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United Nations, United States | AFP | Burundi is not ready to hold credible elections because the ruling party and its allies remain firmly in control of political life and tensions remain high, a UN envoy said Monday. In power since 2005, Burundi’s President Pierre Nkurunziza is leading a push for …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Court has cleared the Electoral Commission (EC) to conduct Local Council Elections after settling the grievances raised by petitioners amicably. The electoral commission had scheduled to conduct the elections last year but a number of people petitioned court faulting the manner and circumstances under …

Abuja, Nigeria | AFP | Nigeria’s former president Olusegun Obasanjo has called on the country’s current leader Muhammadu Buhari not to seek a second term of office, in wide-ranging criticisms that could hit his support should he decide to stand. (FULL TEXT OF STATEMENT BOTTOM) Obasanjo’s outspoken comments come against …

kampala, Uganda | GODFREY SSALI | The Electoral Commission is now free to set a date for conducting local council elections country wide, after Parties in the case reached an out of Court settlement and they acknowledged that an Election is a process and not an event that could be subjected …

Muntu’s consultation are going ahead as planned despite a letter from FDC Secretary General Nathan Nandala Mafabi warning that no party member should carry out any public activities anywhere in the country before consulting the party headquarters. Mafabi’s letter dated January 10, 2018 cautions FDC district chairpersons and general secretaries that …

  Kampala, Uganda | GODFREY SSALI |  The Court of Appeal on Friday ordered fresh elections be conducted in Jinja Municipality East constituency after discovering that the Electoral Commission (EC) did not conduct the last polls in accordance with electoral laws. Basing on reported fraud that marred the said election …

THIS WEEK: Another date for Local council elections set Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Court on Dec.04 issued an interim order pushing local council elections which were supposed to take place earlier in November to January 31, 2018. The order issued by High court’s Justice Stephen follows a petition …

New York, USA | THE INDEPENDENT |  After four rounds of voting in the ongoing judicial election to the International Criminal Court (ICC), Justice Solomy Balungi Bossa has been elected to be a judge at the Hague-based Court. Japan and Peru’s candidates Tomoko Akane and Bañez Carranza Luz Del Carmen with 88 …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Eng. Patrick Amuriat Oboi has taken oath of office as president of Forum For Democratic Change (FDC), marking a remarkable rise to the top of Uganda’s leading opposition party. Beaten in the last parliamentary elections in Kumi, Amuriat looked the underdog at the start …

Nairobi, Kenya | THE INDEPENDENT |  PICTORIAL – At least 23 Heads of State or their deputies joined thousands of Kenyans who gathered at the Kasarani Sports Complex, Nairobi, to witness the swearing in of President Uhuru Kenyatta for his second term in office on Tuesday. President Kenyatta is being …