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Ugandan Politician Confronts Diplomat Over Torture Allegations

Ugandan opposition leader Bobi Wine has confronted Uganda’s ambassador to the United States about Wine’s recent arrest and alleged torture, but many Ugandans did not get to see the interview because of a power outage. VOA’s Straight Talk Africa radio program on Wednesday featured the pop star-turned-politician, whose given name is Robert Kyagulanyi, and Ugandan Ambassador to the United States Mull Sebujja Katende…. Read more »

Leader of the Zimbabwean MDC political party stages mock inauguration

MDC president Nelson Chamisa is scheduling his own mock inauguration weekend according to his spokesperson Nkululeko Sibanda. Nelson Chamisa also is making a “presidential cabinet” appointing leaders in the MDC party. Chamisa lost the Zimbabwean presidential election to Emmerson Mnangagwa on July 30th, 2018, Which according to Temba Mliswa has thrown him into a depressed state going as far as saying he needs… Read more »

Zimbabwe vote: what are the fraud claims?

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Zimbabwe’s opposition has charged the ruling party with rigging the first election since the historic departure of autocrat Robert Mugabe, sparking a deadly crackdown on protesters by troops in Harare. While the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) insists the election was fair, the opposition Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) has raised an array of fraud allegations.