “If the Nigerian Government continues to allow the killing of…
Tanzanian President Samia Suluhu Hassan has won a landslide election victory, official results showed Saturday, after key candidates were jailed or barred from a vote that has triggered days of violent protests. The final result showed Hassan won 97.66 per…
The US government shutdown barreled towards its second month on Friday, and the pain is spreading fast — with federal workers broke, food aid vanishing, and millions of Americans caught in the crossfire. What started on October 1 as a…
US President Donald Trump said Thursday he had ordered the Pentagon to start nuclear weapons testing on a level with China and Russia—just minutes before opening a high-stakes summit with Chinese leader Xi Jinping. The move comes after Russian President…
President Donald Trump said on Wednesday that he is “not allowed” to run for a third term, acknowledging the constitutional limits on US presidential tenure. Trump and his supporters have repeatedly floated the idea of a 2028 presidential run for…
Former Mali prime minister, Moussa Mara, will spend one year in prison after a Bamako court sentenced him on Monday following a social media post supporting political prisoners. His punishment for “undermining the credibility of the state and opposing legitimate…
Paul Biya has been announced as winner of Cameroon’s heavily disputed presidential election. The Constitutional Council announced the results on Monday. Biya, 92, will now serve his eighth consecutive term in office and will govern till 2032.
