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Senegal's Constitutional Council overturns the postponement of this month's presidential election, a move that plunged the country into its worst crisis in decades, the country's public news agency and several anonymous state sources said. The Council said the law adopted by the parliament on February 5 -- which delayed the election for 10 months and thus kept President Macky Sall in office -- was unconstitutional, according to the same sources. IMAGES
Senegal's Constitutional Council rejects the candidacy of jailed opposition leader Ousmane Sonko to run in February's presidential election on the grounds his application was incomplete, his lawyer Cire Cledor Ly tells the press. SOUNDBITE
Since losing the 2020 election, President Donald Trump has continued to attack the integrity of the voting system. Some of his Fox News allies have homed in on the company Smartmatic--because of the services it provided Los Angeles County for the election. But CNN reports the voting technology sent Fox News a blistering legal threat accusing of participating in a 'disinformation campaign' against it. In response, Fox has begun airing a remarkable news package debunking claims its hosts and guests have propagated. CNN reports the package aired for the first time Friday night on Lou Dobbs' show. Fox News said the same package would air Saturday night on Jeanine Pirro's program as well as Sunday morning on Maria Bartiromo's show.
Multiple news outlets have projected that former VP Joe Biden has won the election, and former President Barack Obama is thrilled. According to Business Insider, Obama congratulated president-elect Biden and vice president-elect Kamala Harris. Swing state Pennsylvania flipped blue Friday morning, allowing Biden to surpass the 270 electoral votes needed for a Biden-Harris administration. President Donald Trump scolded Biden on Twitter, although Biden himself did not name himself victor. Trump has not yet conceded, saying the election is still far from over.'
Thousand of protesters take to the streets of the Belarus capital Minsk for a second night of post-election rallies, where police fired rubber bullets and tear gas to quash protests against a disputed weekend presidential election which handed a sixth term to strongman Alexander Lukashenko. IMAGES
Algiers, 12 dic (EFE/EPA).- (Camera: Mohamed Messara) Presidential elections in Algeria, which the opposition has billed as a farce, were marked on Thursday by popular protests, empty polling stations and extra security in Algiers. Riot police could be seen on almost every corner of the capital, especially along Rue Didouche Mourad, one of the main commercial thoroughfares by the early morning a gathering of around 50 protesters chanted slogans against the elections. FOOTAGE OF THE PROTEST IN ALGIERS.
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