US Vice President Harris clinches Democratic party ticket, to face Trump in November poll
Harris’ nomination became official after a five-day round of online balloting by Democratic National Convention delegates ended on Monday night, with the party saying in a statement released just before midnight that 99 per cent of delegates casting ballots had done so for Harris. The party had long contemplated the early virtual roll call to ensure Biden would appear on the ballot in every state.
Why intelligence community fears Republicans’ ‘nonsensical’ policy proposals in Project 2025 put US elections at risk
During the 2020 election, amid conspiracy theories and hoaxes about Covid-19 and the presidential election, CISA flagged state and local officials’ concerns about online falsehoods to social media companies. This practice, dubbed “switchboarding,” outraged conservatives, who accused CISA of suppressing their speech. House Republicans produced a report on what they called “the weaponisation” of the agency, two GOP-led states sued the government (the US Supreme Court dismissed the case).
Youth protests force Bangladeshi PM Sheikh Hasina to resign, flee to India as interim government is formed
Media reports said she had flown in a military helicopter with her sister and was headed to India. The CNN News 18 television channel said she had landed in Agartala, the capital of India’s northeastern state of Tripura. The report could not be immediately verified.
How Ugandan politics has evolved since the ‘Nairobi Peace Jokes’ through bloodbath and false hope to opposition-propped ‘eternal president’
President Tibuhaburwa Museveni may be an elected President but he remains 100 per cent military in heart, mind and actions, and he is the champion of the de-democratisation and militarisation processes in Uganda. He takes full advantage of the fact that the Uganda Constitution 1995, whose making he presided over, invests all power and authority over everything – underground and above-ground – including power and authority. Power is concentrated in the hands of the institution of the presidency, which he has captured for the past 38 years.
Nigeria’s President Tinubu calls for end to hardship protests, says he won’t stand ‘idly’ as looting persists
The protests, which began on Thursday, have been accompanied by reports of looting and vandalism, as well as accusations that security forces have used excessive force. Amnesty International has reported the deaths of nine protesters in clashes with police, while another four were killed by a bomb. The Nigerian police denied the Amnesty report.
US raises red flag over Venezuelan poll as President Maduro warns results will be defended by army and police
Maduro – whose 2018 re-election is considered fraudulent by the United States, among others – had warned last week of a “bloodbath” if he were to lose.
How political homophobia nudged Ugandan president to use homosexuality law as a tool to repel youth protests
Unlike in Russia where political homophobia has been institutionalised as a state strategy in that country’s politics, there is no evidence that this is the case in Uganda despite the political order being in congruence with the population against homosexuality. It would therefore be wrong to gang the youth who demonstrated against corruption and the corrupt as being pons for the homosexuality movement in the West and its small link in Uganda.
Harris raises $200 million in first week of White House campaign, signs up 170,000 volunteers
Harris campaigned in Pittsfield, Massachusetts, on Saturday, drawing hundreds to a fundraiser that had been organised when Biden was still at the top of the Democratic ticket. The fundraiser had originally been expected to raise $400,000 but ended bringing in about $1.4 million, according to the campaign.
President Tinubu feels the heat as Nigerian youth prepare for nationwide protests against government
Religious clerics, traditional rulers and other prominent Nigerians have joined the government in discouraging young people from embarking on protests slated to begin from August 1, fearing Kenya-style protests will wreak havoc on the economy.
As racist and sexist attacks fly, Republicans grapple with how to dim Kamala Harris’ rising star
In interviews with nine Republican lawmakers and 11 Black Republican women who back Trump, eight said personal attacks on Harris should be avoided. While guarded in their comments and emphasising their continued support for Trump, several expressed worry over the tenor of the attacks and whether the onslaught could harm Republicans at the ballot box.
