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Un homme montre son doigt taché d’encre après avoir voté lors des élections législatives à Bassora, en Irak, le 10octobre2021. NABIL AL-JURANI / AP Entre la corruption endémique et la pléthore de factions armées, les électeurs ne s’attendent pas à de grands changements. Les Irakiens ont commencé à voter, dimanche 10octobre, lors de législatives anticipées
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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.
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With 11 hotel signings recorded to date and 10 hotel openings lined up across the continent before year-end, 2021 is set to be a record year for Radisson Hotel Group’s expansion in Africa.
In line with the Paris Agreement of reducing carbon emissions and also supporting the global efforts to raise ambitions through the Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs), are developing countries ready for the realisation of the Net-Zero transition? For the majority of developing countries, realising the Net-Zero carbon budget is going to be a tough process and not just an event. Although setting targets has never been a point of success globally, many countries have to be seen either talking about the targets or actually doing it anyhow, some with the aim of accessing international green funding. In this regard, everybody wants to be seen to be relevant and seemingly conforming. Being able to control greenhouse gas emissions and live low carbon lives would mean some countries will have to forgo certain necessities and make tough choices. Many countries would falter in this regard, as they have not been known for making tough decisions for the good of their people and economies, but only for making tough decisions for oppressing their people. Indeed, it would be significant for developing countries to be seen engaging their communities on anti-emission pathways in setting out carbon budgets, which would include evidence-based initiatives for accountability purposes, bottom-up approaches that are sufficiently engaging, tolerant and accommodating, or whole economy approaches, among others, would be most appropriate. All these are ingredient pathways towards the realisation of low-carbon economies or rather Net-Zero energy transitions. Deep public engagement is required for companies, businesses and communities to work strongly towards these resilient and mitigation efforts. Multi-stakeholder and sectoral approaches would be required to foreground the activities of the energy-power sector, buildings, industries, transport, agriculture and waste management, among others. These sectors are well known for accelerating carbon emissions and greenhouse gases that contribute to global warming. In order to manage these sectors, and make them sufficiently compliant, issues like economic impacts of the country, energy poverty and health issues like COVID-19 would have to be addressed for a smooth transition to take place. Many developing nations are of the view that they cannot realise the Net-Zero energy transition without funding from the International Climate Finance/Green Climate Fund. This notion would always incapacitate them as not being able to participate in climate action strategies with any foreign interventions. Obviously this takes out the overall steam and intrinsic motivation which locals might have in attempts to fight the impact of climate change. Of course, technical assistance to developing countries is required due to their lack of capacities to fight the impact of climate change, but that doesn’t stop them from making their own local arrangements or home-grown solutions towards addressing climate change. This is important in reducing the entrenched begging syndrome which has mostly left local communities
Speaker of the House of Assembly Halson Moultrie resigned from the Free National Movement (FNM) on Thursday, citing a “divergent and untenable” relationship with the ruling party, but said he would remain in his position as Speaker for now.
The Wheat Farmers Association of Nigeria has painted a devastating picture of how COVID-19 and uninspiring government policy were destroying wheat production in Nigeria.
Alhaji Salim Mohammed, the national president of the Wheat Farmers Association in an extensive webinar conversation with Agriculture Journalists recently expressed anger and dismay towards government's attitude to wheat production and what it posits for the future.
The CBN Anchor Borrowers Programme (ABP) is a very laudable programme created by President Muhammadu Buhari, but the wheat farmers' leader feels the string attached to the programme is a huge burden on the association and the farmers.
Assuming I received a loan of N250,000, I put it into farming and I get a profit of N20,000 or N30,000 or a maximum of N40,000 out of that production circle, how do you expect me as a farmer, to pay back that loan within the shortest possible time I have.
So there has to be good synergy between the operators at the centre and the farmers at the lower level so that we can have a round table meeting to understand what the major issues are and challenges facing agricultural production in the country,\" Salim said.
