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Ousmane Sonko reveals what ended his political partnership with the president, sparking a constitutional standoff.Ousmane Sonko, president of Senegal’s National Assembly, reflects on his fractured alliance with President Bassirou Diomaye Faye, the constitutional standoff dividing the country’s leadership and the future of Senegal’s democracy. He also condemns xenophobic violence in South Africa as “painful” and “unworthy of Africa” and says Africa is owed economic reparations for slavery.Published On 12 Jul 202612 Jul 2026Click here to share on social mediashare-nodesSharegoogleAdd Al Jazeera on Googleinfo

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has extended the deadline for political parties to submit the list of their candidates for next year’s presidential and National Assembly elections. In a statement by its spokesperson, Mohammed Harun, INEC said the deadline has been extended from Saturday, 11 July, to Tuesday, 14 July, midnight. “The decision to extend was based on an appeal by the Inter-Party Advisory Council, on behalf of political parties who were unable to upload the names and personal particulars of their candidates within the scheduled timeline,” the statement said. Mr Haruna said it is committed to ensuring inclusivity…

Phia, the shopping startup co-founded by Bill Gates’ daughter, Phoebe Gates, and Sophia Kianni, has been accused of a practice known as “cookie stuffing,” which may have helped the product receive commissions and credit for sales it did not actually generate, according to a Bloomberg investigation.  The report has sparked controversy and led to Phia’s suspension from Impact.com, a leading affiliate and influencer platform. Other startups have been sued over “cookie stuffing,” notably Honey, which is owned by PayPal and remains the subject of an ongoing class action lawsuit.  Founded in 2025, Phia has raised more than $40 million in…

Reigning champion won his 10th German Grand Prix and moves to within 18 points of the riders’ championship lead.Published On 12 Jul 202612 Jul 2026Marc Marquez won the Germany MotoGP Grand Prix on Sunday as the Spaniard equalled Italian legend Giacomo Agostini’s record of 10 premier class wins on a single circuit.The seven-time MotoGP world champion started on pole as he glided to a dominant win at the Sachsenring, 1.996sec ahead of Aprilia-Trackhouse’s Ai Ogura in second with the Japanese rider’s Spanish teammate Raul Fernandez completing the podium.Recommended Stories list of 4 itemsend of listMarquez, on his Ducati, also won…

Japan’s Tokito Oda defeats Great Britain’s Alfie Hewett in straight sets to retain his Wimbledon men’s wheelchair singles title.

More than most musicians on a typical promo cycle, Kelela has been appearing on my social feeds in increasingly surreal combinations. In one clip, she blows kisses to an enormous crowd of onlookers on the streets of Soho New York; another sees her posing for fans against a fog-strewn background somewhere between South Central and survivalist video game Silent Hill. In the video for idea 1 the singer saunters down a corridor with windswept silver hair, looking like Storm if the X-Men movies had been directed by Hype Williams. In a widely circulated tribute/parody, the track is synced uncannily well…

I would like to know why we build solar farms over green space, when we could just put them over massive car parks as a popular current internet meme suggests. Chris, MiddlesbroughSend new questions to nq@theguardian.com.Readers replySure … and how about mandating that data centres put them on their roofs? Come to think of it, perhaps solar panels should be added to all new structures. DrBlamm0For the same reason that we insist on storing water in lakes even though millions of people have sinks. That might be a bit flippant, but bear with me. The real answer is that we…

If this process of systematic assimilation and integration of Nigerians from plural backgrounds into geo-economic zones becomes entrenched, the long term implication is that the Nigerian federation would have undergone a process of organic restructuring. The commercial cities of Aba and Onitsha will no longer be enclaves of Igbo traders but those of Nigerian entrepreneurs. Cattle breeding will no longer be Fulani but Nigerian… The unity, social cohesion and structural stability of the Nigerian federation are conditions precedent for its economic growth and development. There has to be a Nigerian nation before any form of progress can be achieved. Currently,…

When Prince Adeniyi Adeyemi Matthew walked into Phase III Section of the Federal Secretariat in Abuja with a forged letter and emerged with an office, signage, and a semblance of government legitimacy, he did not act alone. That is the uncomfortable truth of the “Presidential Foreign Intervention Promotion Council” saga. Adeyemi has been charged with eight counts of fraud and forgery. But the bigger scandal is not one man’s alleged audacity. It is how a non-existent agency got close to ₦1.3 billion in the 2026 budget, secured office space in the heart of government, hosted top government functionaries from Nigeria…

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