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Kenya's Odinga vows to contest election loss in court
Kenya's Odinga vows to contest election loss in court
by  AFP

Kenya's veteran politician Raila Odinga on Saturday defended plans to make a court challenge to the results of last week's "joke" election that handed victory to Deputy President William Ruto. Ruto was declared president-elect on Monday, scraping past Odinga with a margin of less than two percentage points, after an anxious days-long wait for results of the August 9 vote.

EU fiscal oversight of Greece ends after 12 years
EU fiscal oversight of Greece ends after 12 years
by  AFP

Greece on Saturday concluded 12 years of European Union fiscal surveillance that was imposed in return for bailouts after a crushing debt crisis. "The sovereign debt crisis that defined the first years of the previous decade was a steep learning curve for our Union.

French president heads to Algeria to relaunch ties
French president heads to Algeria to relaunch ties
by  AFP

French President Emmanuel Macron will visit Algeria next week in a bid to improve strained ties between Paris and Algiers, the French presidency said Saturday. Macron is to visit the former French colony from Thursday to Saturday next week.

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