Africa politics

Business tycoon and opposition leader Hakainde Hichilema has today been declared the winner of the hotly contested Zambian presidential elections. Of the 156 constituencies, 155 are reporting, and official results showed Hichilema had captured a landslide of 2,810,757 votes. This is against the incumbent’s 1,814,201 votes.‘’I, therefore, declare the said Hakainde Hichilema to be president-elect of the Republic of Zambia,’’ ...

Burundian President Evaristo Ndayishimiye while on a two-day visit to Uganda has appreciated President Museveni’s towards his country. He made the comments in regard to the circumstances that surrounded the untimely death of Burundian President, Pierre Nkurunziza. Nkurunziza last year succumbed to covid 19, a thing that threw the country into panic. Burundi was however able to swiftly go through ...

Algeria is preparing for a constitutional referendum that the establishment says will usher in a ‘New Republic’ boosting freedoms. The opposition on the other hand dismisses as window-dressing by a repressive regime.Many ordinary Algerians seem unaware of the details of the government’s proposal just a month away from the November vote. They have struggled during a deep economic crisis that ...

The constitutional council of Ivory Coast cleared President Alassane Ouattara to seek a 3rd term in next month’s elections. The incumbent faces the main challenge from Henri Konan Bedie and two others selected out of the 44 presidential hopefuls. Opposition activists staged sporadic protests in the country since last month when Ouattara announced seeking reelection. His critics say the country’s ...

The head of People Power group, artiste and MP for Kyadondo East, Robert Kyagulanyi Ssentamu, popularly known as Bobi Wine who a couple of days attended a conference of the Zimbabwe opposition party known as Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) has been arrested by the security officers. Check also: Robert Kyagulanyi Still Leading Among African Personalities Of The Year Race The ...