The Haitian foreign minister discusses his country’s ongoing political crisis.
Elections
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Bazoum also blamed opposition of bringing children to post-election protests where at least two people have been killed.
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Two counties in Georgia ask for over $15k in legal fees related to lawsuits filed by the Trump campaign.
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Only a pragmatic approach can lift Somalia out of its current crisis.
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Mahamane Ousmane insists ‘fraud’ committed ‘pretty much everywhere in all of Niger’s regions’.
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Hundreds of protesters backing candidate Yaku Perez call for recount outside electoral council offices in Quito.
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Sandu’s repeated nomination of Natalia Gavrilita as PM after Parliament rejection is unconstitutional, top court rules.
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If Barghouti runs and wins the Palestinian election, he may well become Palestine’s Nelson Mandela.
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Somalia’s most recent political impasse will have significant consequences for its neighbours, Kenya and Ethiopia.
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From fleeing for political reasons to looking for an adventure, Zimbabweans share why they left their home country.
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High court moves on several Trump-era cases, including ending a defamation case against the former president.
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The suit is the latest in multibillion-dollar court actions taken by voting machine companies after the 2020 election.
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Bobi Wine, who had disputed January election results, says ‘the courts are not independent’ as he withdraws his case.
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Socialist Andres Arauz and conservative Guillermo Lasso will compete in the second round of the polls in April.
