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The content originally appeared on: Le Nouvelliste Le d?funt pr?sident Jovenel Mo?se avait trouv? une formule pour mettre en place un Conseil ?lectoral provisoire. Ce CEP cr?? sans le moindre consensus a ?t? renvoy? par le Premier ministre Ariel Henry, ? la suite de l'assassinat de Jovenel Mo?se apr?s plus d'un an de fonctionnement. Il n'est pas un secret pour personne que le CEP du 22 septembre 2020 avait co?t? cher au Tr?sor public. Quel en est le bilan ? […]
Critics have called it a stunt to invite sympathy. Yet Amuriat says campaigning without shoes is a protest and that those who do not get its symbolism are missing a point.
Uganda is due to hold a general election on January 14. Amuriat and another opposition candidate, Bobi Wine have had their rallies violently dispersed by security forces or been arrested.
In mid-November, scores of people were killed as security forces attempted to quell protests against the arrest and detention of Bobi Wine.
Police has accused the candidates of addressing huge gatherings in contravention of regulations on COVID-19 prevention.
Swollen feet
In an interview with one of the dailies in Uganda, Amuriat said his feet hurt a lot and has to pour cold water on them in between campaign stops for some relief.
Doctors have cautioned him on the potential danger of contracting tetanus from cuts to his feet.
Yet Amuriat remains adamant. He says by refusing to wear shoes, he’s standing in solidarity with people whose wealth and opportunities have been stolen by the country’s longtime ruler Yoweri Museveni.
JUST IN: FDC presidential candidate Patrick Amuriat has been arrested at the border of Rubirizi and Bushenyi districts. The reason for his arrest is yet to be known📹 @MukhayeD#MonitorUpdates#UGDecides2021 pic.twitter.com/xopK4FMoD0
— Daily Monitor (@DailyMonitor) December 4, 2020
Museveni, in power since 1986 is seeking a new term. In 2017, he changed the constitution to remove age limits that would have stopped him from seeking re-election.
FDC is Uganda’s largest opposition party. In 3 previous elections, the party fronted veteran activist and retired army colonel Kizza Besigye for president.
En la costa de la parte sur de la República Mexicana, en la zona del Golfo de México, la gente llama “norte” a las fuertes rachas de viento. Los eventos meteorológicos pueden ir acompañados de [...]
Liberians will vote in a referendum on shortening presidential terms, a change some members of the opposition fear President George Weah will exploit to extend his stay in office.
[Monitor] President Museveni who is campaigning in Rwenzori sub region has blamed the Constituency Assembly delegates of 1995 for not including the President in the law making process and just limiting it to Parliament.
On their YouTube webseries, Woody and Amani revealed that they actually met one another two weeks before they got tied the knot on \"Married at First Sight.\"
[UN News] With a week to go until elections are scheduled to take place in the Central African Republic (CAR), the UN is concerned about an escalation of armed attacks, amid reports that armed groups have taken control of towns near the capital, Bangui.
Two years after China's Supreme Court established its expert committee on the adjudication of international commercial disputes, it has announced the second group of members of the committee, and this includes four African legal experts. The expert committee, otherwise known as the International Commercial Expert Committee of the Supreme People's Court, came into being in...
The post Uganda's former chief justice, other African legal giants hired by China's Supreme Court appeared first on Face2Face Africa.
[allAfrica] The head of the U.S. Africa Command (Africom) has become the first top-ranking American military officer to react publicly to the invasion of the U.S. Capitol on January 6 by protesters seeking to block Congressional confirmation of election victories by the Democratic candidates Joseph Biden and Kamala Harris.
Los tiempos cambian, y ahora se discute seriamente la posible legalidad de la marihuana para fines medicinales. La historia de la planta ha sido polémica. En la década de 1960, hubo diversos movimientos socioculturales, como [...]
