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World leaders congratulated US President-elect Joe Biden on his victory but some have noted there are challenges ahead. Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu offered his congratulations on Twitter and said he had a “long and warm” personal relationship with Biden for nearly 40 years. But he also thanks incumbent President Donald Trump for the “friendship” he showed to Israel. He… Read More

Ethiopia’s Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed replaced his army chief, the head of intelligence and the foreign minister on Sunday as the conflict with the northern Tigray region escalates. Abiy’s office said in a statement that Deputy Prime Minister Demeke Mekonnen had been appointed foreign minister while deputy army chief Birhanu Jula was promoted to army chief of staff. Temesgen Tiruneh,… Read More

US President-elect Joe Biden announced it was “time to heal” a divided America in his first speech since winning the tense vote, as Donald Trump refused to concede and mounted legal battles against the outcome. In the parking lot of his hometown of Wilmington, Delaware, he told a crowd of supporters to turn the page from what he described as… Read More

Seventeen bodies have been unearthed in newly found mass graves in western Libya’s Tarhuna region, the missing persons authority said Saturday. It takes the total exhumed in recent months to 112. The graves are located in Tarhuna, where eastern strongman Khalifa Haftar’s forces launched an aborted assault last year on the capital Tripoli. The area, some 80 kilometres (50 miles)… Read More

It has now been several months without any football matches in Libya. Though many blame the Covid 19 pandemic for it, games in Libya’s premier league stopped even before the spread of coronavirus. But to some good news now, games are about to begin. Nasser Fakroun, head coach of Al Ahli Benghazi can’t wait. “The Libyan Football Federation has had… Read More

The first female and African could be appointed as the chief of the World Trade Organization on Monday, 9 November. Nigeria-s Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala is up against South Korea-s Yoo Myung-hee. US President Donald Trump has tried to block the former Nigerian finance minister from taking the top job and given his support to the South Korean trade minister. But the… Read More

Anti-Trump protesters gathered outside the White House on Friday as Democratic hopeful Joe Biden appears close to winning the presidency. Vote counting is ongoing and a victor cannot be announced yet. But Biden is ahead of Trump in the remaining battleground states. In a speech on Friday, Biden said he is set to win the election “with a clear majority,… Read More

A lawyer denied accusations by the ICC of bribing witnesses in the case against Kenyan deputy president William Ruto. Ruto was charged with fomenting violence after a disputed 2007 election when 1,200 people died. But the case collapsed 4 years ago. It is the lawyer Paul Gicheru’s first appearance at the Hague since he turned himself in. He allegedly corruptly… Read More

Democrat Joe Biden has won the US presidential election defeating Donald Trump. His victory came after more than three days of uncertainty as election officials sorted through a surge of mail-in votes that delayed the processing of some ballots. Biden, 77, crossed 270 Electoral College votes with a win in Pennsylvania. In a tweet he said he would work for… Read More

Guinea’s incumbent president Alpha Conde has been reelected for a controversial third term with 59.5 percent of the vote, the constitutional court announced on Saturday. Conde’s support was above the absolute majority needed to win in the first round, judges found. The opposition claimed irregularities in the October 18 vote but the court said the opposition produced no evidence. Conde’s… Read More