After continued disruption and tension throughout the election, the Kenyan electoral commission announced that Deputy President, William Ruto, will be elected the next President. Ruto won 50.49% of the vote, defeating former Prime Minister Raila Odinga, causing outrage across the country. Ruto will become the fifth President of Kenya since
Pope Francis delivered an unprecedented apology to the Indigenous community of Canada for the forced assimilation of Indigenous people into Christian society, that occurred up to the 1970s. He highlighted how the program was a “disastrous error”, in an event outside a residential school near Edmonton, Alberta. “I humbly bed
Tensions have risen among Italian government officials as many leaders around the country are pleading with Prime Minister Mario Draghi to rethink his plan to resign. Draghi, who assumed office last year, won a confidence vote in parliament, but lost part of his party coalition after walked out of the
France announced on Wednesday that the EDF, Électricité de France, the state-supported electricity company, is once again becoming nationalized, to combat a growing energy crisis. The crisis itself has been mainly due to the ongoing war with Russia, one of the most influential energy suppliers to the European continent. President
Three leaders of the Pakistani Taliban, also known as the Tehrik-e Taliban Pakistan (TTP), were killed in an explosion in southeastern Afghanistan on August 7th, 2022, which many observers call a significant blow to the local Taliban’s strength. One such leader was Abdul Wali, also known as Omar Khalid Khorasani,
After 10 weeks of asking to address the African Union, four African heads of state attended a meeting with Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy and others sent representatives virtually. President Zelenskyy gave a speech labelling countries in Africa “hostages” in the war against Russia. “(I) address you in a state of
The Lebanese government is set to compromise with Israel over the developing Karish gas field in disputed territory. US energy representative and mediator Amos Hochstein met with officials in Beirut on Monday to discuss a proposal for new boundaries. A ship operated by Energean, an English company, was on its
Shusha, the once-abandoned land recaptured by Azerbaijan, is in the process of construction and renovation, according to Azerbaijani leadership and locals. These renovations came just within two years of the Nagorno-Karabakh War when Azerbaijan retook the area and ethnic Armenians who had inhabited the land fled. In May 2021, Azerbaijan
In a statement Monday, Prime Minister Phillip Davis of The Bahamas urged the United States to “do more” in halting the movement of illegal weapons to Caribbean countries. Davis made these claims at the 36th Annual General Meeting of the Association of Caribbean Commissioners of Police, amid a recent increase
