Nigeria’s Tinubu defends win in disputed presidential poll
Abuja, Nigeria, Reuters Nigeria’s new President-elect, Bola Tinubu, on Wednesday defended the integrity of the national election that he won, and called on citizens to unite around him after a bitter dispute over results opposition parties have said are flawed. The Independent National Electoral Commission said Tinubu garnered 8.79 million votes in the weekend election, […]
Aoun’s presidency ends leaving power vacuum in crisis-hit Lebanon
Baabda, LebanonReuters Michel Aoun, the 89-year-old Christian President who presided over Lebanon’s cataclysmic financial meltdown and the deadly Beirut port blast, left the presidential palace on Sunday with his term ending, leaving a void at the top of a failing state. Parliament has so far been unable to agree on a successor in the role, […]
In the US, scholar and preacher Jonathan Lee Walton named next president of Princeton Seminary
United StatesRNS Rev Jonathan Lee Walton, an academician, preacher and administrator who has served on the faculties of Wake Forest and Harvard divinity schools, has been named the next president of Princeton Theological Seminary. He will be the first Black president of the seminary, which was founded in 1812, and is to officially begin his […]
Sri Lankan security troops raid protest camp, 50 injured
Colombo, Sri Lanka Reuters Sri Lankan security forces raided an anti-government protest camp in the commercial capital Colombo early on Friday, two protest organisers said, a sign that the country’s new President was cracking down a day after his swearing in. Hundreds of security personnel surrounded the “Gota Go Gama” protest camp, mockingly named after […]
Sri Lanka swears in new President amid worst economic crisis in decades
Colombo, Sri Lanka Reuters Veteran politician Ranil Wickremesinghe was sworn in as Sri Lanka’s new President on Thursday, a day after winning a vote in parliament and urging the island nation to come together to find a way out of its worst economic crisis in decades. The six-time Prime Minister succeeded Gotabaya Rajapaksa who fled […]
Sri Lanka could tip back to chaos if six-time PM voted president
Colombo, Sri LankaReuters Sri Lanka’s parliament will choose between three candidates for president on Wednesday, hoping the new leader will be able to pull the island out of its worst economic and political crisis since independence in 1948. But a win for acting President Ranil Wickremesinghe, one of the main two contenders but opposed by […]
Sri Lankans to protest against Wickremesinghe’s bid for president
Colombo, Sri LankaReuters Sri Lankan students and other groups planned to protest on Tuesday against Ranil Wickremesinghe’s expected bid for president, as lawmakers gathered in parliament to finalise candidates for the role. Six-time Prime Minister Wickremesinghe took over as acting President after a popular uprising amid a devastating economic crisis forced previous incumbent Gotabaya Rajapaksa […]
Sri Lankan President hands in resignation after fleeing to Singapore
Colombo, Sri Lanka/Singapore Reuters Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa submitted a letter of resignation on Thursday, a spokesperson for the parliament speaker said, hours after fleeing to Singapore following mass protests over an economic meltdown. The announcement triggered jubilation in the commercial capital Colombo where protesters massed outside the presidential secretariat, defying a city-wide curfew. […]
Who is Bart Barber, new Southern Baptist president?
Anaheim, California, USAP Bart Barber is a staunch Southern Baptist conservative who would welcome bans on abortion, opposes critical race theory and believes only men should serve as pastors. Yet Barber, elected Tuesday as the new president of the Southern Baptist Convention, says he has a track record of dialogue with those who disagree on […]
Ex-Somali leader Mohamud wins presidency to face war and drought
Mogadishu, SomaliaReuters Former Somali leader Hassan Sheikh Mohamud won the presidency again in voting by parliamentarians on Sunday in an airport hangar protected by blast walls from Islamist insurgents whom he must now fight for a second time. The 66-year-old, who ruled from 2012 to 2017, reversed the previous election to defeat incumbent President Mohamed […]