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🇳🇬 Tens of millions of Nigerians voted in a presidential election on Saturday. Nigeria is Africa’s most-populous nation, and is projected to overtake China as the world’s second-largest population by the end of this century. At the moment, more than half of Nigeria’s 213 million residents live in what local officials call “multidimensional poverty,” which takes into account financial status as well as access to other essentials like healthcare, clean water, and education. This presidential election is expected to be the closest since Nigeria’s return to democracy in 1999, per Reuters, with three main favorites out of 18 candidates. Nigerian officials began announcing statewide results yesterday, but federal results aren't expected until later this week.

🇪🇺 EU lawmakers on Thursday voted to ban TikTok from all government-issued devices. All of the EU Commission and EU Council’s 35,000 employees were also ordered to remove TikTok from their personal devices if they contained any work-related apps, or alternatively delete all work apps from the device. The social media app is currently under investigation by EU regulators for potentially unlawful transfers of citizens’ data to China in violation of GDPR.

🇮🇱🇵🇸 Government leaders from Israel and Palestine agreed to take steps to de-escalate tensions yesterday. Senior officials from both countries – along with the US, Jordan, and Egypt – met in Jordan on Sunday for what Axios described as the most significant meeting on the conflict in over a decade. In a joint statement, Israel said it would halt all new plans to expand West Bank settlements for the next four months, and wouldn't legalize any new outposts for the next six months. Both sides also agreed to discuss the Palestinian government’s willingness and authority to prevent attacks on Israel from its territory, among other things.