a one year state of emergency after weeks of protests he also appointed a new prime minister as well as eighteen new state governors and called on parliament to postpone constitutional amendments that would allow him to run for another term next year. u.s. president donald trump says he is nominating kelly kraft his current ambassador to canada to replace nikki haley has as envoy to the united nations if confirmed kraft will have to defend trump's america first strategy while getting global diplomats to back u.s. policies. r. and b. singer r. kelly has been charged with multiple counts of aggravated sexual abuse involving four victims including at least three between the ages of thirteen and seventeen for nearly two decades the fifty two year old grammy winner has faced accusations of sexual misconduct he denies any wrongdoing. this is the news africa coming up in the next fifteen minutes. on politics as nigerians get ready to. the days of presidential elections to find out how the spread of fake news of what affects the results also coming up tensions aha senegal heads to the polls on sunday how come peace to maintain the votes are counted. my god jr welcome to news africa i'm glad you did two major elections coming up this weekend we're going to look at the polls for nigeria poll in a moment but fast.