Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Ugandans with political ambitions have been urged to keep money out of politics as Uganda prepares for the next general election to be held in 2021. The Archbishop of the Church of Uganda, The Most Reverend Stanley Ntagali made the call in a New Year’s …
Read More »Congo’s veteran president set to run anew in 2021
Brazzaville, Congo | AFP | Congolese President Denis Sassou Nguesso has been chosen by his party to run again for the top job in 2021, having already led the central African country for a total of 35 years. During its congress in Brazzaville overnight Monday, his Congolese Party of Labour (PCT) …
Read More »High court orders for fresh LCI elections in Lungujja parish
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The High Court has overturned the election of Ali Kyambadde as the LCI Chairperson of Sendawula Zone, Lungujja Parish in Rubaga Division. Justice Lydia Mugambe of Civil Division on Monday ruled that the elections conducted in Sendawula Zone in July 2018 were disrupted by chaos, commotion …
Read More »Court overturns elections in new municipalities
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Constitutional Court has overturned the election of six members of parliament in newly created municipalities across the country. The affected are Patrick Ocan, the Apac Municipality Member of Parliament, Elioda Tumwesigye, Sheema Municipality, Tarsis Rwaburindore Bishanga, Ibanda Municipality, Hashim Sulaiman, Nebbi Municipality, Asuman Basalirwa, …
Read More »Ivory Coast issues warrant for ex-rebel chief Soro after his return aborted
Abidjan, Ivory Coast | AFP | Ivory Coast prosecutors on Monday issued an arrest warrant for presidential candidate Guillaume Soro who aborted a planned return by diverting his flight to Ghana as security forces stormed his party headquarters in Abidjan. The former rebel chief’s scheduled return to the Ivory Coast after …
Read More »Victorious Johnson urges Britain to move past Brexit divide
London, United Kingdom | AFP | Prime Minister Boris Johnson called on Britons to put years of bitter divisions over the country’s EU membership behind them as he vowed to use his resounding election victory to finally deliver Brexit next month. Johnson’s ruling Conservatives won their best result for three decades …
Read More »Tories’ Brexit outcasts take on Johnson as independents
Tring, United Kingdom | AFP | Only a few months ago, David Gauke was a Conservative minister. Now he’s standing in Britain’s upcoming election as an independent, hoping to deprive the party and its prime minister of victory. “With a majority, Boris Johnson would be able to proceed with a reckless …
Read More »Trump to attend NATO summit in London, days before UK vote
Washington, United States | AFP | US President Donald Trump will visit Britain for NATO’s 70th-anniversary summit next month, the White House said Friday, in a trip falling days before the country votes in a general election. British Prime Minister Boris Johnson is seeking to retain power in the December 12 …
Read More »Is it a rebuke for Donald Trump in races seen as barometers for 2020 election?
Washington, United States | AFP | Democrats celebrated Wednesday after marquee election wins in two US states — including an upset in a Republican stronghold — seen as tests of President Donald Trump’s political standing ahead of the 2020 elections. In a sign of trouble for Trump, Democratic challenger …
Read More »Mauritius premier seeks mandate in first poll since succeeding father
Port Louis, Mauritius | AFP | Mauritians will vote Thursday in an election that will see Prime Minister Pravind Jugnauth vie to win a popular mandate two years after he was handed the top job when his father stepped down. Nearly a million voters are registered for the parliamentary election in …
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