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Farida Adamu
Ugandan Singer wants to Become President
A pop star and leader of the opposition in Uganda, known as Bobi Wine, wants to challenge the incumbent president, Yoweri Museveni, in the Ugandan elections scheduled for 2021. Who is Bobi Wine? Robert Kyagulanyi Ssentamu, popularly known as Bobi Wine, is a 37-year-old pop star, politician, businessman and philanthropist. He made his first impression […]
Farida Adamu
Former US Vice President Leads Polls against Trump
With over 200 days until the first major contest of the presidential primaries season in America (known as the Iowa caucuses), early snapshots of what the general election may look like have begun to unfold. In a new poll by NBC News/Wall Street Journal, where 800 registered voters were surveyed between July 7-9, President Trump […]
Farida Adamu
Meet the First Woman to Run for President in Mozambique
Human rights activist, ex-chairman and founder of the Mozambique Human Rights League (which was established in 1993), Maria Alice Mabota, has declared her intention to run for president in the country. She made this declaration by filing her nomination papers for the presidential election scheduled for the 15th of October 2019. What this means for […]
Mojisola Salaudeen
Israeli Prime Minister’s Nemesis Wants To Make Israel Normal Again
Avigdor Liberman of the Yisrael Beiteinu party, who stopped Netanyahu from forming an Israeli government, wants to Make Israel Normal Again. The slogan, which showed up at the end of the party’s latest campaign ad, is a clear nod to US President Trump’s infamous ‘Make America Great Again’ quip. Israel’s general election is slated to […]
Farida Adamu
Japan’s Parliamentary Elections
The Republic of Japan is set to hold its 25th regular election of the Upper House on the 21st of July 2019. The Upper House election takes place every three years to change half of the 245-seat chamber of the Diet, also known as the National Diet in Japan. It is composed of a lower […]
Farida Adamu
Ukraine Heads to the Polls Ahead of Schedule
The 2019 parliamentary elections in Ukraine, originally scheduled to hold at the end of October 2019, has been brought forward to July 21. This follows the dissolution of the country’s parliament on the 21st of May by the newly inaugurated President Volodymyr Zelensky, following claims of a “lack of government coalition.” The latest polls of […]
Farida Adamu
UK Prime Minister Race: Who Gets the Keys to 10 Downing Street?
Following Theresa May’s failure to come up with an agreement to lead Britain out of the European Union, she announced she will stand down as Tory leader and hand over the keys to 10 Downing Street, in a tearful resignation speech delivered on May 24. In this speech, she described being prime minister as “the […]