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Democracy Works Foundation (DWF) says it working towards the improvement of the oversight role of Malawi Parliament by making sure that parliament is acting and following up on recommendations that are given to different committees of the National Assembly. Regional director of Democracy Works Foundation Augustine Magolowondo revealed this on Thursday 28th of September 2023 […]
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\"Our Parliament has been reduced to a fish market with members jostling for five minutes of infamy. Is this the example our representatives want to set for our youth looking on?\"
Our Parliament has been reduced to a fish market with members jostling for 5 mins of infamy. Is this the example our representatives want to set for our youth looking on?
— Mickela (@mickelapanday) October 21, 2021
Leader of the Movement for Social Justice (MSJ) David Abdulah said, \"Does the UNC understand what they are doing? Their actions are seeking to dangerously divide the country. It is not about democracy. They are laying the basis for justifying why their motion will not succeed.
\"This is a serious issue but I am reminded of Explainer's Calypso – In Parliament they kicksin. The motion will be defeated
[Nation] King Mswati III of Eswatini will only engage Swazis in dialogue to end pro-democracy protests after the Incwala Festival of First Fruits, his government has announced.
Witness North Carolina Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson. He abuses his position of authority to insult and demean people. But when he gets criticized for making harmful comments, he whines that he’s the real victim.
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[UN News] Ten unarmed Egyptian peacekeepers from the UN Stabilization Mission in the Central African Republic (MINUSCA) were shot and wounded on Monday.
While much of the focus nationally is on presidential and midterm elections, local and state races are equally important. This month, several races are taking place that will significantly impact the lives of local communities. Many elections are taking place on Tuesday, Nov. 2, but in some areas, special elections and runoffs are happening later in the month. Early voting is underway in Louisiana, which has elections on Nov. 13.
Ahead of the December 24 elections, Libya on Thursday hosted senior foreign officials to reiterate the need for support on thorny transitional issues currently facing the country.
Democratic Republic of Congo's constitutional court has sworn in an electoral commission chief amid controversy over his nomination.
Is this century a season for gunshots in Africa? Why is African politics dressed in a cloak of bloody violence and ethnically fuelled wars? Must the gunshots in Tigray be the identity of Ethiopia? Is it true that the gunshots in Central Africa must dictate the fabric of our democracy? Are the gunshots in Cameroon the only...
[Premium Times] \"We are sensitive, we are not here to inflict pain on the citizens of the state. The citizens are already in pain. We are not here to add to it but to make a statement loud and clear that we won't allow them to make a mess of us.\"
by Mike Jones, The St. Louis American How should one comprehend what’s happening today in American politics, and the arch of American history that brought us to this moment? How can a Democratic President and a Democratically controlled House and Senate pass a physical infrastructure bill, yet can’t or won’t pass an urgently needed human … Continued
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Mediators from a regional bloc were expected in Africa's last absolute monarchy Eswatini Thursday, after nurses became the latest group to report shootings with live ammunition at pro-democracy protests.
THE UNC's \"October Revolution\" has begun.
Two days after Opposition Leader Kamla Persad-Bissessar alerted the public, the UNC launched its latest campaign against the ruling PNM on Saturday with a three-pronged attack of public protests in at least four UNC-controlled constituencies, internal expressions of support for Persad-Bissessar and the criticisms of UNC opponents.
The genesis was the Opposition's unsuccessful attempt on October 21 to convince the Electoral College to support Persad-Bissessar's motion for a tribunal to consider the removal of President Paula-Mae Weekes from office, in accordance with Section 36 of the Constitution.
Persad-Bissessar's motion was in relation to events that led to the collapse of the Police Service Commission (PSC) last month and the issue that a merit list of candidates for a commissioner of police (CoP) was not sent to the House of Representatives for consideration. The college rejected the motion by a vote of 47 to 25.
[caption id=\"attachment_920609\" align=\"alignnone\" width=\"1024\"] UNC Fyzabad MP Lackram Bodoe, fourth from left, stands alongside San Francique residents, as two policemen look on, during a protest on Saturday. - Photo by Marvin Hamilton[/caption]
Immediately after the motion's defeat, Persad-Bissessar declared the matter was not over.
