Guinea Announces Run-off Election Date
West Africa | 10.06.10 By Randy Odaga
Guinea will finally hold the delayed second round of its presidential election on October 24, a spokesman for the president of the military-ruled West African minerals producer has said.
Eq. Guinea Denies Abduction of Executed Officers
Central Africa | 09.02.10 By Randy Odaga
Equatorial Guinea denied on Wednesday that it had abducted four former military officers it subsequently convicted of a coup attempt and executed last month, saying they had returned voluntarily to their country.
Sudan’s al-Bashir Forms New Government
North Africa | 06.14.10 By Randy Odaga
Sudanese President Omar al-Beshir on Monday formed a 35-member government two months after multi-party elections, according to an official decree distributed to the media.
Madagascar Dispute Nearing Resolution?
South Africa | 04.21.10 By Randy Odaga
The protagonists in Madagascar’s political crisis have agreed to attend talks in South Africa on April 28.
Uganda’s Opposition Parties Boycott Electoral Commission’s Call
East Africa | 12.21.09 By Randy Odaga
Uganda’s coalition of opposition parties, will not participate in Monday’s briefing called by Electoral Commission on the re-organization of polling stations ahead of the 2011 general elections.
Gay Lifestyle May Soon Equal Prison Sentence in Uganda
East Africa, Op-ed | 12.08.09 By Randy Odaga
Over the course of human life several groups of people have been hopelessly victimized and marginalized for being nothing but their true selves. It was the African Americans before the civil rights era, the Aborigines before the era of human decency, and during my generation’s era the victims have been openly gay people of developing [...]
Banyoro-Bakiga Ethnic Rivalry Threatens 2011 Elections
East Africa | 12.06.09 By Randy Odaga
Kibaale, Uganda — The Banyoro kingdom of Uganda has threatened to boycott the presidential elections of 2011 if the government does not work to immediately resolve the simmering tension fueled by a quest for political power and land ownership between indigenous Banyoro and the dominant Bakiga immigrant population.
Party Funding Under Review in Tanzania
East Africa | 12.01.09 By Randy Odaga
Political parties in Tanzania are being questioned by the Comptroller and Auditor-General (CAG), Ludovick Utouh, over their reluctance to issue their financial books for auditing.
An amendment to the Political Parties Act of 1992 gives powers to the Controller and Auditor General to enforce transparency and accountability by auditing the accounts of all 17 registered political parties [...]
Rwanda Joins Commonwealth of Nations
Central Africa | 11.29.09 By Randy Odaga
Rwanda has become the 54th member of the Commonwealth of Nations, and is the second country without a British colonial past to join alongside Mozambique. The 2009 Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) in the Trinidad and Tobago capital of Port of Spain, approved the admittance of the central African state.
Rwanda’s bid join to the group [...]
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