Politics

Black November: remembering Uganda’s massacre of the opposition three years on

By Luke Melchiorre, Universidad de los Andes November marks a sombre anniversary in Uganda’s recent political history. In 2020, the east African country’s leading opposition politician, Robert Kyagulanyi, aka Bobi Wine, was arrested. He was on the campaign trail ahead of the 2021 presidential elections. Mass demonstrations demanding the release of the popular musician-turned-presidential-candidate broke out in and around the capital, Kampala. Over two days, security agents of the regime of […]

21 November, 2023 4

Namibia

Swapo Party Youth League central committee’s meeting to tackle unemployment and drought

Swapo Party Youth League central committee members gathered at the Sam Nujoma Multi-purpose Centre in the Oshana Region on Friday for the second central committee meeting to discuss bread and butter issues faced by Namibians. Party Vice-President, Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah, said the discussions come at the right time, however, the youth should remain united if they are to achieve their intended purpose. Nandi-Ndaitwah made the remarks during the official opening of […]

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