By: Belinda Atim – Uganda is a failed state. In recent months, Ugandan authorities have had to deal with multiple complex issues including Corruption and Oil bribery, gross human rights violations and illegal detention, arrest and imprisonment of Pro-Democracy Activists and suffocation of the media. The corruption pyramid in Uganda is ripe and its most potent at the top layers of the Country’s ruling circle. The Oil bribery and Corruption allegations pin points to Sam Kuteesa (Ugandan Foreign Affairs Minister), Amama Mbabazi (Prime Minister of Uganda), Hillary Onek and many others. The Ugandan parliament tabled a motion to scrutinize the... Continue Reading
By Shout-Africa.com Gambia Correspondent – Incumbent President Yahya Jammeh Wednesday told his ruling APRC supporters that what the Gambia needs at the moment is the “politics of construction and not politics of violence”, reiterating his earlier call for a violence-free election on 24th November. Jammeh, 46, is seeking a fourth term of office, and he was speaking Wednesday at a political rally held in Basse in the Upper River Region, as part of his campaign for the presidential election. According to him, the politics of violence, insults, intimidation or trouble has no place in Gambian society, adding that his supporters... Continue Reading
By Shout-Africa.com Gambia Correspondent – Communities in the North Bank Region have assured the leader of the main opposition United Democratic Party, Ousainou Darboe, of a landslide victory in the forthcoming presidential polls due next week Thursday. The assurance was made to the UDP leadership Wednesday during political rallies held in the villages of Essau, Fass Njaga Choi, Ndungu Kebbeh, Baddibu Katchang and Baddidu Salikene as part of the UDP party’s campaign for the coming polls. At the Baddibu Katchang meeting, where UDP supporters chanted, “It’s time for a change,” speaker after speaker assured Darboe of victory, stressing that “victory... Continue Reading
By Shout-Africa.com Gambia Correspondent – After over four years abroad, the leader of the opposition Gambia Moral Congress, GMC, returned to The Gambia Tuesday evening. This was confirmed by our reporter who is currently touring the country with the opposition United Democratic Party (UDP) as part of the party’s presidential campaign. Mai Ahmad Fatty, whose GMC formed an alliance with the UDP in the run-up to the forthcoming presidential election, was received by a jubilant crowd of both UDP, GMC and PPP party supporters in Farafenni, from where he crossed over into the country from neighbouring Senegal. “Well, I am... Continue Reading
By Alfred Tembo – A South African based independent analyst has said Zimbabwe should pave way for peace and also clean their own house without involvement of outsiders. Leona Hartwell cited that Zimbabwe has a remarkable political maturity that other countries wish also to emulate but because of what is on the ground Zimbabwe cannot be regarded as a living example. In an interview with Shout-Africa.com at Gweru Memorial Library, on Wednesday the renowned political analyst, said instead of involving mediators from other foreign countries Zimbabwe knows their own problems hence the need to negotiate amongst themselves. “Dialogue is the only key... Continue Reading
