Politics - Page 44
The trap for a Clinton-Obama ticket
The contest for the Democratic nomination has entered a period of suspended reality. The next big vote, in Pennsylvania, is five weeks away –...
Nigeria’s President lists African nations’ challenges
Nigeria's President Umaru Yar'Adua, has lamented that most African nations are today confronted with a number of daunting challenges of poor infrastructure and weak...
Morgan Tsvangirai- A Successful Failure
In May 2005, Police and Para-military forces on the instruction of president Robert Mugabe of Zimbabwe carried out a brutal operation called 'Operation Murambatsvina'...
Obama – Clinton : Dirty republican tricks and Clinton’s hopes
Conventional wisdom says Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama are locked in a no-holds barred contest that could result in a “train wreck” at the...
The Gambia: Online blocks amid violent threats
Since the beginning of March 2008, Gambians have been unable
to access the "Freedom Newspaper", an
online Gambian newspaper based in the United States of America,...
Morgan Tsvangirai leads opinion polls
Zimbabwe's main opposition leader, Morgan Tsvangirai, could win the forthcoming presidential election in two weeks time against beleaguered incumbent, Mr Robert Mugabe, an opinion...
Gabonese newspaper suspended over report on president’s wealth
Gabonese authorities banned on Tuesday a private newspaper for republishing a report on President Omar Bongo's private wealth in France, according to local news...
Billion dollar fraud charges levelled against defector
Dumiso Dabengwa, who defected from Mugabes's Zanu PF recently faces an investigation on abuse of billions of Zimbabwean dollars.
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AU to review rules on democratic polls
Following Kenya's post-election bloody conflict, the African Union (AU) is considering a review of its Declaration of Principles Governing Democratic Elections on the continent,...
Crackdown on Egypt’s Brotherhood personnel
The Internet has proven to be one of the Muslim Brotherhood's main means of attracting attention, but a government campaign to arrest its editors...
Kenya: South African judge to head poll fraud investigation
Kenyan President Mwai Kibaki has formally appointed a team of electoral experts to undertake investigations into the disputed Presidential elections that saw him re-elected...
Sudan peace accord to end row over oil-rich Abyei region
Sudanese authorities are crafting a formula for the formation of a regional government for the oil-rich Abyei region, which has been one of the...
Obama – Clinton: playing the race card or healing america
She has still not said sorry although she is finding ways of softening the magnitude of her words, but it looks like anytime she...
Zimbabwe unknown candidate is chosen by “God”
Towungana says he was not holding any rallies or meetings because he fears the "wrath of the militia that beats up people". He puts...
Obama – Clinton : What Ferraro and Power have in common
Earlier “prophesies” that the democratic campaign was going to be a fierce verbal battle did not lie. In an effort to bring an end...
Mugabe pumps huge sums into vote buying strategem
Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe, fighting for political survival in a tricky poll in two weeks, Wednesday ordered the government to award huge salary increases...
Obama – Clinton duel against Al Gore’s rose
What right did Mr. Clinton have to suggest that Barack Obama takes the second place position of Vice Pesident? Why put Mrs. Clinton on...
40 people killed in Cameroon clashes
40 people were killed in the violent demonstrations that took place in Cameroon last February, according to a Cameroonian minister of state, Marafa Hamidou...
Kenya: public service not to get power sharing
The recently- signed, power-sharing deal between the government and opposition does not affect senior positions in the civil service, the judiciary and state corporations,...
Kenya: Demonstrators storm electoral body meeting
An Electoral Commission of Kenya (ECK) meeting was disrupted Monday when members of the civil society stormed the venue to demand the immediate resignation...
Who’s whose running mate… Obama-Clinton or Clinton-Obama
An Obama-Clinton or Clinton– Obama ticket. The question was raised on tonight’s show with David Letterman in April 2007 when Barack Obama appeared as...
Zimbabwe: Suspension of passports
The Zimbabwean Government has suspended processing of passports until after the election because of a lack of funds. However,it is suspected that...
Wyoming Democratic caucus for Obama
Barack Obama on Saturday night comfortably won caucuses in the western US state of Wyoming, as the Illinois senator sought to regain momentum in...
Zimbabwe: Plainclothes spies in pre-election stratagem
Police Commissioner-General Augustine Chihuri has deployed hordes of
plainclothes police officers to gauge support for Mr Robert Mugabe ahead of the 29 March polls.
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Kenya: Live broadcast of parliamentary proceedings
Media coverage of parliamentary proceedings will go live in six months after Kenyan National Assembly Speaker Kenneth Marende announced here Friday the formation of...
Kenya: Approved coalition government bills published
Two proposed laws to legalise the recently-mooted grand coalition government in Kenya - the National Accord and Reconciliation Bill 2008 and the Constitutional Amendment...
Illegal votes to overtake Obama?
The Clinton camp has been putting both popular and political pressure on the democratic party to reverse a decision not to accept results from...
Mugabe dishes out tractors, food, money
Veteran leader Mr Robert Mugabe will tomorrow further loosen the purse strings by parceling out farm machinery to hand picked land...
Nigeria to deploy 15,000 police personnel for party convention
The Nigeria police will deploy some 15,000 police personnel for the convention of the ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the capital city of...
Kenya: In a storm, any port will do
My country's madness has been exorcised at least for the foreseeable future. However, it is not clear, at this stage, what precisely...