EU admits Buhari election ‘consistency’

“Nigerians have re-elected President Muhammadu Buhari, as the announcement by the Independent National Electoral Commission confirms. These results are consistent with independent civil society observations”, says the text of the statement attributed to a European External Actions Service (EEAS) spokesperson. Statement on the re-election of Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari https://t.co/TrTr6LoTeW — Maja Kocijančič (@MajaEUspox) March 1,…

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Buhari wins Nigerian voters

Incumbent President on Nigeria Muhammadu Buhari is an unequivocal leader of the election race according to the provisional results. Nigeria's Buhari leads in election count as death toll mounts https://t.co/KdkneyXhCh pic.twitter.com/kNRSalmqGk — Reuters (@Reuters) February 26, 2019 The results showed that incumbent President main rival, businessman and former vice president Atiku Abubakar, could no longer catch…

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Al-Bashir reshuffles government

President Omar al-Bashir has appointed a new first vice President and Prime minister, a day after declaring a year-long state of emergency to counter Sudanese protests calling for his removal from office. Sudan's Bashir names VP, prime minister as protests continue https://t.co/djFccbCuFG pic.twitter.com/XsgZHIZSw5 — Reuters (@Reuters) February 23, 2019 Bashir replaced his long-time ally Bakri…

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Nigerians elect future President

Incumbent Nigeria President Muhammadu Buhari (76) and his main opponent, businessman Atiku Abubakar (72) cast their ballots in presidential election voting after a week’s delay. The two candidates lead among more than 70 challengers. Nigeria's Buhari casts ballot as polls open in delayed election https://t.co/stk6NpmlMU pic.twitter.com/nVWadPVrIV — Reuters (@Reuters) February 23, 2019 The voting has started with…

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Kaduna death toll doubled

Nigeria’s Kaduna State toll of victims has risen to 130 people, the state governor  said, adding that the motive appeared to be ethnic. Governor Nasir El-Rufai has disclosed on Tuesday, February 19, that the death toll in the recent uprising in Kaduna state has increased to 130. https://t.co/NcFLgMjn1M — Legit.ng | Leading the way (@legitngnews) February…

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EU ministers discuss Congo in first ranks

The Foreign Affairs Council will start with a discussion on current affairs. The High Representative and foreign ministers may refer to the situation in the Democratic Republic of Congo. (Image: EU top diplomat Federica Mogherini doorstep before the Foreign Affairs Council). 🇪🇺 Foreign Ministers meeting today: applause of welcome for entry into force of #Prespa agreement…

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Sahel stability as key to EU security

“The EU supports the efforts the G5 Sahel countries in the fight against terrorism, organised crime and any other threat to security and peace” says the text of conclusions adopted by the EU Foreign Affairs Council. #Sahel: EU takes further steps to better support the security of the region ➡️ @EUCouncil takes regionalisation of @EucapSahelMali @EUCAPSahelNiger…

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Sudan Al-Bashir presidency unlimited

Sudan parliamentary committee mandated with amending the Constitution to allow President Omar al-Bashir to run for another mandate informed it would indefinitely postpone a meeting to draft these changes, state news agency SUNA reports. #Sudan lawmakers postpone amendment to keep Bashir in power https://t.co/RemHzpokov — Reuters Africa (@ReutersAfrica) February 16, 2019 The decision comes amid almost…

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Nigeria postpones elections

President Muhammadu Buhari said he was “deeply disappointed” but urged people to refrain from “civil disorder“, while he reacted upon the decision to postpone the vote announced by the electoral chief, Mr Yakubu, who said: “Our decision was entirely taken by the commission. It has nothing to do with security, nothing to do with political…

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African Union Summit opens in Addis Ababa

The leaders of  African states gather for the annual African Union #AU summit which started its activities from February 7. The refugees and internally displaced persons are in the focus of the Summit taking place in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Nowadays Sub-Saharan Africa hosts more than a quarter of the world’s 25.4 million refugees, the UN agency for refugees…

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