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Macron Seeks France’s Sixth Prime Minister In Two Years

Macron Seeks France’s Sixth Prime Minister In Two Years

October 9, 2025 10:54 am

French President Emmanuel Macron launched a search for his sixth prime minister in less than two years, giving himself 48 hours to pick a successor capable of navigating France’s fractured legislature and passing a critical budget, but is yet to find one.

Macron’s move comes after outgoing Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu held two days of consultations with party leaders in a last-ditch effort to stabilize the government. Lecornu resigned and passed the task of finding a pathway out of France’s worst political crisis in decades to Macron.

France is deep in political instability that has made it nearly impossible to …

Intrigues As Rishi Sunak Declares Bid To Become Next UK PM

Intrigues As Rishi Sunak Declares Bid To Become Next UK PM

October 24, 2022 5:20 am

Former British finance minister Rishi Sunak on Sunday announced that he will run to be UK’s next prime minister, making it the second bid to lead the country in months.

‘The United Kingdom is a great country but we face a profound economic crisis. That’s why I am standing to be leader of the Conservative Party and your next prime minister,’ he said on Twitter.

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Former British PM, Boris Johnson yesterday dramatically pulled out from what will have been an audacious bid to return to power within …

Truss Appoints Kemi Badenoch, Others Into Cabinet (Full List)

Truss Appoints Kemi Badenoch, Others Into Cabinet (Full List)

September 7, 2022 5:04 am

The newly inaugurated Prime Minister of Britain, Liz Truss, has appointed Kemi Badenoch as a member of her team in a major cabinet reshuffle after she (Truss) took office on Tuesday.

A tweet posted to the verified Twitter page of the UK Prime Minister which was sighted by Africa Daily News, New York on Wednesday, @10DowningStreet, stated that Badenoch was appointed as the Secretary of State for International Trade and President of the Board of Trade.

The post read, ‘Kemi Badenoch MP @KemiBadenoch has been appointed Secretary of State for International Trade and President of the Board of …

Truss To Assume Office Today As 3rd Female UK Prime Minister

Truss To Assume Office Today As 3rd Female UK Prime Minister

September 6, 2022 6:41 am

Former Foreign Secretary, Liz Truss will today take over power as Britain’s next Prime Minister (PM) after she was named leader of the governing Conservative Party to replace Boris Johnson. 

Truss, the third female to serve in this capacity, will become PM today after travelling to meet the Queen at Balmoral in Scotland. Yesterday’s announcement triggered the beginning of a handover from Boris Johnson and his departure from No. 10 Dowing Street.

Johnson was forced to announce his resignation in July after months of scandal and he will travel to Scotland to meet Queen Elizabeth today to officially tender his …

Dozens Killed As Fresh Violence Breaks Out In Papua New Guinea

Dozens Killed As Fresh Violence Breaks Out In Papua New Guinea

July 22, 2022 6:28 am

No fewer than 18 people have so far been killed in Papua New Guinea’s highlands, a region plagued by violence between local tribes and placed under ’emergency status’ by Prime Minister James Marape on Thursday.

According to the local police commander George Kakas, 13 men and five women were slaughtered on Tuesday close to the mining town of Porgera. It appears that the victims were killed using axes and machetes.

The rough jungles of the Enga region frequently witness violent fights between indigenous tribes, sometimes ending in mass murders, which are brought on by conflicts over territory, resources, or other …

UK PM Position I Won’t Endorse Anyone - Boris Johnson

UK PM Position: I Won’t Endorse Anyone – Boris Johnson

July 12, 2022 4:56 am

Boris Johnson, the outgoing British prime minister, revealed on Monday that he would not want to endorse a favourite in the leadership race in order to harm the chances of any of the contenders to succeed him at 10 Downing Street.

The 58-year-old embattled Conservative Party leader said he was determined to fulfil the commitments he made in his winning general election manifesto in the final weeks of his term as caretaker prime minister when he spoke to reporters for the first time since making his dramatic resignation announcement last week.

