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Sangomar FPSO (Artist impression)

Production starts at Senegal’s first offshore oil field

Artist impression of oil from the Sangomar field

Not guaranteed: Prime Minister Amadou Ba is the ruling party’s presidential candidate for the February 2024 presidential election, after President Macky Sall said he would not seek a third term. Photo: Seyllou/AFP

Senegal election still anyone’s game

Although the West African country has not experienced a coup, unlike others in the region, the February vote could be marred by violence

Supporters of incumbent President of Gambia Adama Barrow celebrate in a car. Gambians were waiting to find out the winner of the first presidential election in the tiny West African nation since former dictator Yahya Jammeh fled into exile, with incumbent Adama Barrow enjoying the advantage in partial results. (Photo by John Wessels/AFP)

Gambian leader’s new term darkened by politics, economy

Adama Barrow was re-elected on the strength of his pitch as the candidate of continuity, but faces mounting pressure for action, both from home and abroad

Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein announcing the indictments.

Gaza Bronze Age remains disappearing under concrete

Archaeologists and preservation activists in the Gaza Strip have managed to halt the destruction of a Bronze Age site for now

France unites behind massive manhunt for Toulouse killer

France unites behind massive manhunt for Toulouse killer

France has all but forgotten its presidential election amid a massive manhunt for the serial killer who slew children and a teacher in Toulouse.

On election anniversary, Obama dismisses polls snub

President Barack Obama on Wednesday brushed aside a sharp rebuke at the polls on the first anniversary of his historic election.

US, Iraq hail new era of friendship

Barack Obama pressed plans to remove US troops from Iraq in 2011 in talks with Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki on Wednesday.

Obama wants strong but democratic Russia

President Barack Obama said on Tuesday the United States wanted a strong, prosperous but also democratic Russia.

Obama seeks ‘new beginning’ with Iran

United States President Barack Obama on Friday launched a historic direct appeal to the Iranian people, urging an end to decades of animosity.

Bush eyes busy post-White House life

US President George Bush can see his post-White House life already, and it doesn’t involve lazy days soaking up the sun, dressed like a tourist.

Bush, Obama to lunch with former US presidents

President George Bush will talk briefly in private with Barack Obama on Wednesday before a White House lunch with all living former US presidents.

Bush avoids big-name pardons, for now

An award-winning rapper and a Detroit policeman facing cocaine and money laundering charges are among the first to have won a pardon.

Bush sees Middle East peace treaty in a year

United States President George Bush on Thursday predicted the signing of a Middle East peace treaty in a year and called for an end to Israel’s four-decade occupation of…

Bush, top brass rethink Iraq strategy

Amid a surge in United States soldier deaths and under increasing pressure to change course in Iraq, President George Bush has met top military commanders to mull possible…

Bush: Iran attack reports ‘wild speculation’

The United States wants to settle the Iran nuclear crisis through diplomacy, President George Bush said on Monday, describing reports of plans to attack Iran as ”wild…

Bush’s place in history hangs on crisis in Iraq

President George Bush’s place in history — standard-bearer or war-mongerer — is perhaps being decided at this moment in Iraq, three years after the United States-led invasion.…

Toll rises in Iran quake

More than 270 people were killed when a huge earthquake struck Iran before dawn on Tuesday, leaving distraught villagers to claw through the rubble of their homes in search of…