By Nangayi Guyson – Ouagadougou -Burkina Faso President Blaise Compaoré, who has held power since a 1987 coup, was re-elected with an 81 percent share of the vote in presidential elections, state media said on Wednesday. Compaore, 59, was elected in Sunday’s first round ballot with 1.3 million votes, according to the Sidwaya newspaper, which said the findings were based on local poll counts. If confirmed, the president’s share would increase from the 80% he won in the last election in 2005. His nearest rivals were far behind in the count with Hama Arba Diallo, a northern challenger, winning just... Continue Reading
Justin Oliver Zinda(London) – Mr Lubega, an independent presidential candidate, is one of eight candidates in the forthcoming Uganda 2011 Presidential elections. He came to London last Saturday 20/11/2010 to address a group of Ugandans in Diaspora here in the United Kingdom. Mr Lubega is building his campaign around the theme of change and his logo reads, ‘Defenders of peace and justice’. He pledges to deliver genuine change that Ugandans can trust. It is in light of this attractive campaign theme that I focused my questions to Mr Lubega during the interview. Firstly, I asked Mr Lubega what type of... Continue Reading
By Hossam Alaidy – *Spotlight on the relationship between Egypt and Poland. First of all considering the relationship between the two countries we have to put into consideration the long history of the two people and the two countries. The relationship was established already in 1920 after Poland got the independence after the first world war which we have celebrated a few days ago. The official relationship was started just before the Second World War and was followed by the arrival of Polish people into Egypt. Their families later on followed to join them and stayed on after that. Many... Continue Reading
By Shout-Africa Correspondent, Dar es Salaam – The fourth Tanzanian President, Jakaya launched his second term National Assembly Yesterday (Thursday evening) amid dramatic scenes following an unprecedented decision of the main opposition party, Chadema, to walk outside the Parliamentary House in the political capital of Dodoma. The decision of the opposition party follows its stance to reject the presidency of Jakaya Kikwete over claims of massive rigging in the last October presidential and parliamentary election which was applauded as “free and fair” by most external observers with one internal observer mission branding it as “free but not fair,” mainly faulting... Continue Reading
By Misheck Rusere – The official opening of the SADC headquarters in the Botswana capital on Saturday will coincide with the meeting of the regional bloc’s troika on Politics, Defence and Security in the same city. Zimbabwe’s political affairs are however expected to take center stage ahead of other priorities as the country face serious political problems emanating from the three principals signatory to the GPA. Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai has ever since the formation of the Inclusive Government accused President Mugabe of unilateralism while the later has also accused the former of his failure to call for the unconditional... Continue Reading
