By: Evelyne Syombua (issyombua@gmail.com) Somalia’s President Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed. Thumbnail photo courtesy of africanews. On Wednesday the 27th of January, Somalia threatened to withdraw from the Intergovernmental Authority on Development after the group sided with Kenya in a diplomatic row between the two countries. On Monday the 25th of January, Somalia ordered all its diplomats […]
By: Sumaya Hussein (husseinsumaya1@gmail.com) Thumbnail photo courtesy of Citizen TV Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has been declared the winner of Uganda’s presidential election with 5,851,037 (58.64%) of the total electoral votes. Opposition leader Robert Kyagulanyi, popularly known as Bobi Wine, came in second with 3,475,298 (34.83%) of the total votes. Museveni who has ruled Uganda since
By: Sumaya Hussein (husseinsumaya1@gmail.com) Thumbnail photo courtesy of pmldaily Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni has shut down social media two days before the country heads to the polls. Museveni has accused Facebook and unnamed outside groups of “arrogance” after it removed Ugandan accounts linked to his re-election campaign.“That social channel you are talking about, if it
By: Valyne Laibuta (vklaibuta@gmail.com) Thumbnail photo courtesy of nbcnews.com The US Congress certified that President-elect Joe Biden and Vice President-elect, Kamala Harris, are the victors of the 2020 US elections. US congress confirmed the results today despite the delays caused by pro-Trump supporters who stormed and occupied Capitol building in Washington DC on Wednesday, 6th
By Sumaya Hussein (husseinsumaya1@gmail.com) Thumbnail photo courtesy of Capital FM Nairobi County Assembly Speaker, Benson Mutura, has been sworn-in as the county’s acting Governor by Judge Jairus Ngaah at City Hall, Nairobi. Mutura said that his first order of business would be to bring back on track the delivery of crucial services that have been
By: Muhanguzi Tola (tolakofa1@gmail.com) Thumbnail photo courtesy of Twitter Political activist cum lawyer Miguna Miguna on Saturday, December 19 expressed his interest in the Nairobi gubernatorial seat following the impeachment of Governor Mike Sonko. The exiled author who had vied for the same seat in 2017 on an independent ticket stated via twitter that the
