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From Benue to Plateau: Tinubu’s Fresh Promises Meet Familiar Doubts After 28 Killed

Rita Eze3 April 2026

JOS, NIGERIA – President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has pledged to deploy 5,000 AI-powered CCTV cameras across Plateau State and ordered a full manhunt for the gunmen who killed at least 28 people in the Palm Sunday attack on Angwan Rukuba, Jos North. During his emergency visit to Jos on Thursday, the President met with stakeholders,...

ADC Closed-Door Meetings Deepen Political Realignments Ahead of 2027

Rita Eze3 April 2026

Bauchi, Nigeria – A series of high-level closed-door meetings between Bauchi State Governor Bala Mohammed and delegations from the African Democratic Congress (ADC) and the All Progressives Congress (APC) have intensified speculation about major political realignments ahead of the 2027 general elections. On Tuesday, March 31, Governor Mohammed received an ADC delegation led by former...

Election or Selection? APC Holds 8th National Convention Amid Consensus-Driven Leadership Renewal

Rita Eze27 March 2026

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Cuba refuses to negotiate president’s term in talks with United States

Kingsley Oyong Akam21 March 2026

UK impact: Cuba’s refusal to negotiate its political system or President Miguel Díaz-Canel’s term puts the UK in a delicate position. Britain has been quietly expanding trade and diplomatic ties with Cuba in recent years (including the UK-Cuba Political Dialogue and Cooperation Agreement). A hardline US approach under President Trump could force the UK to...

Factbox-Opposition candidates in Congo Republic’s presidential election

Reuters12 March 2026

DAKAR, March 11 (Reuters) – Denis Sassou Nguesso, the 82-year-old president of Republic of Congo, is seeking another five-year term in an election on March 15, aiming to extend his more than four decades in office in the oil-rich Central African nation. A former paratrooper, Sassou seized power in 1979 and has governed almost continuously...

Guinea dissolves 40 political parties, opposition leader cries foul

Reuters9 March 2026

DAKAR, March 9 (Reuters) – Guinea’s main opposition leader said “direct resistance” to the country’s coup leader-turned-president was now the only way to bring about change after the government consolidated its position by dissolving 40 political parties. President Mamady Doumbouya, a former special forces commander, seized power in 2021 and won a seven-year term as...

Colombians elect fragmented Congress in low-turnout election

Reuters9 March 2026

BOGOTA, March 8 (Reuters) – Colombia’s leftist ruling party and main opposition party were on track to win the largest number of seats in Congress in Sunday’s legislative elections, preliminary vote tallies showed, but neither secured a majority, highlighting the fragmented nature of Colombia’s political landscape. In addition to choosing from over 3,000 candidates to...

Ex-rapper’s party set to sweep Nepal election months after Gen Z-led protests

Reuters6 March 2026

Ex-rapper’s party set to sweep Nepal election months after Gen Z-led protests KATHMANDU – A three-year-old party led by rapper-turned-politician Balendra Shah looked set to sweep Nepal’s general election on Friday, trouncing established rivals in a result analysts likened to a “tsunami”. Thirty-five-year-old Shah and his Rastriya Swatantra Party were on course to win a...

‘Everyone cheered’: stranded Gulf travellers gamble on their route home

Reuters5 March 2026

DUBAI, March 4 (Reuters) – Stranded passengers in the Gulf states are waiting for one thing: a phone call confirming their flight home will depart. Even then, few celebrate until the plane has taken off and cleared Emirati airspace. “There was just this eerie feeling on the plane. Everyone was just dead quiet. No one...

US Senate backs Trump on Iran strikes, blocks bid to limit his war powers

Reuters5 March 2026

WASHINGTON, March 4 (Reuters) – U.S. Senate Republicans backed President Donald Trump’s military campaign against Iran on Wednesday, voting to block a bipartisan resolution aiming to stop the air war and require that any hostilities against Iran be authorized by Congress. The Senate voted 53 to 47 not to advance the resolution, largely along party...

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