South Africa: Push to Have Ramaphosa Testify in Zuma State Capture Probe

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Kenya: Wetangula Formally Ousted as Ford Kenya Leader

[Capital FM] Nairobi -It is now official. Bungoma Senator Moses Wetangula is not the Party Leader of Ford Kenya.

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Source: allAfrica.com

Somalia: Will Farmajo and Khaire Remain United Ahead of Upcoming Polls?

The incumbent administration led by President Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed 'Farmajo's has taken a bold move to register a new political party that will enable the team to run for

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Source: allAfrica.com

Nigeria coronavirus: 17,148 cases; govt hails role of media

Confirmed cases = 17,148

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Source: Africanews | Latest breaking news, daily news and African news from Africa

Zimbabwe: Owners of Harvest House Say Chamisa Should Stay

OWNERS of Harvest House, a Harare CBD building which was being used by the Nelson Chamisa led MDC Alliance, have given the beleaguered opposition authority to continue using the property as the ownership wrangle takes centre

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Source: allAfrica.com

Gambia's Draft Law Restricts Presidential Terms

The Constitutional Review Commission in March presented Barrow with a draft constitution for the former British

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Source: allAfrica.com

Should Sierra Leoneans be pawns on the SLPP-APC political chessboard? – A Rejoinder

We are taking ourselves back to the prehistoric or tribal war days, while other African countries are progressing steadily towards their development

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Source: SIERRA LEONE TELEGRAPH – Sierra Leone News

Uganda: COVID-19 Disrupts 2021 Elections Plan

All planned Election Commission (EC) activities between March and May 2020, including elections for Special Interest Groups (SIG), have been suspended until further

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Source: allAfrica.com

‘I am a pastor, not a politician’ - Firebrand clergyman, Bishop Rowan Edwards says he wants to remain non-partisan to fulfil his mandate

Two of Jamaica’s more prominent pastors said that while the formation of another political party is good for democracy, they have no intention of being a candidate when the newly formed Jamaica Progressive Party (JPP) contests the next general

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Source: Jamaica Gleaner

China rejects Taiwan - Somaliland 'bilateral, diplomatic' overtures

Taiwan and Somaliland, Somalia’s northern autonomous region, have agreed to boost diplomatic relations between

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Source: Africanews | Latest breaking news, daily news and African news from Africa

Malawi: Chilima Says No Danger of Rigging in Malawi Fresh Elections

The country's estranged Vice-president Saulos Chilima, who is also running mate to Malawi Congress Party (MCP) presidential hopeful Lazarus Chakwera, has reassured the nation that there will be no rigging in the court-sanctioned fresh presidential

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Source: allAfrica.com

(1963) John Lewis, “We Must Free Ourselves”

John Lewis, then the 23-year-old Chairman of the Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) was asked to speak at the March on Washington on August 28, 1963. When A. Philip Randolph, Martin Luther King and other civil rights leaders saw the draft of his speech which was critical of both the

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South Africa: Constitutional Court Ruling Heralds Changes to South Africa's Electoral System

The ability of independent candidates to stand in national elections offers a wide choice that could entice apathetic eligible voters into the process and attract others away from established

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Source: allAfrica.com

Nigeria: 'We Must Keep Asking IBB Why He Annulled June 12'

In this exclusive interview, he speaks on the significance of the June 12, 1993, presidential election and the recognition of the day as Democracy Day by President Muhammadu

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Source: allAfrica.com

South Africa: Can We Solve Hunger in South Africa?

Food insecurity and violence are close companions, a connection exposed in South Africa during the COVID-19 lockdown when conflict over food parcels

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Source: allAfrica.com

Chad: As Chad's Problems Mount, What Role for Civil Society?

Despite Chad's economic woes and its citizens' frustration with elite impunity, its civil society organisations have struggled to mobilise into a coherent protest

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Source: allAfrica.com

Top DRC court intervenes in high-profile graft case

Kinshasa - Democratic Republic of Congo's top court has intervened in an unprecedented corruption case involving a key ally of the president, less than a day before a lower court was due to issue a verdict, legal sources said on

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Source: https://www.news24.com

Burundi: An Essential Primer On Burundi's Elections

With popular frustrations running high, and opposition leader Agathon Rwasa warning that he will not accept a "stolen" election, fears are mounting that a contested poll could lead to violence along the lines of what the country saw in 2015, when Nkurunziza's controversial bid for a third term

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Source: allAfrica.com

Staying spiritual in stressful times | New York Carib News

10 ways to shift your thoughts when life makes you depressed and anxious

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Source: The New York Carib News

Definition of Gerrymander

To gerrymander is to draw the boundaries of electoral districts in an irregular way so as to create an unfair advantage for a particular political party or

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Nigeria coronavirus: 16,085 cases, resident docs strike

Total confirmed cases = 16,085

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Source: Africanews | Latest breaking news, daily news and African news from Africa

Lesotho, SA mull free movement of citizens during Majoro's courtesy visit

Lesotho's newly elected prime minister, Moeketsi Majoro, says his first official visit to South Africa was critical as it was urgent to work on improving relations between the two

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Source: https://www.news24.com

Constitution of the Republic of South Africa (1996)

Constitution of the Republic of South Africa

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Ending the grace period – Why we must now scrutinize the Bio presidency

I start this brief article today with these two sentences in response to the feeble efforts of the new state propagandists – mostly SLPP members and supporters – who have expressed outrage over a few comments I have posted on my Facebook page in recent days critical of the Bio

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Source: SIERRA LEONE TELEGRAPH – Sierra Leone News

Gerrymandering - Definition and Examples in Politics

Gerrymandering is the act of drawing of congressional, state legislative or other political boundaries to favor a political party or one particular candidate for elected office. The purpose of gerrymandering is to grant one party power over another by creating districts that hold dense

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Source: ThoughtCo

Kenya: Prof Kamar's Elevation Divides Leaders in North Rift

The election of Uasin Gishu Senator Margaret Kamar as Deputy Speaker has ruffled political feathers in Deputy President William Ruto's North Rift

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Source: allAfrica.com

Nigeria: No Cold War Between Tinubu, Aregbesola - Aide

The media aide to a national leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Bola Tinubu, has debunked insinuations of a cold war between his principal and the Minister of Interior, Rauf

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Source: allAfrica.com

Kenya: UK Updates Travel Advice on Kenya as Kenyatta Takes Oath

The Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) on Thursday asked UK citizens to be cautious and cited "possible clashes throughout the country" during the November 28

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Source: allAfrica.com

The Brazzaville Conference, 1944

The Brazzaville Conference was organized during the Second World War and took place in Brazzaville, the capital city of the colony of French Equatorial Africa from January 30 to February 8, 1944. The Conference was sponsored by the French Committee of the National Liberation (CFLN). General

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Patrice Lumumba

Patrice Lumumba , in full Patrice Hemery Lumumba (born July 2, 1925, Onalua, Belgian Congo [now the Democratic Republic of the Congo]—died January 1961, Katanga province), African nationalist leader, the first prime minister of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (June–September 1960). Forced

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