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Mr Mahama said the last eight years under the outgoing administration have been among the darkest moments in the country’s history.
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Critics have called it a stunt to invite sympathy. Yet Amuriat says campaigning without shoes is a protest and that those who do not get its symbolism are missing a point.
Uganda is due to hold a general election on January 14. Amuriat and another opposition candidate, Bobi Wine have had their rallies violently dispersed by security forces or been arrested.
In mid-November, scores of people were killed as security forces attempted to quell protests against the arrest and detention of Bobi Wine.
Police has accused the candidates of addressing huge gatherings in contravention of regulations on COVID-19 prevention.
Swollen feet
In an interview with one of the dailies in Uganda, Amuriat said his feet hurt a lot and has to pour cold water on them in between campaign stops for some relief.
Doctors have cautioned him on the potential danger of contracting tetanus from cuts to his feet.
Yet Amuriat remains adamant. He says by refusing to wear shoes, he’s standing in solidarity with people whose wealth and opportunities have been stolen by the country’s longtime ruler Yoweri Museveni.
JUST IN: FDC presidential candidate Patrick Amuriat has been arrested at the border of Rubirizi and Bushenyi districts. The reason for his arrest is yet to be known📹 @MukhayeD#MonitorUpdates#UGDecides2021 pic.twitter.com/xopK4FMoD0
— Daily Monitor (@DailyMonitor) December 4, 2020
Museveni, in power since 1986 is seeking a new term. In 2017, he changed the constitution to remove age limits that would have stopped him from seeking re-election.
FDC is Uganda’s largest opposition party. In 3 previous elections, the party fronted veteran activist and retired army colonel Kizza Besigye for president.
Soldiers from Ghana's armed forces have been deployed to the volatile eastern Ghanaian region of Volta ahead of the general election which is scheduled for Monday, December 7. The move is part of what the government says are security measures put in place to forestall feared attacks that may spring up in the lead-up or...
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WILMINGTON, Del. (AP) — President-elect Joe Biden pointedly criticized President Donald Trump for threatening core principles of democracy even as he told Americans that their form of self-government ultimately “prevailed.” Speaking on Monday from his longtime home of Wilmington, Delaware, on the day that electors nationwide cast votes affirming his victory, Biden was blunt in critiquing the […]
Biden is a Syracuse University College of Law alumnus and defeated President Donald Trump with at least 290 electoral votes.
Ugandan presidential candidate Robert Kyagulanyi, known as Bobi Wine, has suspended his campaigns, following injury to members of his campaign team and damage to his car.
The opposition candidate on Tuesday said bullets were fired at his car, puncturing the tyres and rendering it immobile.
He added that several members of his staff had been wounded and that some were in a critical condition.
Two weeks ago, 54 people died in protests after Wines supporters called for his release following a brief arrest at campaign rally.
Bobi Wine was later charged with violating pandemic restrictions on gathering of crowds and granted bail.
In a national address on Sunday, President Yoweri Museveni, defended the actions of the police and army, saying that no politician was untouchable.
Campaigns for the January elections have continued to heat up.
President Yoweri Museveni has been the President of Uganda since 1986 and opposition to his long rule is increasing rapidly across the country.
Security forces in the country have been used to harass and block opposition politicians’ rallies.
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By WILL WEISSERT, ZEKE MILLER and ALEXANDRA JAFFE Associated Press WILMINGTON, Del. (AP) — Joe Biden just won the presidency. That may turn out to be the easy part. The president-elect already was braced to deal with the worst health crisis the nation has seen in more than a century and the economic havoc it has wreaked. Now, he has to build a government while contending with a Senate that could stay in GOP hands, a House sure to feature fewer Democratic allies and a public that includes more than 70 million people who would prefer that President Donald Trump […]
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The Burundi Constitutional Court ruled late Friday that the country does not need an interim president as stipulated by Article 121, saying the country already has a president-elect.
