Libreville, Gabon | AFP | Â Gabon on Sunday announced a ban on opposition leaders, including former top African Union official Jean Ping, from leaving the country in what it said was a “temporary, administrative measure”. “This measure follows inflammatory comments by Jean Ping on August 18 when he called for …
Read More »Angola opposition parties call for election recount
Luanda, Angola | AFP | Four opposition parties in Angola on Sunday called for a recount in last week’s general election, alleging “irregularities” during the vote that kept the ruling party in power. The MPLA party of former president Jose Eduardo Dos Santos won just over 61 percent of the …
Read More »LIVE: Monday Atigo gets 2nd term as UNAA president
Dallas, Texas | EADM NEWS  LIVE | Monday Atigo was on Sunday re-elected president of the Uganda North American Association (UNAA). Atigo got 189 votes against 166 votes for his challenger Dr Daniel Kawuma at the UNAA Convention 2017 in Miami. Atigo got 9 online votes, and 180 onsite votes, while Kawuma got 49 …
Read More »Obama’s letter to Trump: On the need to ‘leave democracy strong’
Washington, United States | AFP | Â It is an elegant tradition: the outgoing US president leaves a letter for his successor in the aged oaken desk in the Oval Office, to be read upon his arrival. The letter left by Barack Obama for Donald Trump, revealed some seven months after …
Read More »Besigye, African opposition leaders united on Kenya
Besigye, Africa’s opposition leaders take heart in Kenya election ruling Nairobi, Kenya | AFP | Â Opposition leaders across Africa, long frustrated in their campaigns to topple firmly entrenched leaders, are hailing the shock overturn of last month’s presidential vote in Kenya, calling it an example for their own countries to …
Read More »It is Atigo versus Kawuma at UNAA
Dallas, Texas | EADM NEWS | Monday Atigo, the incumbent Uganda North American Association (UNAA) president is fighting off a challenge from Daniel Kawuma to keep his job at the helm of the nearly 30-year old Ugandan Diaspora organization. The elections are Sunday, September 3. Who is Monday Atigo? The former UNAA Vice President …
Read More »Gloves come off in Kenya ahead of new presidential vote
Nairobi, Kenya | AFP | Â Sparks were flying in Kenya on Sunday as the main rival of President Uhuru Kenyatta called for the ousting of members of the country’s election commission, likening them to “hyenas”, while judges slammed “veiled threats” by the president after the shock annulment of his re-election …
Read More »Kenyan judges slam Kenyatta’s ‘veiled threats’
Nairobi, Kenya | AFP | Kenyan judges have slammed the “veiled threats” made by President Uhuru Kenyatta after the judiciary overturned his election on the ground that it was flawed. Calling it “an assault on the judiciary”, the Kenya Magistrates and Judges Association (KMJA) late Saturday asked people to ignore …
Read More »North Korea declares H-bomb test ‘a perfect success’
Seoul, South Korea | AFP | Â North Korea said Sunday it had tested a hydrogen bomb which it can mount on a missile, declaring “perfect success” in its biggest-ever nuclear detonation and presenting a potent challenge to President Donald Trump. Pyongyang has long sought the means to deliver an atomic …
Read More »Why twitter’s “new” terms of service are making people mad
Why twitter’s “new” terms of service are making people mad Kampala, Uganda | LOUIS JADWONG | Twitter has made some changes to its terms of service (ToS) for its users that take effect in October. The terms of service restate that once content is posted on online news and social networking service twitter, it …
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