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Left-wing pan-Africanist Bassirou Diomaye Faye on Tuesday became Senegal’s youngest president, pledging systemic change after years of deadly turmoil and announcing his mentor, opposition figure Ousmane Sonko, as prime minister. Faye, 44, has never previously held an elected office. He swept to a…

Bassirou Diomaye Faye, a left-wing pan-Africanist, was sworn in Tuesday as Senegal’s youngest president after sweeping to a first-round victory on a pledge of radical reform 10 days after he was released from prison. The 44-year-old has never before held an elected office…

South Africa’s former president Jacob Zuma on Tuesday filed an appeal against a decision by electoral officials barring him from running in elections as tensions mount ahead of the May polls. The electoral commission last week excluded the 81-year-old politician, who is campaigning for…

The Chandigarh Police Crime Branch in India said it busted an international drug syndicate, arrested three foreign nationals, and seized 204.8 grams of crystal methamphetamine popularly known as ice. According to the Times of India on Tuesday, the suspects Frank Nwokeji, Loua, and…

The Florida Supreme Court issued two decisions on abortion today: The first, following the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision to overrule Roe v. Wade, reinterpreted the Florida Constitution to permit the state to ban abortion. The second allows Florida voters to decide in November whether to amend the…

The Embassy of Angola in Nigeria has announced plans to inaugurate a visa application centre in Port Harcourt, Nigeria, on Tuesday. This will eliminate the necessity for applicants to travel to Abuja or Lagos. In a statement released on Sunday, the embassy disclosed that the…

Pope Francis urged the world to resist “the logic of weapons” in his Easter message at the Vatican on Sunday, easing growing health fears as he greeted thousands of Catholics. The 87-year-old’s “Urbi et Orbi” (To the City and the World) blessing came…

The United Nations (UN) Secretary-General, Antonio Guterres has said the world body’s security council needs a serious reform of its composition and working methods as the organisation often finds itself at an impasse. Guterres who stated this at the opening session of the…

South Africa’s electoral commission said on Thursday it had excluded former president Jacob Zuma from standing in the May 29 general election. “In the case of former president Zuma, yes, we did receive an objection, which has been upheld,” commission president Mosotho Moepya…

Pope Francis pulled out of Friday’s Way of the Cross ceremony at the last minute, with the Vatican saying he wanted to “preserve his health” ahead of other Easter events this weekend. The 87-year-old’s armchair had been set out on the hill facing…