\"This matter will be kept alive long after October 21 until the truth is revealed, we will take it to the people as an 'October Revolution' when our Constitution was defeated.\"
On Saturday, two days later, UNC chairman and Oropouche West MP Dave Tancoo confirmed the start of the \"revolution.\" Joining deputy political leader and Fyzabad MP Dr Lackram Bodoe at protest at a landslip in Timital, San Francique, Tancoo said, \"The Leader of the Opposition has coined a phrase it is called the 'October Revolution'. It is based on the uprising of the people to demand their rights.\"
\"This is an attempt for us to signal to the national community that the October Revolution has started. Join us now. Demand your rights that this government should not be allowed to continue to trample your rights and hide behind cloistered petticoats,\" he declared.
\"That is what they are doing. They have done it in Parliament and they are doing it now.\"
Bodoe said the protest also dealt with the cry of residents to have their roads fixed. Asked if this was the first of many protests to come, Bodoe replied, \"Yes.\"
Asked if other UNC MPs will lead similar protests, Bodoe replied, \"I would expect so …, because many other constituencies are suffering from similar neglect by this government.\"
UNC San Francique/Avocat North councillor Doodnath Mayhroo called on the government to resign and call a general election if infrastructural issues in the constituency were not fixed. He also called on Works and Transport Minister Rohan Sinanan to resign if the problems were not dealt with in two weeks.
Simultaneously, Couva North MP Ravi Ratiram and Cumuto/Manzanilla MP Dr Rai Ragbir were involved in protests in their constituencies, also advocating
By Edward Henderson, California Black Media California Secretary of State Shirley N. Weber has certified the votes from the Sept. 14, 2021, California Gubernatorial Recall Election. The election marked the second time since 1913 that a recall petition made it to the polls in California. The results for the question on the ballot asking whether […]
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[Reporter] The situation in Sudan has become so dynamic over the past few weeks. The rift between the military and civilian sections of Sudan's transitional administration has grown tremendously since the failed coup attempts at the end of September. Now that it has been over a month since the botched coup attempt that saw the two sides exchange blames, the military led by Lt Gen Abdul Fattah Al-Burhan conducted a coup on Monday. Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok and his cabinet were detained. The military also dissolved
The Electoral College, comprising the 72 members of the House of Assembly and the Senate, voted by a 47-24 margin to dismiss the motion filed by Opposition Leader Kamla Persad Bissessar.
\"Those divisions don't bode well for Sudan,\" said Jok Madut Jok, professor of anthropology at Syracuse University in New York in an interview with Euronews. \"There's a genuine threat of civil\"
The content originally appeared on: Trinidad and Tobago Newsday News Naparima MP Rodney Charles during a UNC media briefing at the Opposition Leader's office in Port of Spain on October 31. - Photo by Angelo Marcelle Naparima MP Rodney Charles is calling on President Paula-Mae Weekes to fire all of the nine independent senators and appoint “representatives of the diverse interests who contribute to our wealth, prosperity and well-being.” Charles’ appeal follows a motion by independent senator Anthony Vieira to […]
And even more attendees of the rally that turned into the Capitol riot will likely be on the ballot in 2022.
[State Department] The United States strongly condemns the actions of the Sudanese military forces. We firmly reject the dissolution of the civilian-led transitional government and its associated institutions and call for their immediate restoration. The arrest of Prime Minister Hamdok and other civilian leaders is unacceptable. The military forces must ensure their safety and release them immediately. These actions have the potential to derail the country's transition to democracy and are a betrayal of Sudan's peaceful revo
At least four people were killed and over 80 wounded when security forces opened fire on protesters in Khartoum, according to the Sudan Doctors’ Committee
Guinea's Colonel Mamady Doumbouya, who seized power in a coup in the West African nation in September, has announced that he is placing nearly 1,000 soldiers into retirement.
