The News Nigeria’s leading opposition parties are scrambling to fight a growing number of lawsuits that are threatening their capacity to mount a credible challenge in January’s presidential elections. A Nigerian court in June ordered election organizer INEC to de-register the African Democratic Congress and the Nigeria Democratic Congress, whose ...
Day: July 6, 2026
The debate over AGOA is missing the pointThe debate over AGOA is missing the point
Washington is having the wrong debate about the African Growth and Opportunity Act. Congress is consumed with whether to extend the preferential trade program, when the more important question is what comes after it. AGOA remains one of the most successful pillars of US engagement with Africa, helping build export ...
‘April Fool’s Day’: Outrage as US player’s World Cup ban is quashed‘April Fool’s Day’: Outrage as US player’s World Cup ban is quashed
FIFA overturned a one-match men’s World Cup suspension against US striker Folarin Balogun after President Donald Trump reportedly pressured soccer’s governing body, leading to accusations of favoritism. The move has sparked schisms ahead of the US’ round of 16 tie: Belgium, which faces the US tonight, has appealed the decision, ...
Unwelcome and undue: Trump’s red-card intervention hurts the US’s World Cup more than it helps | Pablo Iglesias MaurerUnwelcome and undue: Trump’s red-card intervention hurts the US’s World Cup more than it helps | Pablo Iglesias Maurer
In pushing Fifa to reverse Folarin Balogun’s suspension, the president did the most American thing possible: assert unasked-for power to get his way The story of Garrincha’s red card in the 1962 World Cup is the stuff of legend. The Brazilian great was sent off in the semifinals for lashing ...
Footage Shows Cop Stalking Woman He Met on a TV Set After Surveilling Her With a License Plate ReaderFootage Shows Cop Stalking Woman He Met on a TV Set After Surveilling Her With a License Plate Reader
A police officer speeds 70 MPH down a two-lane highway running over a bridge in the Florida Keys. He passes a dump truck in a no-passing zone, then immediately does it again, crossing over a double-yellow line to pass another truck. He passes a third vehicle, nearly causing a head-on ...
Uefa says ‘integrity of game at stake’ after Fifa’s decision to overturn US star’s red card banUefa says ‘integrity of game at stake’ after Fifa’s decision to overturn US star’s red card ban
European football’s governing body criticises Fifa’s decision to suspend Folarin Balogun’s automatic one-match ban following an intervention by US president Donald Trump. ...
Buckingham Palace says Prince Harry will not stay there despite his team announcing he wouldBuckingham Palace says Prince Harry will not stay there despite his team announcing he would
Royal sources say the Duke of Sussex had not responded to the offer of accommodation at a Royal residence by the deadline last week. ...
Middle East crisis live: Funeral procession for supreme leader Ali Khamenei begins in IranMiddle East crisis live: Funeral procession for supreme leader Ali Khamenei begins in Iran
Millions join funeral procession in capital of Tehran to mourn Khamenei who was kiled in US-Israel airstrikes in February Here are some more details from Patrick Wintour, who’s in Tehran at the moment reporting on the days of national mourning for Khamenei. The funeral procession, believed to be millions strong, ...
Israeli command system identified 850,000 targets in Gaza and Lebanon wars, says supplierIsraeli command system identified 850,000 targets in Gaza and Lebanon wars, says supplier
Elbit Systems supplied Tzayad digital army programme to map people, vehicles and other objects in real time Israel identified about 1,000 potential targets a day during the first two years of the wars in Gaza and Lebanon with its command and control system, according to a presentation by the country’s ...
Millions join funeral procession for Iran’s supreme leader Ali KhameneiMillions join funeral procession for Iran’s supreme leader Ali Khamenei
Crowds swelled through Tehran as mourners dressed in black carried flags proclaiming: ‘We will rise’ A crowd of millions assembled on Monday for the funeral procession of Iran’s assassinated supreme leader, Ali Khamenei. The scale and depth of the march, however engineered, represents an extraordinary turnaround for a country that ...