The Court president Charles Ndagijimana said that since the president-elect is competent and the position of president is vacant, Evariste Ndayishimiye should be sworn in as soon as possible so that he can assume office in line with the country's constitution.
Burundi's 2018 Constitution, Article 121, states that; \"In case of vacancy caused by resigning, death or any other cause by the president then the Speaker of the National Assembly takes over in the interim until a new president is elected.\"
Burundi government announced a one week mourning of the death of the country's outgoing President Nkurunziza, all sorts of karaoke and music other than religious ones were banned country wide in bars and restaurants and other public places.
By Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Senior National Correspondent A group of white vigilantes – angry and fearful over the newly elected government – joined forces with area militias to rain terror. After fanning false and racist beliefs that the newly elected government would promote a Black uprising, upend their way of life, endanger white women, and bring about an unfathomable new American reality in which Black men – not white – governed, white leaders pledged harm. No, this does not describe the President Donald Trump-inspired mob that left behind so much death and destruction at the U.S. Capitol on […]
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Euphoric celebrations are instantly erupting around the nation as Democrat Joe Biden is officially announced as president-elect, defeating Donald Trump after a nerve-wracking four days of awaiting results. The announcement also marks a historic moment as Senator Kamala Harris is elected as the first Black and first female vice president. Biden will make history as well, becoming the oldest president after he turns 78 years old at the end of the month, CNN reported . Social media was quickly flooded with reactions as several news outlets declared Biden as the winner.
June 18: President Ndayishimiye sworn into office
\tBurundi has a new president in the person of Evariste Ndayishimiye who won May 20 elections as the country entered the post-Nkurunziza era.
June 15: Incoming president takes office June 18
\tBurundi will swear in president-elect Evariste Ndayishimiye on Thursday, June 18; the AFP news agency reports citing an official source.
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June 13: Incoming president eulogizes Nkurunziza
\tBurundi’s president-elect Evariste Ndayishimiye today visited the presidency where he signed a book of condolence opened for the late president Pierre Nkurunziza.
June 12: Burundi court rules president-elect should be sworn in
\tBurundi’s should swear-in president-elect Evariste Ndayishimiye as incumbent as soon as possible, the country’s Constitutional Court ruled today.
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June 11: Burundi cabinet wants apex court to declare presidency vacant
\tBurundi will seek constitutional interpretation on how to proceed over the power vacuum created by the death of president Pierre Nkurunziza on June 8.
[Monitor] Yoweri Museveni Tibuhaburwa Kaguta, the president-elect, has asked the Supreme Court to dismiss with costs the presidential poll petition lodged against him by his political rival Robert Kyagulanyi, aka Bobi Wine, for being filed late, among other grounds.
Trump's denial of his election defeat, his lies about nonexistent mass coordinated voter fraud
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[FrontPageAfrica] Monrovia -- Finance and Economic Planning Minister Samuel Tweah has been awarded the African Inspirational Leadership Award in Public Service by the African Leadership Magazine.
by J. Pharoah Doss For New Pittsburgh Courier During President Biden’s first address to Congress he said, “We have to come together to rebuild trust between law enforcement and the people they serve, to root out systemic racism in our criminal justice system and enact police reform.” That wasn’t the first time Biden used the … Continued
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Ugandan opposition candidate Bobi Wine has rejected the results declared so far and calls himself the president-elect, despite the electoral body saying not all votes have yet been counted. Bobi Wine alleges Thursday's polls saw the worst vote-rigging in Uganda's history, but did not provide any evidence to back up his claims. He declared the struggle is just beginning. Bobi Wine, whose real name is Robert Kyagulanyi, says he'll address the press again in a few hours on the way forward. Early results from the electoral commission give the incumbent, President Yoweri Museveni, a commanding lead of almost two-thirds of the votes so far counted. The military have surrounded Bobi Wine’s house. - BBC
President-elect Joe Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris will converse in regards to the economic system Monday afternoon in Wilmington, Delaware, in line with a press launch from the Biden-Harris…
KAMPALA, Jan 8 - Dozens of campaign staff working for Bobi Wine, Uganda's leading opposition candidate in next week's presidential election, are being held in a military barracks after authorities defied court orders to release them, Wine's lawyer s
Using the suggested Trump Tax Cut (stimulus) of $2000, it is imperative Biden, and his team think long-term.