ZIMBABWE has never been the same after March 30, 2020. Ever since then, the country has been in a lockdown and normal life in a constitutional democracy has been severely pared in the name of combating the global COVID-19 pandemic. STIR THE POT: PAIDAMOYO MUZULU The pandemic has been a godsend intervention for leaders with an autocratic inclination across the world. They did not take time to impose strict lockdown measures, restriction of rights and, in some instances, imposed martial law. Zimbabwe was no exception to this league of autocrats, notwithstanding the fact that two years earlier, in November 2017, it had experienced a coup that promised the flourishing of democracy. It was a coup that was well-choreographed for both the international and domestic audiences. It was a televised revolution or better still a social media phenomenon. There was no time to think for most, they just soaked in the moment. A moment for many in the opposition had planned for nearly two decades — to see the late former President Robert Mugabe’s departure from politics. For the majority, it was a question of change, but no one knew what that change meant. They wanted Mugabe to go. Zimbabwe experienced two worst military-backed crackdowns on protests since independence in 1980. The first one was on August 1, 2018 and January 15, 2019, apart from Gukurahindi. The security forces that killed protestors in cold blood are yet to face justice despite the Kgalema Motlanthe commission recommendations that they be brought to book. The flowers of the phony-revolution had wilted within seven months of the coup, making a joke of the statement that there was a new dispensation in the country. Opposition supporters had experienced firsthand the brutal excesses of the regime, either through abductions, torture or political persecution in the courts. Political parties could not hold rallies. They could not, and still can not petition or demonstrate against the government during the lockdown period. The opposition has been denied political oxygen and metaphorically dying slowly, gasping once in a while on social media but the damage has been done. At a political level, Zanu PF has been energising its base through Pfumvudza. It is meeting its supporters under the guise of an agricultural support scheme, yet the opposition in urban areas has been denied the same opportunity, worse still, after the lockdown affected the informal sector. Informal trading has changed and most likely for good as less than a quarter of the traders who were operating before lockdown might return to business after restrictions are removed. The anger in urban communities is palpable but it is not harnessed or directed at real issues. It has lacked leadership to marshall it into one giant wave and hence the ripples that we see once in a while that are quickly snuffed out. Zanu PF behaviour is targeted at self-preservation than building democracy. Even with a two-thirds majority in Parliament it is afraid to hold, long overdue by-elections. The by-elections have the potential of
Aduke, a British Nigerian singer, songwriter and performer received a special prize - ‘Rising Africa Star in the Diaspora’ at the 14th annual SICA Festival and Awards in Cotonou, Benin republic on Saturday 28th November 2020. The special prize awarded to the singer, songwriter and performer is in recognition of her resourceful as a brilliant artiste […]
The post British Nigerian Singer Aduke crowned Diaspora African Star appeared first on African Voice Newspaper.
CULTURAL COMMUNICATIONS organisation Louder Than Words announced the launch of ESB (Empire Strikes Back) this...
The post Christmas comes early with online celebration of late UK music legend TY appeared first on Voice Online.
BY KIM QUILLEN CHICAGO TRIBUNE/TNS Starbucks Corp. has tapped Chicago’s Mellody Hobson to chair its board of directors. Hobson, 51, is best known in Chicago for her role as co-CEO at Ariel Investments and her marriage to George Lucas, the director and producer who created “Star Wars.” She joined the Starbucks board 15 years ago […]
The post Hobson named board chair of Starbucks appeared first on Florida Courier.
The Presiden-elect calls on Trump to do his job.
Caliper Drone Services has further monetized its overhead shots by turning them into picturesque holiday postcards, promoting less popular but beautiful places around Guyana.
The article Caliper Drone Services creates holiday postcards with scenic overhead shots appeared first on Stabroek News.
[Independent (Kampala)] Kampala, Uganda -- Human rights lawyers and activists want the Director of Public Prosecution (DPP) to take interest in the recent acts of violence by agents of security forces, especially the police.
… historic selection as the first African American Chairman of the House Agriculture … scholarships for students attending 1890 African-American land-grant colleges and universities …
Es un día cuando las personas hacen bromas que van desde lo sencillo hasta lo más creativo. La fecha es el 28 de diciembre, conocida en América Latina como el “Día de los Inocentes”. Cada [...]
By Brooke Glasford
The goal of this #MadeinGuyana Christmas list is to enhance both awareness and sales of products created by Guyanese - products that can stand tall on display shelves and which are eminently worthy of your patronage.
The article My Made in Guyana Christmas Gift Guide 2020 (Part I) appeared first on Stabroek News.
LIQUOR giant Red Stripe has moved to allay fears that it is about to abandon 'Project Grow', its ambitious scheme to cultivate cassava in Jamaica to use as a substitute for imported high-maltose syrup in the production of its various brewed products.
President Ramaphosa says Ace Magashule will appear on 12 December, then after, the ANC top six would process the outcomes and determination.
… photo-op was glaring. Had African-American protesters tried to storm Capitol …
[Citizen] Dar es Salaam -- Zanzibar President Hussein Ali Mwinyi and opposition leader-cum-First Vice President Seif Sharif Hamad signalled a new beginning for Zanzibar on Tuesday when they spoke highly of the need to reconcile Zanzibaris after divisions brought about by the October General Election.
For two Black womxn translators, bringing Afro-Italian stories into English is an act of radical self-love and resistance.
The post Translating Italy, Translating Blackness appeared first on Public Books.
SOURCES in the Opposition People's National Party (PNP) have rejected claims that its immediate past president Dr Peter Phillips should shoulder some of the blame for the current impasse involving Senator Norman Horne as the saga concerning his appointment deepens.
