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Kenya opposition makes deal with government and calls off protests

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Kenya’s opposition has suspended the latest anti-government protests planned for Thursday. The opposition said it suspended the planned protests after reaching an agreement with the government. On Monday the coalition resumed the twice-weekly protests begun in March to highlight high living costs and alleged fraud in last year’s election. The demonstrations have been marred by clashes between police and protesters… Read More
Africa Featured Ghana West Africa World 

Ghana bans opposition protests amid post-election agitations

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– – Ghana’s police service has announced that it has secured a court order banning opposition supporters from protesting amid post-election agitations. Opposition supporters have been demonstrating on the streets alleging of electoral fraud over the December 7 presidential and parliamentary election results. The electoral commission declared the incumbent President Nana Akufo-Addo as winner of the presidential election. But the… Read More
Africa Ghana West Africa World 

Ghana’s opposition begins legal challenge to 2020 poll results

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– – Ghana’s opposition party the National Democratic Congress (NDC) has started legal processes at the country’s supreme court challenging the results of the 2020 elections. The processes to file the court papers are taking place on Tuesday, December 29, 2020 in the capital Accra. There were indications the filing of the court papers will happen on Wednesday but that… Read More
Africa North Africa Sudan World 

Sudan’s army and civilians sign power-sharing deal

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Sudan’s military council and the opposition alliance have signed a major power-sharing deal in the capital Khartoum. The agreement signed on Saturday now ushers a country gripped by political crisis and violence into a new era. Hopefully the deal should eventually lead to a civilian rule when elections are held at the end of the transition period. There will be… Read More
Africa Featured Southern Africa World Zimbabwe 

Zimbabwe: Police fire tear gas and beat protesters in Harare

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Zimbabwe police on Friday fired tear gas and beat many opposition supporters who gathered in central Harare for a protest march. The government had banned an anti-government protest although the country’s high court upheld it. Protesters largely members of the Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) defied the ban. In an attempt to prevent the protest from taking place, police officers… Read More

Rwanda continues to torture political opponents

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RWANDA : THE LATEST EPISODE IN THE PSHYCHOLOGICAL AND PHYSICAL TORTURE OF FDU-INKINGI LEADERSHIP Mrs. VICTOIRE INGABIRE AND SIBOMANA SYLIVAIN AUGUST 12, 2015   PRESS RELEASE   In our earlier press release of the 28th July 2015 we informed you of the harsh conditions that the prison authorities had imposed on FDU-Inkingi Chair Mrs Victoire Ingabire. The conditions included denying her access… Read More

Rwanda opposition party to sit out vote after late registration

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Rwanda’s Democratic Green Party said on Monday it will sit out September’s parliamentary election after the electoral commission took three years to register it, finally doing so just days before the deadline. Analysts say President Paul Kagame has a well-documented record of blocking, threatening or infiltrating rival parties to stifle even nascent political opposition, and that the belated registration of… Read More