Kamala Harris after Joe Biden was announced the winner of America’s election has become the first female vice president-elect in the country.
President-elect Joe Biden has selected retired general and former commander of U.S. Central Command Lloyd Austin as his secretary of defense.
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Benjamin S. Carson, neurosurgeon and Republican Presidential Candidate in 2016, was born on September 18, 1951 in Detroit, Michigan. Carson was raised in a single parent home when his father deserted the family in 1959 when he was eight years old, leaving his mother, Sonya, and his older brother, Curtis. Because of the turmoil in the family, Carson and his brother fell behind in school and he was labeled a “dummy” by his classmates in fifth grade. Once his mother saw their failing grades, she stepped in to turn their lives around. They were only allowed to watch two or three television programs a week and were required to read two books per week and write a book report for her despite her own limited reading skills. Carson developed a love for books and scholarship and eventually graduated third in his high school class. He enrolled in and graduated from Yale University and from there completed medical school at the University of Michigan after training to become a neurosurgeon.
Benjamin Carson joined the medical staff at Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore, Maryland. In 1985 he revived a little used surgical procedure, the hemispherectomy, which involved removing half the brain of a child who had experienced numerous seizures. This procedure had been stopped in the 1970s after hundreds of failed attempts. Dr. Carson, however, was able to complete it successfully. He made medical history again in 1987 when he led a team of 140 surgeons and nurses in a 22 hour surgery that successfully separated Siamese twins who were conjoined at the back of the head. Until then, either one or both twins died during or after the complicated surgery. Dr. Carson can also be credited with performing the first intrauterine surgical procedure to relieve pressure on the brain of a fetal twin.
Carson sets aside at least one hour a month to speak to children around the nation to encourage them to excel in school and never stop dreaming. He has also written numerous books including Gifted Hands and Think Big. Carson retired
One of my greatest hopes is that the 2020 election has provided a President who rejects the politics of hate and who is dedicated to the goal of national unification. That goal is considered by many as impractical. Our original sin of racism and our intolerance of gender, gender identity, religion and ethnicity are deeply woven into the fabric of our culture – some believe too deeply to overcome.
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Leading progressives are pressuring President-elect Joe Biden to embrace their policy agenda even as more centrist Democrats argue such proposals prevented the party from retaking full control of Congress. For now, much of the lobbying centers on who Biden should — or should not — appoint to key posts as he builds out the administration […]
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By Barnett Wright The Birmingham Times For those in the Birmingham-metro area who know and have met Kamala Harris, it comes as no surprise that the California senator and vice-president-elect would shatter yet another glass ceiling. U.S. Rep Terri Sewell listed a number of “firsts” achieved by Harris. “She is first and foremost well qualified […]
As America bids farewell to the turbulent four-year term of Donald Trump , the country is also ushering in a historic new chapter, with Kamala Harris taking the reigns as the first Black vice president. The California senator, who was the first Black woman and the first Asian American on a major party's presidential ticket, will also be the first American woman to hold the position. Harris learned about the news along with millions of Americans on Saturday morning as multiple networks announced Joe Biden as president-elect, officially ending the race against Trump. The senator captured her excitement in a video posted to Twitter. "We did it," the 56-year-old said in a phone call with Biden. "We did it, Joe. You're going to be the next president of the United States." We did it, @JoeBiden . pic.twitter.com/oCgeylsjB4 — Kamala Harris (@KamalaHarris) November 7, 2020
Susan Rice is one of many former leaders from the Obama administration to be nominated for a position in the incoming administration.
Patricia R. Harris named secretary of housing and urban development by President-elect Carter.
