Uganda: opposition leader’s wife speaks out on attack on home
Dozens of armed men who had forced their way into Ugandan opposition leader Bobi Wine’s house recently, attacked his wife,...
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Ugandan opposition leader in hiding after army chief threats
Ugandan opposition figure Bobi Wine is currently in hiding after the country’s army chief, Muhoozi Kainerugaba, who is also the...
Arrests and abductions marred Ugandan president’s victory
Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni won a seventh term in office after an election that was marred by violence, an internet...
Uganda: supporters rally following presidential victory
Supporters of Uganda’s President Yoweri Museveni were seen celebrating in the streets of Kampala on January 17th, soon after he...
Somalia increases security ahead of capital’s local elections
More than 10,000 security personnel will be deployed across Mogadishu, Somalia, ahead of the city's local election. According to Somalia's...
Iraq: polls open for parliamentary elections
Parliamentary elections are under way in Iraq with 329 seats to be filled, against a backdrop of tensions in the...
Algeria, Egypt and Tunisia call for Libyan parties to unite
In Algiers during a trilateral meeting, Tunisia, Egypt and Algeria's foreign ministers urged all Libyan parties to participate in the...
Maghreb states call on Libyans to unite and end political rift
In Algiers during a trilateral meeting, Tunisia, Egypt and Algeria's foreign ministers urged all Libyan parties to participate meaningfully in...
Uganda reacts to Mamdani’s mayoral victory in New York City
Following Zohran Mamdani's election as New York's first Muslim mayor, activists in Uganda, where Mamdani was born, described the event...
US: Americans head to the polls for state and local elections
On November 4th, Americans headed to the polls to cast their votes in the U.S. local and state elections for...
Protests over Tanzania’s disputed election spill into Kenya
Violent protests in Tanzania following controversial elections have now spilled into neighbouring Kenya, reports Reuters on October 31st. After a...
Early results show Ivory Coast president re-elected for fourth term
On October 27th, provisional results for the Ivory Coast's elections unveiled that President Alassane Ouattara was elected for a fourth...
NYC mayoral race tainted by Islamophobic attacks and backlash
As New York City heads towards election day to decide its new mayor, candidate Andrew Cuomo has come under intense...
Social media platforms restrict Iraqi activism accounts
Social media platforms, including Facebook, X and TikTok, have reportedly restricted or banned Iraqi accounts critical of the government following...
Iraq elections: prominent Sunni candidate killed in bomb attack
Safa al-Mashhadani, a rising Iraqi parliamentary candidate representing the Siyada Alliance, was killed in a bomb attack, north of Baghdad,...
