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Security Council calls on federal government and regional states to work together for inclusive elections.
In May, Burundi held a presidential election which was won by Evariste Ndayishimiye, candidate of the ruling National Council for the Defense of Democracy - Forces for the Defense of Democracy (CNDD-FDD) party.
Ndayishimiye was hurriedly sworn in after the untimely death of president Pierre Nkurunziza in June.
Rights violations continue
The Council encouraged donor countries which had suspended aid to Burundi to continue dialogue towards resumption of development assistance.
A report by a UN watchdog in September said human rights violations were still being committed in Burundi, including sexual violence and murder.
The country was plunged into a crisis in April 2015 when Ndayishimiye’s predecessor Pierre Nkurunziza decided to run for a controversial third term, which he ultimately won in July 2015.
His candidature, which was opposed by the opposition and civil society groups, resulted in a wave of protests, violence and even a failed coup in May 2015.
Hundreds of people were killed and over 300,000 fled to neighboring countries.
The Africa seat at the United Nations Security Council was the subject of a heated duel between two African countries who lobbied fiercely for the powerful prize. On a second round of balloting, the seat [...]
The decision won by a veto-proof majority.
Most of the City Council meeting was devoted to a continuing discussion of the need to correct problems of water meters, computers and software to read the meters, conformity in water billing and making sure that the water was generating sufficient revenues to support the City budget.
The City Council reaffirmed its decision by a 4 to 1 vote to remove Mayor Steele as Superintendent of the Water System, however, there was dissension relative to taking the next steps to correct the problems in the Water Department.
Horne’s firm and the Alabama Rural Water Association presented a report to the City Council in February recommending changes to improve the city’s water system.Mayor Steele insists that although he is no longer Superintendent of the Water Department, as Mayor he still has day-to-day supervision of the water system.
The City Council voted to bid out a contract for management of the water system, however, at press time the Democrat has received no legal notice to print soliciting bids for management of the water system.
In other business, the Eutaw City Council:
• approved a resolution honoring first responders and frontline health care workers, scheduled for May 14, 2020;
• approved a resolution supporting the renovation of Elmwood Manor;
• approved a “Back to School – Sales Tax Holiday”, scheduled for July 14-19, 2020;
• agreed to pave M & M Drive as soon as funds are available;
• discussed pending insurance claims;
• requested a list of all purchases made by the City, since the beginning of 2020, to determine if supplies are adequate;
• discussed street washouts in the City and how to contract, with FEMA funding for their repair.
By Micha Green AFRO D.C. Editor mgreen@afro.com With COVID-19 still ravaging the world, the District of Columbia Council has been working to safely convene, legislate and advocate for the nation's capital and its residents, by meeting virtually. However for the Council’s official swearing in on Jan. 2, which was also virtually streamed, Council members safely […]
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The Nelson Mandela Bay Municipal council does not see the urgency of appointing a mayor due to Covid-19 regulations, its speaker, Buyelwa Mafaya, has argued.
[Nation] As the 2021 withdrawal date for the forces in the African Union Mission in Somalia (Amisom) draws nearer, Kenya is faced with a big dilemma of whether or not to similarly exit from the war-torn country.
The Louisville Metro Council has officially voted to ban the use of “no-knock” search warrants in Jefferson County.
Per the ordinance: “No Louisville Metro Police Department (LMPD) police officer, Louisville Metro Department of Corrections (LMDC) officer, or any other Metro law enforcement or public safety official shall seek, execute, or participate in the execution of a no-knock warrant at any location within the boundaries of Jefferson County.”
Officers reportedly obtained the no-knock warrant as part of a drug investigation centered on two men, but no drugs were found inside Taylor’s home.
Breonna Taylor’s mother, Tamika Palmer, spoke on how happy her daughter would have been to see Breonna’s Law being enacted in Louisville, mentioning how passionate she was about saving lives.
The smile on her face is Law: Louisville Bans ‘No-Knock’ Warrants After Breonna Taylor’s Murder
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TWO camps have emerged from the MDC-T 2014 structures following the mooted Supreme Court ruling for the MDC-T 2014 structures to organise an extraordinary congress to elect a replacement for the late MDC founding president Morgan Tsvangirai.
