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25 Delectable Apple Dishes Ideal for the Fall Season

Fall is finally here, and after a long, scorching summer, it's time to settle into cooler weather with some blankets, scary movies, and your favorite fall treats. Pumpkin is a classic fall staple, but right up there with pumpkins are apples that are in season and ready to pick—making them the perfect fall fruit to enjoy. And if you want creative ways to enjoy this juicy fruit, you can find tons of recipes to use them in cookies, donuts, pies, sandwiches, salads, and more. Along with being a key ingredient in fall cooking,…

Libya closes registration for elections to 2.8 million

Registration for the upcoming December elections in Libya was closed, the country's election commission said on Tuesday when doubts grew as to whether Libya would be able to move towards normalization despite a month-long pause in the fighting. Commission chief Imad al-Sayeh told reporters in Tripoli that some 2.83 million people in the North African country had registered to vote and urged citizens abroad to register as of Wednesday. Libya, home to some 7 million people, has taken preliminary steps…

The United States calls on Libya’s political actors to compromise

Libyan political actors must reach the compromise needed to meet the people's expectations of justice and free elections, said the US Ambassador to Libya, Richard Norland, on Tuesday. Norland visited Egypt, Turkey and Morocco between August 10 and 16 and met with senior officials, according to a written statement from the US State Department. Focusing on the urgency of defining the legal framework and constitutional basis needed for the December 24 parliamentary and presidential elections, Norland said…

Zambian opposition leader Hichilema wins

In the bitterly disputed presidential election in Zambia, business magnate and veteran opposition leader Hakainde Hichilema won a landslide. After a campaign dominated by the country's economic misery and marked by sporadic violence, Hichilema received 2,810,757 votes against 1,814,201 President Edgar Lungu, according to near-final results. Lungu acknowledged the defeat and said he congratulated "my brother ... Hichilema on becoming the seventh Republican president." In a national television address,…

Zambians vote among internet restrictions, expected results

Zambians flocked to vote for a president on Thursday in controversial polls by incumbent Edgar Lungu and longtime rival Hakainde Hichilema as the internet saw restrictions. After 12 hours of voting, the polls closed at 18.00 (1600 GMT) with several hundred left in queues waiting to vote.The closely fought presidential election is seen as a test of the country's…

Zambia goes to the polls amongst COVID-19 considerations

Zambia goes to the polls on Thursday to vote for a new president and member of the National Assembly. The vote comes at a challenging time for the copper-rich nation, which is currently struggling with a serious economic crisis on top of political tensions and severe coronavirus restrictions. There are 16 names on the ballot papers for the president, but the race is expected to be a close head-to-head between incumbent Edgar Lungu of the Patriotic Front (PF) and main opposition candidate Hakainde…

Mali’s interim government has an election plan in place

Mali's transitional government is aware of its commitment to a fixed deadline for organizing elections to restore democracy after last year's coup, Prime Minister Choguel Maiga said on Friday. Since the overthrow of President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita in August 2020, political factions in Mali and foreign partners have been looking at whether the military-led interim authorities will stick to a promise to hold elections within 18 months. Maiga presented the interim action plan to the government and outlined four key…

Libya to return to “square one” on elections

If Libya's national elections scheduled for December are delayed, the war-torn country will return to "square one" and unrest in 2011, the speaker said, with a new rival government likely to set up in the east. The election is seen in the West as a critical step in efforts to create stability in Libya, which has been in chaos since the NATO-backed uprising in 2011 against Muammar Gaddafi. Libya, a major oil and gas producer, was divided in 2014 between an internationally recognized government in the…

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