By Misheck Rusere – A research carried by two Non Governmental Organisations namely the Research and Advocacy Unit and Zimbabwe Doctors for Human Rights has revealed that the country’s 2008 elections resulted in the highest number of rapes compared to other elections since 2000. The study comes amid calls by President Mugabe and his ZANU (PF) party to go for polls in 2011 to end the life of the Inclusive Government formed more than one and half years ago after ZANU (PF) won the lone race at the withdrawal of MDC-T citing politically motivated violence. The chilling report on politically-motivated... Continue Reading
Emmanuel Muwamba – President Bingu wa Mutharika has fired two senior party members-Vice President Joyce Banda and former minister Khumbo Kachali from the ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP). Banda and Kachali were first and second party deputy president presidents respectively. Mutharika who is also president of the party fired the two at a meeting of DPP National Governing Council (NGC) on Saturday. The meeting lasted about four hours. The party asked Banda and Kachali to defend themselves “briefly”. A statement signed by the party’s secretary general Bintony Kutsaira says the party resolved to dismiss the two because they failed to... Continue Reading
By Own Correspondent – As the political impasse in Ivory Coast continues to generate worldwide attention, Sidia Jatta, the National Assembly Member for the opposition National Alliance for Democracy and Development, is so far the first Gambian politician to speak publicly on the situation. Jatta, who was speaking Wednesday at the National Assembly meeting in Banjul, told fellow deputies that the Ivory Coast constitutional court overturned a decision of the Independent Electoral Commission and declared Gbagbo winner when, in actual fact, he was the loser. “The army is backing somebody for no just cause. Constitutionally, it is the responsibility of... Continue Reading
By Own Correspondent – Following the announcement by the opposition Gambia Moral Congress (GMC) party that it will throw its weight behind the opposition United Democratic Party and its allies ahead of the 2011 elections, we have a reaction from the ruling APRC. The National Mobiliser of the ruling party, Mayor Yankuba Colley, has again dismissed the opposition camp in the country as posing no threat to the APRC in the upcoming 2011 presidential, 2012 parliamentary and 2013 local government elections. Colley, who is also the Mayor of the Kanifing Municipality, was speaking with our reporter in an exclusive interview... Continue Reading
By Nangayi Guyson – Harare – Zimbabwe’s prime minister Morgan Tsvangirai on Thursday filed a case suing President Robert Mugabe for violating the constitution and a power-sharing agreement. He said he seeks annulment of Mugabe’s unilateral appointment of 10 provincial governors last month, which he alleged in court papers intentionally violated the constitution. He pointed out that the power-sharing agreement requires the president to consult with the prime minister before making key appointments, and that Mugabe did not. According to news agencies in the country, However ,the presidency did not immediately comment, but in October, Tsvangirai sent letters asking the... Continue Reading
