How Uganda President Museveni shot down Lifestyle Audit tool, promoted theft to an economic enabler
Corruption has become a political weapon since there is growing evidence that many people are using it to acquire financial might for elective politics. The political motive has indeed complicated the fight against the corrupt who easily dismiss the IGG’s onslaught on them as witch-hunt.
Probe into US President Biden and son Hunter’s criminal bribery schemes in Ukraine has energised Trump to hem in his successor
The secrecy the FBI says is necessary to protect sources can also obscure the credibility of the source. Still, top Republicans are now citing exactly the kind of evidence – a confidential human source relaying the unverified allegations of a Ukrainian business executive – that they dismissed as unreliable when it came to Trump and the dossier.
Now FBI turns searchlight on US President Biden and son Hunter’s alleged criminal bribery scheme in Ukraine
The idea that the charge has been proven is preposterous, but readers looking for details on the case have little place to turn outside of the conservative news outlets that have been making such claims. Yet if the FBI is telling Congress that it hasn’t disproved the allegation, it does raise serious questions: What exactly are the Bidens accused of doing? What is this document? And what has the FBI done to test the veracity of that evidence?
Republicans now allege ‘weaponisation’ of justice system to lock Trump out of US presidential race
The mounting legal jeopardy Trump finds himself in has quickly become a political rallying cry for the Republicans, many of whom acknowledged they had not fully read the 49-page federal indictment but are rushing to stand by the indicted former president, adopting his grievances against the federal justice system as their own.
Privileges committee finds former British PM Boris Johnson guilty of lying, bans him from parliamentary premises
The Privileges Committee consequently recommended a 90-day suspension, which would have paved the way for a by-election for the former prime minister if he had not quit the Commons in anticipation. However, his resignation means he will escape that punishment, the committee recommended that he should not receive the pass granting access to Parliament which is normally given to former MPs.
Sunset in Uganda: Museveni’s ‘forever’ cult that made him the omni-god Ugandans revere and revile is coming to an end
Collectively, Uganda is endangered by a possible absence of the president from the politico-military stage, over which he has had a firm grip for decades. It is worrying many Ugandans are mired in worship attachment to the President. They need liberation, but who will liberate them.
Trump’s showmanship elicits more attention than the felony charges he denied in Florida court
The whirling drama surrounding Trump overshadowed most other news on Tuesday. His GOP presidential rivals largely refrained from any campaign events of their own. One Republican competitor, Vivek Ramaswamy, sought to capitalise on the spectacle by showing up outside the courthouse to tell reporters that he was encouraging other 2024 candidates to commit to pardoning Trump if elected to the White House.
18 months to South Sudan’s first ever elections, world’s youngest nation still has no constitution
Implementation of the peace agreement has been sluggish. The elections, originally scheduled for this year, were postponed until December 2024. Other key elements of the deal have not been implemented, sparking concern that the country could see a return to war instead of a transfer of power.
Support for ex-US President Trump among Republicans remains high despite criminal charges he faces
Trump, who turns 77 on Wednesday, touched down in Miami at 2:54pm (1854 GMT) in a private jet with his name emblazoned on the side. Supporters gathered outside a nearby golf club he owns, where he was due to stay the night.
Influential former Italy prime minister and media mogul Silvio Berlusconi succumbs to leukaemia
Despite his health woes and the relentless court battles, Berlusconi refused to relinquish control of Forza Italia and returned to frontline politics, winning a seat in the European Parliament in 2019 and in the Italian Senate last year.
