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March 02, 2023
Hidden corridor in Great Pyramid of Giza seen for first time
March 01, 2023
French President Macron tests ‘new partnerships’ in Africa
March 01, 2023
Arab interior ministers discuss combating terror, crime
ABUJA — Ruling party candidate Bola Tinubu has been declared the winner of Nigeria’s disputed presidential election. The 70-year-old veteran politician got 37% of the vote, official results show.His main rival Atiku Abubakar polled 29%, and Labour’s Peter Obi 25%. Their parties had earlier dismissed the poll as a sham, and demanded a rerun.Tinubu is one of Nigeria’s richest politicians, and based his campaign on his record of rebuilding the biggest city, Lagos, when he was governor.He was nevertheless defeated in the city by Obi, a relative newcomer who mobilized the support of many young people, especially in urban areas, shaking up the country’s two-party system.Tinubu won most other states in his home region of the southwest, where he is known as a “political godfather”...
March 01, 2023
Bola Tinubu wins Nigeria’s presidential election
February 25, 2023
87 million Nigerians eligible to choose their next leader in tense presidential election
February 25, 2023
Early action saves lives, as Tropical Cyclone Freddy hits Mozambique
PARIS — Saad Lamjarred, a star Moroccan singer, has been found guilty of raping a young woman in France and sentenced to six years in prison.Lamjarred, 37, showed no reaction after the verdict was announced by a court in Paris on Friday, French media reported. He was immediately detained.During a short trial, he denied raping the woman in a Paris hotel in 2016.Lamjarred is famous in the Arab music world. His hit LM3ALLEM has been viewed more than one billion times on YouTube.When Lamjarred was arrested in 2016, the king of Morocco —who has awarded Lamjarred the country’s highest national honor — intervened to cover the singer’s legal fees.And the first song he released after his arrest, which he dedicated to the king, showed just how popular he remained, gaining over 140 million...
February 25, 2023
Moroccan star singer Lamjarred convicted of rape in France
February 24, 2023
Kenyan freed from prison after long campaign
ABUJA — A Nigerian politician has been arrested for alleged money laundering after being caught with $498,100 (£414,000) in cash a day before general elections.The piles of US dollars were found by police inside Chinyere Igwe’s car. Igwe, an opposition PDP member of the House of Representatives, was also caught with a list of people to give the money to, police say.In previous elections, politicians have been accused of rigging polls through vote buying.Nigeria has recently issued new banknotes, partly in order to make it harder for politicians to amass large sums of money in order to bribe voters.However, not enough of the new notes are in circulation, leading to widespread anger and frustration. People have been queuing for hours outside banks in order to get cash, often without...
February 24, 2023
Nigerian politician arrested with $500,000 on election eve
February 20, 2023
Mugabe’s son arrested in Zimbabwe over cars trashed at Harare party
