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VIDEO: Eng. Winnie Byanyima says she will be gladly to give a shot at the presidency if the party endorses her candidature. She is an aeronautical engineer, politician, and diplomat – currently executive director of Oxfam International.  The wife to four time presidential candidate Dr. Kiiza Besigye’s says she has all it takes …

Democratic Party President Nobert Mao wants Inter Party Organisation for Dialogue (IPOD) disbanded. Mao said dialogue loses meaning if ideas are discussed only for shelving. “Politics is about having processes that lead to decisions but if entities tasked with this cannot achieve it, then citizens see no value in the …

Banjul, Gambia | AFP |  Gambian President-elect Adama Barrow on Saturday called on longtime leader Yahya Jammeh to drop his challenge to last week’s election results following a dramatic political U-turn that has prompted fears for the West African country. A week after conceding defeat, Jammeh on Friday declared he …

Beijing, China | AFP |  China’s president Xi Jinping has called for the Communist Party to exert greater ideological control over universities, state media reported Friday, amid a broad crackdown on academic freedom and dissent in the world’s second-largest economy. Institutes of higher education must “serve the rule of the …

VIDEO: The Court of Appeal Friday afternoon issued an interim order staying James Akena’s Uganda People’s Congress presidency until the main application is handled. The ruling now halts the implementation of the High Court orders revoking the election of James Akena as president of the Uganda People’s Congress Party (UPC). Deputy …

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia | AFP |  Five candidates running for African Union chief took part Friday in the bloc’s first leadership debate, calling for more youth involvement in the grouping and greater integration between member nations. The candidates from Kenya, Senegal, Chad, Botswana and Equatorial Guinea took to the stage …

The Court of Appeal on Friday issued an interim order staying the implementation of High Court orders that had revoked the election process that made James Akena president of the Uganda People’s Congress party (UPC). Deputy Chief Justice Steven Kavuma heard Akena’s application and restrained his rivals that include  Joseph Bbosa, …

Banjul, Gambia | AFP | Gambia’s President-elect Adama Barrow vowed Thursday to set up a South Africa-style truth commission as he claimed the army’s support after his surprise election in the west African nation. Barrow, whose shock victory this month ended the 22-year rule of Yahya Jammeh, said the country’s …

Washington, United States | AFP |  President Barack Obama has ordered a review of all cyberattacks that took place during the 2016 election cycle, the White House said Friday, amid allegations of Russian interference. “The president has directed the intelligence community to conduct a full review of what happened during …

Washington, United States | AFP | Four billionaires, three generals, a handful of women and nothing but conservatives: President-elect Donald Trump is building a super-rich, unorthodox and largely white inner circle to run the United States from January 20. They include a retired general whose salty language and warrior’s determination …