Regarding the meeting chaired by senator Morgen Komichi, this in my view was unconstitutional and a violation of the Supreme Court ruling which requested the party to go back to its 2014 structures.
As a paid-up member of the party in 2014, I will communicate through the appropriate channels that this council meeting that has been proposed should address the penalty that should be meted on Komichi for publicly declaring himself the reinstated 2014 national chairman before discussion was made to establish whether the reinstated chairman was willing to accept reinstatement, in which case he as the deputy chair could take over; the meeting should also discuss the penalty deserving to the reinstated secretary-general Mwonzora for withdrawing MDC Alliance legislators before the appropriate organs of the party had discussed that intention.
Serious mediation may be appropriate at this stage to ensure the affected parties discuss the Supreme Court ruling, and the parties to discuss it are the 2014 MDC-T structures who have a role to play, firstly to accept the process suggested by the Supreme Court or to appeal against the decision, and then take the necessary steps that should be taken in line with the party constitution.
Because the two camps that have emerged are very divided, I suggest the Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions, which gave birth to the MDC, or some other body acceptable to the two camps, mediates to ensure that reasoning prevails in the process of implementing the Supreme Court judgment within the confines of the party constitution and the interests of the crucial stakeholders, the genuine delegates to the proposed extraordinary congress.
Uganda, twice the size of Pennsylvania, is in East Africa. It is bordered on the west by Congo, on the north by the Sudan, on the east by Kenya, and on the south by Tanzania and Rwanda. The country, which lies across the equator, is divided into three main areas—swampy lowlands, a fertile plateau with wooded hills, and a desert region. Lake Victoria forms part of the southern border.
Multiparty democractic republic.
About 500 B.C. Bantu-speaking peoples migrated to the area now called Uganda. By the 14th century, three kingdoms dominated, Buganda (meaning state of the Gandas), Bunyoro, and Ankole. Uganda was first explored by Europeans as well as Arab traders in 1844. An Anglo-German agreement of 1890 declared it to be in the British sphere of influence in Africa, and the Imperial British East Africa Company was chartered to develop the area. The company did not prosper financially, and in 1894 a British protectorate was proclaimed. Few Europeans permanently settled in Uganda, but it attracted many Indians, who became important players in Ugandan commerce.
Uganda became independent on Oct. 9, 1962. Sir Edward Mutesa, the king of Buganda (Mutesa II), was elected the first president, and Milton Obote the first prime minister, of the newly independent country. With the help of a young army officer, Col. Idi Amin, Prime Minister Obote seized control of the government from President Mutesa four years later.
On Jan. 25, 1971, Colonel Amin deposed President Obote. Obote went into exile in Tanzania. Amin expelled Asian residents and launched a reign of terror against Ugandan opponents, torturing and killing tens of thousands. In 1976, he had himself proclaimed President for Life. In 1977, Amnesty International estimated that 300,000 may have died under his rule, including church leaders and recalcitrant cabinet ministers.
After Amin held military exercises on the Tanzanian border in 1978, angering Tanzanias president, Julius Nyerere, a combined force of Tanzanian troops and Ugandan exiles loyal to former president
Mozambique is top priority for Southern African leaders under the auspices of the SADC.
In Harare on Wednesday, regional bloc leaders met to discuss the growing Islamist insurgency in northern Mozambique.
At the day-long meeting leaders of Zambia, Botswana, Zimbabwe and Mozambique said they had also discussed the COVID-19 pandemic and the security situation in southern Africa, including Lesotho, where Prime Minister Thomas Thabane resigned this week after months of pressure over his alleged role in the murder of his former wife.
But why so much talk about Mozambique lately?
Since 2017, Mozambique has faced a jihadist insurgency that has spread terror in the far north of its territory.
A Los Angeles City Council meeting scheduled on the same day as the presidential inauguration, on Wednesday, Jan. 20, has been canceled out of concern for any potential unrest. Council President Nury Martinez made the announcement Friday, saying that the council meeting the day before, on Tuesday, Jan. 19, will go on as planned. Martinez […]
