spokesman for the UN Secretary General Stéphane Dujarric

Nigeria court dismisses bid to challenge election results, upholding Bola Tinubu’s victory

A Nigerian appeals court Wednesday (6 September) dismissed a petition by the opposition Labor Party challenging the legitimacy of President Bola Tinubu’s victory in the February election. The court’s judges dismissed claims made by the opposition leader, Peter Obi, who alleged voter fraud, argued that the electoral authority broke the law, and that Tinubu was […]

Iran’s Pyrrhic Victory

The one persistent feature of Iranian foreign policy since the toppling of the Shah in 1979 was its rather grandiose optimism about its own ascendance to a hegemonic role in the Middle East. The ayatollah’s Islamic Republic never considered the revolution it had kidnapped to turn inward. Instead, the leaders of the Islamic Republic of […]

Panama deems autonomy initiative ONLY solution to settle Sahara regional dispute

Panama considers the Morocco-proposed autonomy initiative as the most serious, credible, and realistic basis for resolving the regional dispute over the Sahara and as the only solution for the future. This supportive position was expressed in a Joint Communiqué signed, on Monday in Rabat, following talks between Panama’s Foreign Minister, Javier Martínez-Acha Vásquez, who is […]