Nigeria’s Supreme Court Thursday (26 October) confirmed President Bola Tinubu as the winner of February’s presidential election, rejecting an opposition’s appeal that challenged a prior verdict — and ending months of legal battles over the presidential race. The seven-member court dismissed the opposition’s appeal that cited flaws in the voting system, fraud and electoral law […]
A deadly incident occurred in Egypt’s Red Sea on Thursday March 27 when a tourist submarine sank during a trip to the resort city of Hurghada. The submarine, named Sinbad, was carrying 45 foreign tourists, including Russians, Indians, Norwegians, and Swedish, as well as five Egyptian crew members. Six Russian nationals tragically lost their lives […]
President Vladimir Putin has not invited the polisario separatist group, backed by Algeria, to the flagship first Russia-Africa Summit meant to increase Russia’s influence in the continent and to enhance its cooperation with African countries, while countering the growing presence of China. The exclusion of the secessionists from this event, held Oct.23-24 in the city […]
