Trump’s campaign like no other: He’s in courtroom in the morning, courting voters in the evening
Trump and his campaign are keenly aware of the publicity and sympathy his court appearances can generate with his loyal base of supporters while he attempts to stave off challenges from Republican rivals Nikki Haley and Ron DeSantis.
Crisp-passing Namibia upset former champions Tunisia at 78th Cup of Nations in Ivory Coast
The north Africans, who are the third highest African side in the Fifa rankings at 28, looked nervy and out of sorts. They join Ghana as former winners who have lost their opening match at the tournament while Algeria, Cameroon, Egypt and Nigeria were all held in games they were expected to win.
Trump secures resounding victory in the first 2024 Republican presidential contest in Iowa
If Trump finishes above 50 per cent, winning more than all his rivals combined, it will further weaken his opponents’ argument that his march to the nomination can be derailed.
Trump says Republican supporters can help him punish Biden and Democrats in closing pitch in Iowa
Even as Donald Trump predicted his supporters would deliver a substantial victory over his nearest rival, he sought to temper expectations that he could cross 50 per cent of the vote, a threshold never crossed in a contested Republican caucus.
I mourn for Uganda: Pearl of Africa is saddled with Yoweri Museveni, the country’s problem No.1
President Tibuhaburwa Museveni long ago wrote in his book, What is Africa’s Problem, “that the problem of Africa is leaders who overstay in power. This was an admission by the then new president of Uganda that behind every problem is the problem of leadership.
Trump ordered to pay The New York Times and its reporters nearly $400,000 in legal fees
New York Judge Robert Reed said that given the “complexity of the issues” in the case and other factors, it was reasonable that Donald Trump be forced to pay lawyers for the Times and the reporters a total of $392,638 in legal fees.
Globalisation: Why Non-Aligned Movement is a contradiction in a world interlinked by Internet
Political powers are resisting Internet and trying to role back into the 20th century when the World Wide Web was emerging. Despite the increasingly intricate interconnections and interdependences, some countries are stuck with the idea of nonalignment.
Politics and religion: How Uganda’s Museveni pulverised Christianity into a wild god for governance
In The Prince, Machiavelli prescribes what makes a ruler appear invincible: possessing prowess and being able to build own dynasty on own terms or agenda, free from influence from anyone including the clergy, academics, intellectuals, even own family, executive, legislature, judiciary or Constitution.
While Uganda’s Afro-fusion artist Bobi Wine symbolises Africa’s brittle democracy, youth interventions are recycling authoritarian politics
Africa has the world’s largest youth population. By 2030, 75 per cent of the African population will be under the age of 35. The number of young Africans aged 15-24 is projected to reach 500 million in 2080. While population dynamics vary across the continent, most sub-Saharan countries have a...
Armed men storm an Ecuador TV studio during a live broadcast as attacks in the country escalate
Ecuador’s attorney general’s office said the 13 people arrested will be charged with terrorism. It tweeted that it will present the charges in coming hours. Ecuadorian law establishes a penalty of up to 13 years in prison for anyone convicted of terrorism.
