Gabon Junta wins election by more than 90% Gabon’s military leader Gen Brice Oligui Nguema – who in 2023 led a coup that ended a near-60-year dynasty – has won Saturday’s presidential election with more than 90% of the vote, provisional results show. Ahead of the vote, critics argued that the new constitution and […]
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New extremist group claims responsibility for Athens bombing A new extremist group has claimed responsibility for the bomb that exploded near the offices of Hellenic Train in Athens, Greece’s main railway services operator. They also took responsibility for the planting of another near the Labor Ministry in early February. The explosion Friday evening resulted in limited damage and no injuries.
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Yemen’s Houthis strike Ben Gurion Airport, military base in Israel ISTANBUL. Yemen’s Houthi group claimed responsibility Sunday for three attacks on Israeli targets. Houthi military spokesperson Yahya Saree said the group targeted Ben Gurion Airport in Tel Aviv and the Sdot Micha Air Base in central Israel with ballistic missiles. Saree said a drone also
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Tanzania’s main opposition Chadema party banned from election Tanzania’s main opposition party has been barred from participating in this year’s election, days after its leader was charged with treason. Ramadhani Kailima, director of elections at the Independent National Elections Commission, said that Chadema had failed to sign a code of conduct document that was due
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World Expo 2025 opens in Japan amid turbulent times World Expo opened on Sunday with 160 countries and regions showcasing their technology, culture and food, with host Japan hoping to provide the world with some much-needed hope. Highlights at the show in Osaka until mid-October include a Mars meteorite, a beating artificial heart grown from stem cells and Hello Kitty figures in
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Ecuador chooses its next president as rampant drug violence undercuts the economy Ecuadorians head to the polls Sunday in a close presidential run-off pitting incumbent President Daniel Noboa against leftist rival Luisa Gonzalez. The vote comes as the country sees unprecedented cartel violence, due largely to a boom in Colombian cocaine production and the attractiveness
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Over 100 feared dead in Sudan paramilitary attacks in Darfur The Rapid Support Forces (RSF), at war with the regular army since April 2023, launched “coordinated ground and aerial assaults” on Friday on El-Fasher and the Zamzam and Abu Shouk displacement camps, the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs said. In recent
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Museveni Unveils Monument for Ex-West Nile Rebel Leaders, Hails Uganda’s Peace Progress President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has expressed gratitude that Uganda is now united and peaceful. “I’m glad that Uganda is now united and peaceful, and we are able to build national institutions. You have seen that when we are recruiting in the army, we
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Uganda’s Minister Nabakooba Assumes New African Union Role Uganda’s Lands Minister, Judith Nabakooba Nalule , has assumed the chairmanship of the African Union’s Specialised Technical Committee no. 8 (AU-STC No.8) on Public service, Local Government , Urban Development and Decentralisation. The handover ceremony took place in Tunisia’s capital city Tunis , marking a significant milestone
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Former Museveni Minister Welcomed Home In West Nile After 15 Years in Exile Zoe Bakoko Bakoru, the former Minister of Gender, Labour, and Social Development, received an emotional and heartfelt welcome as she returned to West Nile after 15 years in exile. The atmosphere was electric, as hundreds of residents gathered to greet her with
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