‘There’s a contest underway and it’s happened; I …

We Have Run Out Of Petrol, Sri Lanka New PM Tells Citizens

We Have Run Out Of Petrol, Sri Lanka New PM Tells Citizens

May 17, 2022 4:19 am

Sri Lanka’s newly appointed prime minister has disclosed that the cash-strapped island nation has run out of petrol stock, even as he pointed out that the country desperately needed to obtain $75m in foreign exchange over the next few days to pay for essential imports, including medicine.

Speaking on Monday in an address to the nation, as the country suffers from fuel and medicine shortages Ranil Wickremesinghe lamented; ‘We have run out of petrol … At the moment, we only have petrol stocks for a single day’.

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200 Protesters Detained In Armenia As Presure On PM Mounts

200 Protesters Detained In Armenia As Presure On PM Mounts

May 4, 2022 1:23 am

Police in Armenia on Tuesday detained no fewer than 200 anti-government protesters as opposition parties heightened pressure on Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan over his handling of a territorial dispute with Azerbaijan.

Africa Daily News, New York had earlier reported that protests erupted in Yerevan on Sunday with the opposition demanding Pashinyan’s immediate resignation accusing him of plotting to cede to Baku all the disputed Nagorno-Karabakh region over which the two countries went to war in 2020.

Also. fresh demonstrations took place on Monday and on Tuesday police cracked down on protesters who blocked traffic in central Yerevan, provoking chaotic scenes …

Spain Claims Mobile Phones Of PM, Defence Min Were Tapped

Spain Claims Mobile Phones Of PM, Defence Min Were Tapped

May 3, 2022 1:57 am

Spain on Monday alleged that the mobile phones of Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez and Defence Minister Margarita Robles were recently tapped using Pegasus spyware in an ‘illicit and external’ intervention which they are presently investigating.

Speaking in a press conference which was monitored by Africa Daily News, New York, the minister of the presidency, Felix Bolanos, said; ‘It is not a supposition, they are facts of enormous gravity’.

‘We are absolutely certain that it was an external attack… because in Spain, in a democracy like ours, all such interventions are carried out by official bodies and with judicial authorisation,’ he …

New UK lockdown would be disaster but all options open- PM

New UK Lockdown Would Be Disaster – Boris Johnson

October 14, 2020 3:59 pm

Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Wednesday said a new UK-wide lockdown would be a “disaster” but refused to rule it out as demands grew for a temporary shutdown to stop the spread of coronavirus.

Opposition Labour leader Keir Starmer has thrown his weight behind a two-week “circuit break” to stop a surge in cases of Covid-19 after the proposal was endorsed by the government’s scientific advisory committee.

Devolved authorities in Northern Ireland added to the pressure Wednesday by announcing plans to shut pubs and restaurants for four weeks, tighten restrictions on social gatherings and extend the mid-term school break to …

Togo Prime Minister, Klassou Resigns

Togo Prime Minister, Klassou Resigns

September 26, 2020 3:26 pm

Togo’s prime minister and his government have resigned, the West African nation’s presidency said late Friday.

President Faure Gnassingbe congratulated prime minister Komi Selom Klassou and his team for their “economic, political and social efforts and the encouraging results despite the health crisis around the world”, a statement on the presidency’s official website said.

Togo has been due for a political reshuffle since Gnassingbe was reelected in February for a fourth term in office, but changes were delayed by the coronavirus pandemic.

The president’s election win, which came after a constitutional change allowing him to run, extended more than a …

Race For New Japan Prime Minister Starts After Resignation

Race For New Japan Prime Minister Starts After Resignation

August 29, 2020 3:19 pm

The race to succeed Prime Minister Shinzo Abe kicked off informally on Saturday, with several contenders announcing their plans to stand, a day after Japan’s longest-serving leader announced his resignation.

Abe said he was suffering a recurrence of ulcerative colitis, the condition that forced him to cut short his first term in office, but that he would stay on until his successor is decided.

Exactly how the process will unfold was still unclear, with local media reporting on Saturday that several options were being considered.

Abe’s ruling Liberal Democratic Party could opt for a more traditional leadership election, involving lawmakers …

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