Unlike the last week’s tense presidential election, which was marred by late delivery of voting materials and election-day unrest, local elections got off to a mostly smooth start Wednesday in Kampala. Check also: Ugandan presidential election of 2016 is not yet over, says Kiiza Besigye At most voting centers, materials arrived within an hour or two of polls opening. And ...

A Kenyan MP has urged women to employ an odd tactic in a bid to encourage their husbands to register to vote in the 2017 general elections, deprive them of their conjugal rights. Check also: Kenya Was Voted The World’s Top Safari Destination – 2015 Esther Murugi, MP for Nyeri Town in central Kenya, has also called on Kenyan women ...

In 1987, workers began constructing what would be the tallest hotel in the world in Pyongyang, North Korea.[2] The frame was finished two years later – a little behind schedule, the structure was supposed to open in 1989. Then in 1992, after the collapse of ally and backer the Soviet Union, work stopped completely on Ryugyong Hotel.[9] Check also: This ...

Opposition parties in Niger on Tuesday rejected initial results from Sunday’s presidential election that showed incumbent Mahamadou Issoufou in the lead, calling them fraudulent. Provisional results from 20 of the West African country’s 308 municipalities gave Issoufou 40.18 percent of the vote, more than 10 percentage points ahead of his closest rival. Check also: Niger’s current president seeks re-election in ...

Fillipino boxing hero Manny Pacquiao is holding sponsorship negotiations with sports apparel companies after US giant Nike dropped him over his controversial comments on same-sex couples, his business manager said on Tuesday. Check also: Nike has dropped Pacquiao over gay comments Nike cut ties with the eight-time world champion last week after he described gay couples as “worse than animals”. ...