Senegal’s Presidential Candidates Start Campaigns After Protests Over Vote Delay

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https://gdb.voanews.com/01000000–0aff-0242–9574–08dc407f9f0a_cx0_cy10_cw0_w800_h450.jpgDAKAR, Sene­gal — Pres­i­den­tial can­di­dates in Sene­gal kicked off their elec­tion cam­paigns Sat­ur­day, fol­low­ing weeks of vio­lent protests across the African coun­try after the vote was delayed.  The 19 approved can­di­dates vying for the top job now have a short­er peri­od to ral­ly sup­port­ers ahead of the March 24 elec­tion, expect­ed to be the most tightly…

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Nigeria’s Constitution Review Makes Women’s Inclusion a Priority

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https://gdb.voanews.com/eafe758e-8a85-4df0-8831-a3b63ffca353_w800_h450.jpgAbu­ja, Nige­ria — Nige­ri­a’s con­sti­tu­tion is get­ting a revamp, and this time a com­mit­tee tasked with the respon­si­bil­i­ty says wom­en’s inclu­sion in polit­i­cal offices is a pri­or­i­ty. Women hold a tiny frac­tion of the seats in Nigeria’s Nation­al Assem­bly. Three of the 109 sen­a­tors and 15 of the 360 mem­bers in the House of Rep­re­sen­ta­tives are…

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MAYOR ON THE FRONT LINE: Democracy in Crisis — #BBCAfricaEye #IWD2024 #Shorts

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🎥 Watch the doc­u­men­tary “May­or on the Front Line: Democ­ra­cy in Cri­sis” from #BBCAfrica­Eye here: https://youtu.be/8_fwvmKNCNo Sub­scribe: http://bit.ly/subscribetoafrica Web­site: https://www.bbc.com/africa Face­book: https://www.facebook.com/bbcnewsafrica/ Twit­ter: https://www.twitter.com/bbcafrica/ Insta­gram: https://www.instagram.com/bbcafrica/

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Francis Ngannou is ‘like a king’ in Cameroon — BBC Africa

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The much-antic­i­­pat­ed box­ing match between MMA super­star Fran­cis Ngan­nou and for­mer world heavy­weight cham­pi­on Antho­ny Joshua, already attract­ing a surge in online search traf­fic. Ahead of the clash, we vis­it­ed Ngannou’s home­town of Batié in Cameroon to find out more about this “cham­pi­on of cham­pi­ons”, dis­cov­er­ing that he used to be a sand min­er and…

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What Europe wants from Biden’s State of the Union

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LONDON — For­eign pol­i­cy nev­er wins elec­tions, as the old polit­i­cal max­im goes. So eight months out from polling day in Amer­i­ca, it’s hard­ly sur­pris­ing that domes­tic reac­tion to Thursday’s State of the Union speech will be dom­i­nat­ed by argu­ments over the econ­o­my, drug prices and the frailty of U.S. Pres­i­dent Joe Biden, 82 this November.…

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