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30 Mar
Niger's President-elect Mohamed Bazoum granted an exclusive interview to FRANCE 24 and RFI in the capital Niamey. Bazoum, who will take office on April 2, called the deadly clashes that followed the announcement of his election win "artificial" and fleeting.
18 Jan
Several hundred people have begun a journey of housands of kilometers through Central America to the US. The migrants are hoping for a more humane approach to migration under President-elect Joe Biden.
20 Dec 2020
US President-elect Joe Biden has expressed interest in returning to the Iran nuclear deal. Israeli Ambassador Jeremy Issacharoff told DW that preventing Iran from getting a nuclear weapon is the "bottom line."
17 Nov 2020
Donald Trump's refusal to concede defeat has made it difficult for President-elect Joe Biden's team to coordinate on critical issues, including coming up with a distribution plan for COVID-19 vaccines.
12 Nov 2020
US President-elect Joe Biden has named longtime adviser Ron Klain as his chief of staff. Previously, Klain served in the same role for two former vice presidents — Al Gore and Biden himself.
21 Mar 2019
According to Agusto & Co, Nigeria's president, Muhammed Buhari adopted a statist economic stance during his first term in office. But how would his second term pan out? Jimi Ogbobine, Head of research, Agusto & Co joins CNBC Africa to discuss an economic outlook for the second term of the Nigerian President-elect.
30 Aug 2018
On the side-lines of the Nigerian Bar Association’s 58th Annual General Conference, Paul Usoro, President-Elect of the Nigerian Bar Association joins CNBC Africa to explore ways to build more sustainable institutions in Africa.
29 Dec 2016
Bloomberg's Ben Brody reports on President-Elect Donald Trump's tweets and the GOP's plans to repeal Obamacare.
27 Dec 2016
Bloomberg Politics' Kevin Cirilli reports on the U.S. transition of power.
23 Dec 2016
Donald Trump takes to Twitter saying the U.S. needs to up its nuclear capabilities, on the same day that Russia's Vladimir Putin hints at the same for his country. That's got some analysts worried that we could be witnessing the early stages of an arms race.
18 Dec 2016
At the final rally on his 'Thank You Tour', President-elect Donald Trump says he was joking when he said his supporters were 'vicious' and 'violent' before the election.
17 Dec 2016
President-elect Donald Trump tells supporters in Orlando, Florida that he will work to defeat radical Islamic militants and 'bring back' jobs to the U.S. during a stop on his 'Thank You Tour.'
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President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday hosted his South African counterpart, Cyril Ramaphosa, in the Presidential Villa Abuja.
The South African President who is accompanied by a delegation of ministers and business leaders is on a state visit expected to reinforce South Africa’s bilateral relations with Nigeria as well as strengthen partnerships directed at African development and cooperation in multilateral forums.
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As Russia and China attempt to master sophisticated technologies, the head of MI6 is set to warn that "unlike Q in the Bond movies, we cannot do it all in-house."
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Since France began its military withdrawal from Mali, many misleading social media posts have appeared. Reports claim that Mali is negotiating with the Russian private military company Wagner. One photo on Facebook from November 10 allegedly shows a Wagner military instructor training Malian soldiers. Another photo from November 20 claims to show that Mali received a delivery of military equipment from Russia. We take a closer look in this edition of Truth or Fake.
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India is pulling out all the stops to avoid a repeat of the devastating wave of delta-fueled infections earlier this year, by ramping up testing while stepping up screening and surveillance of international travelers.
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Japan has stopped new bookings onto incoming flights after identifying the first cases of the Omicron strain of Covid-19. The country has also tightened its quarantine requirements for all arriving passengers, and extended a ban on non-citizens coming from ten countries in southern Africa. Travel companies have seen their shares tumble in recent days as governments tighten border rules in response to the new strain. Also today, Australia's economy feels the pinch from the recent lockdowns.