Article Link: Two years ago, the president of Gabon, Ali Bongo Ondimba, suffered a stroke. He took months to recover, which led parliament to begin discussions about making a change to the constitution. Recently, parliament agreed to change the constitution to make a solution in case the president becomes incapacitated. The constitution now states that the president’s power shall be… Read more »
Article Link: After a surge in COVID-19 cases over the past few months, Zimbabwe has re-established pandemic restrictions. There is now a nation wide curfew, as well as shutting down of non-essential businesses for one month. These restrictions were passed as an attempt to reduce the spread and lower the number of infections. Large gatherings have also been banned, and… Read more »
Article Link: President Faustin-Archange Touadera of the Central African Republic has been re-elected for a second term. With almost 54% of the votes, he secured a second term, but violence has surrounded the whole election. Before the election occurred, rebel groups began rioting, which led to Russia and Rwanda sending peacekeeping soldiers to deter any future conflicts regarding the election…. Read more »
Article Link: President Alpha Conde has just taken the oath of office for his third term as the president of Guinea. His election and third term has caused a lot of controversy in the country, and has even led to violence. Conde became the first democratically elected president in 2010, and was re-elected in 2015 for a second term. The… Read more »
Article Link: In 2018, when Félix Tshisekedi was elected as the president of the Democratic Republic of Congo, he formed an alliance in parliament between the two major parties in the government. The alliance was formed between the FCC, which is the party of former president Joseph Kabila, and the CACH, which is President Tshisekedi’s party. After two years of… Read more »
Article Link: Zimbabwe is currently facing a humanitarian crisis with millions of people, and children, in need of aid and health services. The country is not only dealing with the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic, but also other diseases HIV and AIDS, and preparing for other outbreaks of diseases like cholera in 2021. Right now, around 38,000 of children are… Read more »
Article Link: Bobi Wine, Ugandan presidential candidate, suspended his campaign due to the police brutality and killings his supporters are enduring. This past Tuesday police fired teargas into a crowd of his supporters. Singer, Bobi Wine, is running to be the new president of Uganda in the upcoming election in January 2021. The current leader, President Yoweri Museveni, has been… Read more »
Article Link: For years, Nigeria’s power grid has been extremely unstable. Recently, parts of it shut down and some sections of the country were in darkness. Nigeria has the largest population in Africa, and citizens are forced to share the small amount of electricity produced. Most people only have enough electricity for some lightbulbs, never enough to run a fan… Read more »
Article Link: Recently, Kenya and Somalia have been having diplomatic issues and have been close to cutting ties. In February, the President of Somalia signed a law allowing citizens to vote in parliamentary elections, but Jubaland kept their bill to hold indirect elections. Preparations for the election began in the beginning of November, but now Somalia believes that Kenya has… Read more »