49.5 million registered voters will choose 577 parliamentarians. This crucial snap election could put France’s government in the hands of nationalist, far-right parties for the first time since the military administration, during the Nazi era.
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Saturday’s vote unfolded peacefully, according to observers. The turnout was 40% out of 2 million eligible voters, and partial results were expected on Sunday.
There’s been only one runoff presidential election in Iran’s history: in 2005, when hard-liner Mahmoud Ahmadinejad bested former President Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani.
7 candidates are vying for the top office including incumbent president Mohamed Ould Ghazouani. Youth unemployment, the terrorist threat in neighbouring countries which drives displacement towards Mauritania and the cost of living are some of the voter...
Armed terrorist groups have severed humanitarian access in many localities across the country. Moreover, the Sahel region grapples with drought-related issues.
The Panama papers scandal exposed a network of tax havens involving people like Lionel Messi and Africa's richest man Aliko Dangote to name but a few.
The first African rider to win a World Tour classic attended at a pre-Tour media event for his team in Florence on Friday (Jun.28). The tour kicks off on June 29th. and ends on July 21st.
Iranians in London gathered Friday in front of the Iranian consulate and embassy as the country held elections to choose a successor to the late President Ebrahim Raisi, who died in a helicopter crash in May.
A portion of a canopy at New Delhi’s Indira Gandhi International Airport's Terminal 1 collapsed early Friday due to heavy pre-monsoon rains, killing one person and injuring six others.
The troupe has been touring Moroccan cities and has recently performed in a show titled "Fiq," Arabic for awake, at the Mohammed V in Rabat.
