Uganda: NRM Split Over Mode of Voting in Primaries

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Uganda: NRM Split Over Mode of Voting in Primaries

[Monitor] The National Resistance Movement (NRM) is struggling to come up with a common mode of voting in their party primaries to identify their candidates for different elective positions in the 2021 General Election.

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Ugandans in jail and abroad to vote in 2021 poll

The Electoral Commission now has to make arrangements to include them on the voters’ register to participate in next year’s general

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Burundi ruling party candidate wins presidential election

Evariste Ndayishimiye, a retired general, will take over from President Pierre Nkurunziza, after he beat the main opposition candidate Agathon Rwasa, and five others, avoiding a runoff by securing more than 50% of the

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Uganda: Cabinet Rejects Dead Year, Opts to Buy 10m Radio Sets

Other ministers, however, rejected Mr Kutesa's suggestion and asked Mr Matia Kasaija of Finance to look for funds in the 2020/21 budget for buying radios and TV sets for the 15 million

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Inside lethal plot against Kindiki

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Cameroon: No Renege On the Law!

Last weekend's demonstrations are, to say the least, baffling on two counts - the manner of approach and what passes for the reasons behind the public disorder that characterised

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PPP/C declared winner on Guyana elections | New York Carib News

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Congress weighs choice: 'Go big' on virus aid or hit 'pause'

WASHINGTON (AP) — Congress is at a crossroads in the coronavirus crisis, wrestling over whether to “go big,” as House Speaker Nancy Pelosi wants for the next relief bill, or hit “pause,” as Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell

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South Africa: You Have the Right to Sue Govt, I Won't Stop You - Cyril Ramaphosa

President Cyril Ramaphosa says every South African has the right to approach the courts and even he, as president, could never stand in the way of anybody exercising that

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Uganda: We Were Reluctant to Charge Dr Nyanzi, Says DPP

The Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP), Jane Frances Abodo has said her office was reluctant to sanction charges of being a nuisance against former Makerere University Research Fellow, Dr Stella Nyanzi last

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Lawyers in Guyana condemn attacks on CCJ ahead of todays ruling | New York Carib News

The Bar Council of the Association of Guyana (BAR) has called on all political parties and other stakeholders to respect the Trinidad-based Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ), which is due to deliver its ruling that could have an effect on the official results of the disputed March 2 regional and

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Dr Hinds is attempting to create an elections narrative that has no empirical basis

Dr. Hinds’ letter covered three broad themes and, at this time, I am limiting my response to the narrative he seeks to establish with respect to the credibility of the March 2, 2020

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Uganda: 2021 Election - Uganda Opts for Virtual Campaigns

Candidates seeking electoral positions in Uganda's general election due early next year will have to conduct their campaigns without physical contact as dictated by Covid-19 social and physical distancing, the Electoral Commission has

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Court of Appeal to rule Monday in challenge to GECOM declaration

The Guyana Court of Appeal is to rule on Monday at 1.30 pm in the case brought by Eslyn David against GECOM and the Chief Election Officer seeking to stop the declaration of the results of the March 2nd general

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Uganda: EC Rejects Opposition Demands On Elections

Preparations for next year's general elections got off to a bumpy start yesterday after authorities at the Electoral Commission (EC), rejected Opposition demand for a new 2021 roadmap, born out of a meticulous consultative

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Malawi: Dire costs for campaign amid virus - experts

Officials and experts are sounding the alarm as Malawi shifts to top campaign gear with giant rallies for an unprecedented presidential re-run despite the coronavirus

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DRC top cleric says Tshisekedi - Kabila must politically divorce

The Catholic church in the Democratic Republic of Congo has waded into the political crisis that has gripped the country calling for a divorce between the two coalitions running the affairs of the

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Malawi election commission appeals for calm as it tallies votes

Malawi’s electoral commission appealed for “peace and calm” on Wednesday as it counted ballots following a historic poll to re-elect a president after Peter Mutharika’s victory was

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Nigeria: Edo 2020 - INEC Approves Direct Primary for APC, Indirect for PDP

The electoral commission, INEC, has approved direct primary for the All Progressives Congress (APC) to select its candidate for the September 19 governorship election in Edo

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Uganda: Parliament Tasks Govt to Waive Water, Power Bills for 6 Months

Parliament on Tuesday passed a resolution tasking government to waive water and electricity bills for a period of six months to help relieve the many Ugandans in the post-lockdown recovery

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Chakwera wins Malawi vote

Malawi's opposition leader Lazarus Chakwera won last week's presidential election re-run with 58.57 per cent of the vote, the electoral commission said

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Nigeria: Federal Govt Releases Details of Programme to Employ 774,000 Nigerians

Sometime in October, 2019, President Muhammadu Buhari, GCFR, President and Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, approved a Pilot Special Public Works Programme in the Rural

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Liberia: Civil Society Organizations At Odds Over Changing Mid-Term Elections Date to December

The Election Coordinating Committee of Mr. Oscar Bloh and the Liberia Election Observation Network (LEON) represented by Mr. Augustine Tamba and Mr. Amose Williams were in

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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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Tanzania: Masaju, Kilangi in Defence of National Interests

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