UN High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi

Senegal: short election campaign in full swing for delayed presidential vote on 24 March

Campaigning for the upcoming presidential election is in full swing in Senegal, as the country’s voters will head to the polls this Sunday (24 March), in which as many as 93 candidates, including six women, initially declared their intent to run. But this year, the total of 19 presidential candidates that were ultimately confirmed, were […]

French President hails the remarkable successes achieved by Morocco under reign of King Mohammed VI

President of France Emmanuel Macron has hailed the successes achieved by Morocco since the beginning of the reign of King Mohammed VI as remarkable. “The successes achieved by Morocco since the beginning of Your Majesty’s reign and under your modernization impulse are remarkable,” the French President stressed, in a congratulatory message to the King on […]

Nigeria election: leading presidential candidate Peter Obi still faces many challenges

With elections in Nigeria are just days away, the country’s politics might be on the verge of total upheaval with Peter Obi, a wealthy businessman, leading most election polls and threatening to reshape the established political order. The more established candidates Atiku Abubakar of the Peoples’ Democratic Party, and Bola Tinubu of the All Progressives […]