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Kampala, Uganda | GODFREY SSALI | The Court of Appeal will on Monday 18, September deliver the judgment in the election appeal filed by embattled Peter Ssematimba against rival Stephen Sekigozi. Sematimba is challenging a Kampala High Court decision that nullified his election as Member of Parliament (MP) of Busiro South …

VIDEO: Muntu asks FDC party members to work together Kampala, Uganda | NTV UGANDA | Forum for Democratic Change presidential candidate Mugisha Muntu has refuted claims that he is working as President Museveni’s mole. He has urged FDC party members to put aside their individual differences and work together to oust the government. Muntu …

Luanda, Angola | AFP | Angola’s election commission on Monday rejected accusations of irregularities in last month’s vote which saw the MPLA party, which has ruled since 1975, retain power. Four defeated opposition parties complained that the August 23 election was conducted incorrectly, with ballot boxes and voter forms allegedly disappearing. …

Nairobi, Kenya | AFP | Praise poured in Saturday for Kenya’s judiciary after a historic ruling annulling presidential poll results, as attention turned to how discredited officials will organise a new vote in only two months. Kenya’s press and diplomats hailed the Supreme Court decision to annul last month’s presidential poll …

  Nairobi, Kenya | AFP | Kenya’s electoral commission vowed Friday to make staff changes ahead of a new presidential vote ordered by the Supreme Court, which said it had failed to conduct a valid election last month. Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) chairman Wafula Chebukati took note of …

Kampala, Uganda | GODFREY SSALI | The Court of Appeal has confirmed the election of Paul Amoru Omiat as Member of Parliament for Dokolo North Constituency in Dokolo District. This after overturning the decision of Lira High Court Judge Wilson Masalu Musene that had nullified Amoru’s election on grounds of bribery …

Nairobi, Kenya | AFP | Kenya’s opposition filed a petition late Friday at the Supreme Court challenging the conduct and results of last week’s election won by President Uhuru Kenyatta, demanding new polls. Court registrar Esther Nyaiyaki received piles of bound papers from lawyers representing the National Super Alliance (NASA) coalition, …

VIDEO: NASA to contest election results in the Supreme Court Kampala, Uganda | NTV UGANDA | Kenya’s opposition Coalition, the National Super Alliance, has announced that they will move to the Supreme Court to challenge the results of the recently concluded presidential election where the incumbent Uhuru Kenyatta was re-elected. The …

 POSTPONED: Kenya’s Odinga to unveil next move over vote dispute on Wednesday  Tweets about Odinga Tweets about Raila ****** Odinga’s options, NGOs deregistered Nairobi, Kenya | AFP |  Kenya’s opposition leader Raila Odinga will this week announce his strategy for contesting his election loss, a decision with the potential to …

VIDEO: Besigye says hacking claims in Kenya election can not be ignored Kampala, Uganda | NTV UGANDA | As Kenyans await the final results of the presidential election and the results of other positions, Ugandan opposition politicians say what is happening in Kenya, where their colleagues have claimed malpractices, was expected. …