The Cinema Exhibitors Association of Nigeria (CEAN), the country’s premier Film Trade Association Body, has announced good news for cinema lovers on the occasion of the International Cinema Day. Opeyemi Ajayi, the chairman of the Cinema Exhibitors Association of Nigeria (CEAN), said in a statement on Tuesday in Lagos that cinema lovers would enjoy discounted […]
President Felix Tshisekedi will have a conversation about the political dispute in the country, there was pandemonium in the parliament in Democratic Republic of Congo last week. On Thursday, parliament casted a ballot to eliminate Jeanine Mabunda, the supportive of Kabila speaker of the National Assembly. His camp says the president’s craving to change the […]
There seems to be a parliamentary crisis in DR Congo, which broke out in the early hours of Monday, this as also resulted in a political dispute in the country. The current lion’s share has disintegrated and another dominant part is required,” he stated, adding that on the off chance that he neglected to frame […]
There’s ongoing discussion about the possible reform of the 2010 constitution, this due to the frequent violence that occurs in elections in Kenya. Individuals from parliament should decide on an alteration to the 2010 Constitution, which would change the official framework into a half breed structure that would once again introduce an official function for […]
Ethiopia’s parliament on Tuesday authorized the appointment of countless key ministers and judicial officers. The House of Peoples’ Representatives, the lower chamber of Ethiopia’s parliament, recommended the appointments of Kenea Yadeta as defense minister, Gedion Timothewos as attorney general, Takele Umma as minister of mines and petroleum, and Samuel Hurkato as minister of science and […]
Mali’s president announced his resignation and the dissolving of parliament early Wednesday after he was arrested by means of mutinying soldiers. “I desire no blood to be spilled to maintain me in power,” Ibrahim Boubacar Keita said in a quick address broadcast on state television. Keita additionally expressed be apologetic about for the loss of […]
The Pan-African Parliament (PAP) has condemned the army mutiny currently underway in Mali, saying it rejects any attempt at an unconstitutional alternate of government. “The Pan-African Parliament strongly condemns the arrest of President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita and Prime Minister Boubou Cisse through mutinying soldiers and demands their on the spot release,” the continental parliament […]
The Speaker of Parliament, Ms Rebecca Kadaga has stated that Ugandans who agitate for the creation of districts, constituencies and different political gadgets are developing a burden to the treasury. Ms Kadaga says Ugandans must be aware of that the creation of greater political units, will increase government expenditure to pay salaries and allowances to […]
The National Assembly (AN) approved, in general, this Friday, the Proposed Law on Sustainability of Public Finances, with one hundred thirty votes in favor, no towards and forty two abstentions. The draft Law provides for the advent in Parliament of the Public Accounts Committee, a mechanism that is phase of the strengthening of the effectiveness […]
The South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC)’s organizational and financial problems will come to the fore once again on Tuesday as the broadcaster updates Parliament on its flailing fortunes. Its woes may seem to be recent, but the public service broadcaster’s missteps date to more than a decade ago. The Parliament’s Communications Portfolio Committee is scheduled […]
Gabon’s upper parliamentary chamber, the senate, has voted in favour of decriminalising homosexuality, a week after the lower house strongly voted in that direction. The ball is now in the court of President Ali Bongo Ondimba, whose ratification will make the bill law in the central African country. Gabon will join a handful of African […]
Somalia joins the league of country’s that cannot hold elections – not because of the coronavirus as in the case of Ethiopia but because of preparatory challenges, the elections chief has disclosed. According to National Independent Electoral Commission head, Halima Ismail Ibrahim, the NIEC has ruled out holding elections which were scheduled to hold on […]
Lawmakers in Gabon’s lower house of parliament on Tuesday voted to decriminalise homosexuality, becoming one of the few countries in sub-Saharan Africa to reverse a law that punishes sexual relations between people of the same sex. Forty-eight members of parliament backed the proposed initiative by the government to revise an article of the 2019 law […]
The Ethiopian government is using COVID-19 as a pretext to technically extend “its term of office indefinitely,” this is the view of activist – turned – politician Jawar Mohammed. He was reacting to the decision of Wednesday by the House of Federation – upper parliamentary chamber – to extend the mandate of federal and regional […]
Ethiopia’s upper parliamentary chamber, the House of Federation (HoF), on Wednesday elected a new speaker following the resignation of Keria Ibrahim. Aden Farah, a former vice-president of the Somali regional state, takes the speakership position that had been held by Keria for the past two years. The new deputy speaker is Etsegent Mengistu replacing Mohammed […]
Lesotho’s Senate on Tuesday further increased pressure on Prime Minister Thomas Thabane to resign by limiting his power to dissolve parliament and order new elections. The small kingdom has been going through a serious political crisis since Mr. Thabane was implicated earlier this year in the murder of his ex-wife three years ago. His own […]
Guinea’s parliament on Tuesday, elected a top ally of President Alpha Conde as its head, a move seen as cementing the president’s control over the country’s legislature after months of political tensions. The ruling party’s Amadou Damaro Camara was elected speaker of Guinea’s 114-seat national assembly with 98 votes in favour. Addressing lawmakers, the new […]
Officials in Mali said Thursday that voter turnout for the country;‘s legislative elections was just 36 percent. Mali’s territorial administration minister, Boubacar Alpha Bah said many chose to stay away from the ballot box due to threats of violence and COVID-19 pandemic. “A total of 797 out of 22,147 polling stations could not open, accounting […]
The Tunisian parliament has set Wednesday a date to vote over Elias Fakhfakh’s government, which will see three new ministerial portfolios. The new cabinet will be composed of 30 ministers and a secretary of state. Fakhfakh announced that after months of consultations an agreement was reached with political parties, on top of them Ennahda Movement, […]