The firebrand politician and presidential candidate has faced a number of legal woes in recent years. Top Senegalese opposition leader Ousmane Sonko has been arrested,…
The government says the law will punish online attackers, but critics fear it will expand state control over social media. Jordan’s parliament has passed a…
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has a fondness for abbreviations and acronyms that create buzz around his government schemes. Last week, Modi’s political opponents did…
Opposition leader Raila Odinga has accused police of using violence against demonstrators. Kenyan President William Ruto has said he is ready to meet opposition leader…
Kenya’s opposition is due to protest for a second day on Thursday over the high cost of living and tax hikes after police clashed with…
Tens of thousands of opposition activists march in capital Dhaka and other cities asking PM Sheikh Hasina to quit before national polls. At least one…
Mexico’s president has ploughed ahead with his attacks against the opposition frontrunner in the 2024 presidential elections, despite a ruling by electoral authorities that he…
WASHINGTON — Democratic Sen. Joe Manchin III of West Virginia said Thursday that he will oppose Julie Su’s nomination for secretary of Labor, dealing a significant…
Opposition brands killing a ‘political assassination’ as government expresses shock and orders a probe. The spokesperson for one of the Democratic Republic of the Congo’s…
The European Union this month offered Tunisia a 105 million euro ($114.5m) package to help it tackle a big rise in migrant departures. Families of…
One person was severely wounded after police surrounded the APC headquarters during a post-election news conference. Police in Sierra Leone have fired tear gas at…
Chaima Issa was to leave prison Friday if the public prosecutor’s office did not appeal the judge’s decision. Tunisia’s public prosecutor has appealed against a…
June 23 (UPI) -- Georgian President Salome Zurabishvili pardoned a jailed journalist on Thursday, to the celebration of press freedom organizations, the European Union and…
Complaints have been registered about delays and issues with the registration of voters and the overall electoral process ahead of the legislative and presidential elections.…
The cases banned from being covered involve at least 21 dissidents under investigation on accusations of ‘conspiracy’. Radio and TV programmes in Tunisia have been…
Traditional Arab hospitality has always been famous. Gulf countries, on the other hand, have brought Arab hospitality to the top in foreign statesman visits, especially…
Ennahdha party leaders stop eating to protest against their imprisonment on terrorism, money-laundering charges. Three leaders of Tunisia’s opposition Ennahdha party are on hunger strike…
The legislative elections are the first since President Embalo dissolved parliament more than a year ago. A coalition of opposition groups in Guinea-Bissau has won…
Sahbi Atig has been hospitalised in intensive care after 25-day hunger strike in protest of his imprisonment. An opposition leader’s health is deteriorating rapidly in…
The new parliament is unlikely to shift the country past its political stalemate. Opposition lawmakers have nabbed the majority of seats in Kuwait’s parliament, in…