President Ilham Aliyev of Azerbaijan has officially won another term in office with 92.12% of the vote, the country’s Central Election Commission said Friday. Election monitors, however, have expressed concern about the vote. The Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe said
Senegal’s government restricted mobile internet access and hindered protesters as lawmakers debated a bill to extend President Macky Sall’s term. President Sall decided not to run for a third term in July but delayed the election due to concerns over candidate lists
Panama’s Supreme Court on Friday denied an appeal from former President Ricardo Martinelli, convicted of money laundering in the case of a media company he purchased, likely keeping him out of this year’s presidential race. The court ruled that a 10-year prison
Comoros, a small island nation in the Indian Ocean, has entered a second day of sociopolitical unrest. Protests followed President Azali Assoumani’s reelection victory, depicted by his opponents as fraudulent. Assoumani originally assumed the Comorian presidency in 1999 after staging a coup.
Rwanda has declared it has “no obligation” to repay money given to them for the migrant deportation deal if the scheme flops. Yolande Makolo, the Rwandan Government spokeswoman, only said they would “consider” the refund if flights do not take off. She
A Turkish court convicted Mohammed Hassan Sheikh Mohamud, the son of Somalia’s president, in connection with the death of a motorcyclist. Mohamud, who had left Turkey after an arrest warrant was issued, returned last week to testify about the crash. The court
The son of Somalia’s president testified at an Istanbul court on Friday about the death of a motorcycle courier in the city, Turkish media reported. An arrest warrant had been issued for Mohammed Hassan Sheikh Mohamud after a diplomatic car he was
The Democratic Republic of the Congo’s constitutional court upheld Tuesday the results of last month’s presidential election. Incumbent Felix Tshisekedi’s controversial victory was once again confirmed as the court rejected a petition by a challenger to annul the vote. About 18 million
Poland’s minister of digital affairs suggested Friday that President Andrzej Duda check the security of access to his social accounts after a bizarre tweet went out that was almost immediately removed. The tweet published Thursday on Duda’s private account said: “Tell him
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — Thousands of union members and activists took to the streets of Argentina’s capital Wednesday to protest a decree from President Javier Milei that imposes sweeping deregulation and austerity measures meant to revive the country’s struggling economy. Unions