Category: Africa and the rest of the world

Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei  Iranian lawmakers voted Wednesday to ratify a prisoner exchange treaty with Belgium, where the deal has been criticised for potentially enabling an Iranian diplomat jailed on terrorism charges to return home. Iran’s parliament approved the treaty by 195 votes to two, its Icana news agency reported. Two weeks ago, […]

A 64-year-old woman politician, Droupadi Murmu has won presidential election on Thursday to make history of becoming the first tribal leader to be elected as the President of India. Murmu is a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party. She served as the ninth Governor of Jharkhand between 2015 and 2021 and was picked as the […]

Nigerian-born Kemi Badenoch contesting the position of United Kingdom prime minister was voted out on Tuesday. She was voted out of the race leaving other contestants – Rishi Sunak, Penny Mordaunt, and Liz Truss – still in the race. Chairman of the 1922 Committee Sir Graham Brady while reading the results indicated that Truss is […]

In this file photo taken on April 5, 2022 Britain’s Prime Minister Boris Johnson reacts as he waits to welcome Ghana’s President Nana Akufo-Addo at at 10 Downing Street, in London, ahead of a meeting. – British Prime Minister Boris Johnson won a no-confidence vote triggered by his Conservative MPs, on June 6, 2022, and […]

Mourners pay their respects to former Japanese PM Shinzo Abe Photo: Reuters Mourners lined the streets of central Tokyo on Tuesday to bid farewell to assassinated former Japanese prime minister Shinzo Abe, as his hearse was driven past political landmarks after a private funeral. The country’s longest-serving prime minister was gunned down on Friday while […]

‘My late father taught me about responsibility’ Former Equalities Minister, Nigerian-born Kemi Badenoch, has put herself forward as a candidate to become the next United Kingdom (UK) Prime Minister, promising “limited government” and “a focus on the essentials.” The MP for Saffron Walden said she supported lower taxes “to boost growth and productivity, and accompanied […]

Protesters made their way into the house, chanting slogans and waving the national flag Sri Lanka’s President Gotabaya Rajapaksa announced his resignation yesterday, hours after a crowd of angry protesters chased him from his residence as months of frustration brought on by an unprecedented economic crisis boiled over. Rajapaksa had fled his official residence in […]

Protesters demanding the resignation of Sri Lanka’s President Gotabaya Rajapaksa gather inside the compound of Sri Lanka’s Presidential Palace in Colombo. Photo: AFP Sri Lanka’s President Gotabaya Rajapaksa fled his official residence on Saturday shortly before protesters, angered by an unprecedented economic crisis, overran the compound and stormed his nearby office. Thousands of people had […]

[Files] Police use tear gas to disperse university students protesting to demand the resignation of Sri Lanka’s President Gotabaya Rajapaksa over the country’s crippling economic crisis, in Colombo on May 19, 2022. (Photo by Ishara S. Kodikara / AFP) Sri Lanka’s President Gotabaya Rajapaksa fled his official residence on Saturday shortly before protesters, angered by […]