President Macky Sall has also dissolved the government and named Sidiki Kaba as the new prime minister. By Al Jazeera Senegal will hold its delayed presidential election on March 24, the government has said, following weeks of political turmoil and violent protests calling for an immediate vote. The announcement on Wednesday after a cabinet meeting followed a February ruling in which the country’s top court declared that outgoing President Macky Sall’s plans to hold the vote after his term expires on April 2 were unconstitutional. Sall also dissolved the government on Wednesday, replacing Prime Minister Amadou Ba with Interior Minister…
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Soldiers have been deployed to defend the airport of the Haitian capital, Port-au-Prince, from an assault by armed gangs. By BBC Witnesses reported hearing shots ringing out in the vicinity of Toussaint Louverture Airport as security forces clashed with armed men. The gangs’ aim is to prevent the return to Haiti of Prime Minister Ariel Henry, who is believed to be abroad. Violence has spiralled in his absence with the gangs demanding he resign. Mr Henry left Haiti last week to attend a regional summit in Guyana. From there, he travelled to Kenya to sign a deal on the deployment…
Top US court unanimously reverses Colorado decision to kick Trump off primary ballot over January 6, 2021, Capitol riot. By Al Jazeera The United States Supreme Court has rejected an effort by Colorado to remove Donald Trump’s name from the state’s Republican primary ballot, delivering the former president a major victory as he seeks his party’s nomination. The justices on Monday, March 4, unanimously reversed a December 19 decision by Colorado’s top court to kick Trump off the ballot under the 14th Amendment of the US Constitution, which includes a section that prohibits individuals from holding public office if they…
In 2021, the director of the African Research University Alliance Centre of Excellence in Food Security at the University of Pretoria was appointed to the board of the transnational food corporation Nestlé. At the time a group of more than 200 senior academics wrote an open letter, about conflicts of interest. Nestlé’s portfolio of foods, by its own admission, includes more than 60% that don’t meet the definition of healthy products. In December last year, the same centre announced it had signed a memorandum of understanding with Nestlé. It signalled their intent to “forge a transformative partnership” to shape “the future of food and nutrition…
Police stations and the international airport have come under attack in the chaos. By Aljazeera Gun battles raged in several locations of the Haitian capital Port-au-Prince on Thursday, leading to the death of several police officers and forcing dozens of commercial airlines to suspend flights in the troubled Caribbean nation. Haiti’s main international airport, as well as aircraft, came under fire, forcing international and domestic airlines to cancel operations. Schools, universities and businesses have also been forced to close. At least one airline, Sunrise Airways, suspended all flights. At least four police officers, including two women, were killed in an…
Mozambican President Filipe Nyusi cannot be sued in Britain over allegations he accepted unlawful payments as part of Mozambique’s litigation over the decade-long “tuna bond” scandal, London’s Court of Appeal ruled on Thursday. Emirati-Lebanese shipbuilder Privinvest wanted to drag Nyusi into a $3.1-billion lawsuit brought by Mozambique, which accuses it of paying bribes to officials and Credit Suisse bankers. London’s High Court has yet to rule on the case following a trial last year. Mozambique settled with Credit Suisse’s new owner UBS (UBSG.S), opens new tab on the eve of the trial in October. Shortly before last year’s trial began,…
Beijing will host the 2027 World Athletics Championships, track and field’s governing body said on Wednesday, February 28. “With a population of more than 1.4 billion, China is one of the biggest sports markets in the world,” World Athletics president Sebastian Coe, said. “This poses a massive opportunity to grow our sport and fan base in one of the biggest commercial markets in the world.” Coe said the choice of Beijing, which also hosted the event back in 2015, was partly commercially driven, adding that the country’s broadcast consumption of the elite Diamond League circuit in 2023 was top, at…
By Meg Kinnard and Will Weissert Donald Trump won South Carolina’s Republican primary on Saturday, February 24, easily beating former U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley in her home state and further consolidating his path to a third straight Grand Old Party (GOP) nomination. Trump has now swept every contest that counted for Republican delegates, adding to previous wins in Iowa, New Hampshire, Nevada and the U.S. Virgin Islands. Haley is facing growing pressure to leave the race but says she’s not going anywhere despite losing the state where she was governor from 2011 to 2017. A 2020 rematch between Trump and…
The zoo had previously been home to several other specimens, but about five years ago they were sent back to China China intends to send a new pair of pandas to California’s San Diego Zoo this summer, representatives of the zoo told the Associated Press. According to their information, the female and male pandas will arrive in San Diego by the end of the summer with the approval of all necessary requirements. The zoo had previously been home to several other specimens, but about five years ago they were sent back to China. White House National Security Council Strategic Communications…
Rasmus Hojlund netted twice in the opening seven minutes at Kenilworth Road to become the youngest player to score in six straight Premier League games — after going scoreless in his first 14.
