Turkish Foreign Ministry Spokesman Hami Aksoy April 2020

DRC: Constitutional Court confirms incumbent leader winner of December elections

The Constitutional Court in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) upheld Tuesday January 9 results of December Presidential elections, making incumbent President Félix-Antoine Tshisekedi, winner of the process and entitled to a second four-year term in office. The court ruling credits Tshisekedi with 73.47 per cent of the votes accounting 13,058,962 ballots on the basis […]

Forty countries reaffirm support for Morocco’s full sovereignty over its Sahara during HRC ongoing session

Some forty countries have reaffirmed on Monday their support for Morocco’s full sovereignty over its Sahara during the 58th session of the Human Rights Council (HRC), held until April 4 at the Palais des Nations in Geneva. In a statement delivered by Ali Mohamed Saeed Majawar, Ambassador and Permanent Representative of Yemen in Geneva, the […]

S&P Downgrades Senegal’s Credit Rating from B- to CCC+ Amid Persistent Default Risks

Standard & Poor’s has downgraded again the credit rating of Senegal from B- to CCC+, deepening the country’s position in junk territory amid the $ 7 billion hidden debt scandal and the $ 747 million borrowed secretly by Dakar through Total Return Swaps (TRS) to keep up appearance and hide its alarming financial situation. The […]