Parliament

Bumpy Road: Senegal’s President Faye Faces Election Challenge

By Semafor Africa Photos: Semafor Africa\YouTube\Wikimedia Commons Senegal’s president hoped calling a legislative election would shore up his power in Parliament. But a new ...

President Tshisekedi

Kabila ally to quit as DR Congo PM as parliament rallies behind Tshisekedi

President Tshisekedi. The power shift in the DR Congo parliament marks a step forward in President Felix Tshisekedi’s bid to wrest the levers of power ...

Challenger Bobi Wine in lead

Uganda Election: Bobi Wine Maintains Clear Lead, 74.1% to 23.1%, Over Gen. Museveni

  Data from official declaration forms from Uganda’s recently-concluded presidential election shows candidate Bobi Wine leading Gen. Yoweri Museveni the country’s dictator of 35 ...

The challenger has arrived

Uganda Counts Votes, As Bobi Wine Appears to Clear A Path To Victory

Bobi Wine casts his vote. Photo: Facebook. Uganda’s lead challenger Bobi Wine has taken an overwhelming lead in the all-important Buganda region, according to ...

Empowered farmers

The Struggle For Land and Justice: Will South Africa Continue “Soft-Soft” or Adopt The Zimbabwe Approach?

Empowered smallholder farmers in Gwanda rural district in drought prone southern part of Zimbabwe. They use solar powered irrigation to plant throughout the year. ...

Dictator of 34 years in power and counting

Museveni’s Uganda: “Country Before Self?” or “What Can I Steal For Self?”

Gen. Museveni. Photo: Facebook  [My Free Thoughts] One of the things I have appreciated about General Mugisha Muntu, the presidential flag bearer for Alliance ...

Still gets US support

Museveni Said: “The problem of Africa are leaders who overstay in power.” Look Where Uganda Is Now

With President Bush in 2004. Still supported by U.S. Photo: Wikimedia Commons. [Free Thought] Forty years ago, a poor thug and a loser in ...

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SOUTH AFRICAN PARLIAMENT MEMBERS PROTEST PRESENCE OF F.W. DE KLERK DURING STATE OF THE NATION ADDRESS

[South Africa\FW De Klerk] The EFF demanded FW De Klerk, South Africa’s last apartheid-era president, be ejected from Parliament, accusing him of being “unrepentant.” ...

Mbaba2

Good News With Mbabazi Out: What About Museveni And Bloated Government?

Gen. Museveni, one step ahead of fired Prime Minister Mbabazi, on his left Discussions on the sacking of Prime Minister John Patrick Amama Mbabazi ...