KAMPALA, UGANDA | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda is in a wait-and-see mode ahead of Donald Trump’s assumption of the US presidency next month. While Uganda’s trade with the US is minimal compared to global trade, the country has interests like worker’s remittances, and cash inflows in the form of development aid, …
Read More »Trump taps father of son-in-law as ambassador to France
WASHINGTON, the United States | Xinhua | U.S. President-elect Donald Trump said Saturday he will nominate Charles Kushner, father of his son-in-law, to serve as the U.S. ambassador to France. “I am pleased to nominate Charles Kushner, of New Jersey, to serve as the U.S. Ambassador to France. He is …
Read More »US not yet ready for woman as president
MINSK, Belarus | TASS | Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko said he believes that the United States is not yet ready to elect a woman president. The US is “up for electing a black man as president, but America is not yet up for electing a woman,” he said, the BelTA news agency reported. …
Read More »Ukraine biggest loser in wake of Trump’s election victory
LONDON, UK | TASS | Ukraine will lose more than other international players from the coming to power of Republican Donald Trump, US political scientist Francis Fukuyama said in an opinion piece for the Financial Times (FT). “Ukraine is by far the biggest loser; its military struggle against Russia was flagging even …
Read More »Another Trump term?
Based on experiences of autocratic political movements that regain power, it would be worse than the first COMMENT | TOM GINDBURG & AZIZ HUQ | Would a second Donald Trump presidency really imperil American democracy? Influential commentators suggest that the former president is too “weak,” too desperate to be popular, or …
Read More »Continental corruption the biggest issue for African youth
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Read More »Trump lays out second-term agenda
MILWAUKEE, United States | Xinhua | Former U.S. President Donald Trump formally accepted the Republican nomination for president on Thursday night at the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, and laid out his vision for the country if he returns to the White House. In an hour-and-a-half speech on the …
Read More »Biden battles worst crisis of his 50-year career
WASHINGTON, THE UNITED STATES | Xinhua | U.S. President Joe Biden is facing the worst crisis of his 50-year political career. The recent debate against rival Donald Trump seems to have confirmed some people’s worst fears. Critics said the oldest sitting president in U.S. history is in a state of …
Read More »Elon Musk donates to group working to elect Donald Trump
NEW YORK, U.S.A | TASS | Billionaire US entrepreneur Elon Musk has donated to a super political action committee supporting ex-US President Donald Trump in the current presidential race, Bloomberg reports, citing sources. According to the media outlet, this is “a major gambit by the world’s richest person to make his imprint …
Read More »Trump’s presidential debate win puts final nail in Biden’s political coffin
NEW YORK, U.S.A | TASS | The season’s first presidential debate between incumbent US President Joe Biden and his predecessor, Donald Trump, ended in what many are calling a slam dunk win for the latter. Biden’s stunted performance in the debate was described as the final nail in his political …
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