No drama as Tim Walz and JD Vance clash politely at policy-heavy vice-presidential debate
Tim Walz described Trump as an unstable leader who had prioritised billionaires and turned JD Vance’s criticism on its head on the issue of immigration, attacking Trump for pressuring Republicans in Congress to abandon a bipartisan border security bill earlier this year.
Protests greet Nigeria’s independence celebrations as citizens demand better opportunities
Nigerian President Bola Tinubu, who has been in office since May last year after an election campaign forged on “renewed hope,” defended the reforms as necessary and said they were already yielding results, such as $30 billion in foreign direct investments attracted in the last year.
Thirty-nineth president of the US Jimmy Carter celebrates 100th birthday in Plains hometown
James Earl Carter Jr was born October 1, 1924 in Plains, where he has lived more than 80 of his 100 years. He is expected to mark his birthday in the same one-story home he and Rosalynn built in the early 1960s – before his first election to the Georgia state Senate. The former first lady, who was also born in Plains, died last November at 96.
Concerns rise in Tanzania after opposition implicates telecoms firm and state in illegal mining data
Tanzanian opposition leader and former presidential candidate of CHADEMA party Tundu Lissu addresses a press conference in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, on September 25, 2024. Credit: Reuters
Kenya MPs prepare to deputy president in move seen as having President Ruto’s blessings
On Sunday, Mr Rigathi Gachagua told reporters that any impeachment motion would require Ruto’s assent. “Without the president’s go-ahead, the motion cannot reach parliament. If it reaches parliament, it is the president who has authorised it.”
Trump escalates harsh rhetoric against immigrants, calls Harris ‘mentally impaired’ and ‘mentally disabled’
In her visit to the border on Friday, Harris outlined her plans to fix “our broken immigration system” while accusing Trump of “fanning the flames of fear and division” over the impact of immigrants on American life.
How Harris is exploiting scandal-plagued Republican governor to tweak N. Carolina vote
The state’s embattled Republican candidate for governor, Robinson is featured in conversations this week with Harris volunteers and voters on the phone and at their doorways. Democrats wave signs warning of Trump-Robinson extremism at their press conferences. Billboard trucks circulate in key cities warning that Robinson, also the state’s lieutenant...
Ugandan electorate pay price for voting in MPs bereft of decorum and revel in intellectual vacuum
When the good brains turn into merchandise for political ‘business’, what remains of the bad? When the good ceases to speak reason, what happens to the bad? When the good brains out their brains on market stoles, what happens to the bad? When the hunter turns into the hunted, what happens to the non-hunted? When educated elites turn into big time thieves, what happens to the petty street thieves? When the intelligent opposition assimilated by the ruling clique, what happens to the tenet of checks and balances? Is there still parliamentary democracy? Isn’t Uganda back to one party rule?
Battleground states: What’s changed in seven states likely to determine US next president
The battlegrounds have changed over time as the country’s economic and demographic trends have shifted populations around. Floria and Ohio, for example, had been tightly contested in past elections, but now lean Republican in presidential votes. On the other hand shifting demographics have put southern states like North Carolina and Georgia into play for Democrats.
Refugee economy: How Uganda’s ‘small minds’ swapped heart and soul of Pearl of Africa for political capital
If President Tibuhaburwa Museveni agrees with his son that he steps down whenever that will be possible, then automatically the leader of PLU will be elected [resident of Uganda, whether Ugandans like it or not. Universal suffrage will be a thing of the past. The right of Ugandans to choose will be no more. This is a gigantic plot against Uganda and the indigenes of Uganda. It will the last nail in the coffin carrying the disempowered Ugandans.
