President Macky Sall abruptly postponed elections scheduled for this month, and on Monday, legislators in the West African nation voted to allow him to stay in office months after his presidency is to end.
The Biden administration said that its strikes on sites used by Iranian forces and Iran-backed militias in retaliation for the killing of three U.S. troops would not be the last.
The West African country had planned to hold an election in three weeks. But President Macky Sall canceled it indefinitely pending an inquiry into corruption allegations at the constitutional court.
After defending the former South African president and party leader during a slew of corruption scandals, the country’s powerful governing party punished him for endorsing the opposition.
The department received documents on Friday signed by Turkey’s leader approving Sweden’s long-delayed entry into NATO. The alliance now awaits word from the lone holdout, Hungary.