Omar Hilal

Nigeria: Two main opposition leaders challenge presidential election results, file court petition

Nigeria’s two main opposition leaders — Labor Party’s Peter Obi and Atiku Abubakar from People’s Democratic Party (PDP) — on Tuesday March21 filed court petitions seeking to invalidate results of last month’s disputed presidential election that was won by the ruling party. Both opposition leaders said in separate affidavits the election was fraught with irregularities […]

Two Algerian drug traffickers nabbed at Mohammed V airport in Casablanca

Moroccan security forces have arrested two Algerian nationals for drug trafficking after the men were found with over 1,000 kg of cannabis hidden in their bowels, Huffpost Maghreb reports. The unidentified men, aged 30 and 36, were arrested on October 12 at Mohammed V airport as they were about to board a flight to Algiers. […]

Rwanda’s Kagame to run for July presidential elections

Rwanda’s ruling party chose President Paul Kagame as its candidate to run for July presidential elections for a fourth seven-year term. Kagame, 66, has fostered his grip on power in Rwanda since his first election as president in 2003. Since then, he has won two other elections with over 90% of the votes. He is […]