Tag Archives: Democratic Party (United States)

Nigerian Activists and Politics: How Serious?

April 10, 2013 by IndepthAfrica

 Salihu Moh. Lukman, smlukman@gmail.com  Sometimes in 2004, at an interactive session with Mr. Rodrigo de Rato, then visiting Managing Director of International Monetary Fund (IMF), a member of President Obasanjo’s economic team who was a Minister emphatically announced that the … read more »

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Whatever happened to Obama’s hope?

November 4, 2012 by IndepthAfrica

For many American voters Barack Obama has lost his air of can-do heroism,says Andrew Marr So Sandy arrived right in the last act, smashing and thrashing, killing and ripping. Has this latest tempestuous eruption, following the storms Beryl, Florence, Joyce … read more »

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Republicans nominate Romney as presidential candidate

August 28, 2012 by IndepthAfrica

Republicans formally nominated Mitt Romney as their presidential candidate on Tuesday to face Democratic President Barack Obama in the November 6 election. By voice vote in a raucous arena, delegates to the Republican National Convention united behind the former Massachusetts … read more »

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Lesotho prime minister resigns

May 31, 2012 by IndepthAfrica

Maseru – Lesotho Prime Minister Pakalitha Mosisili resigned on Wednesday after his party failed to secure an outright majority in parliamentary elections, the former government secretary said. “The prime minister has just resigned,” former government secretary Tlohang Sekhamane told journalists … read more »

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Lesotho: Prime Minister’s Party Wins poll

May 29, 2012 by IndepthAfrica

The party of Lesotho Prime Minister Pakilitha Mosisili has captured the most votes in Saturday’s parliamentary elections, but fell short of the outright majority needed to govern. Final results released Tuesday show Mr. Mosisili’s Democratic Congress won 41 of 80 … read more »

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Central Africa frees former rebel chief

April 12, 2012 by IndepthAfrica

Bangui – The Central African Republic on Wednesday freed former rebel chief Jean-Jacques Demafouth and two other leading opposition figures after a three-month detention, Demafouth and his lawyer told AFP. “I have just left the SRI [a police office],” Demafouth … read more »

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Shot US politician’s condition improving

January 16, 2011 by benim

The medical condition of US congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords has been upgraded from critical to serious eight days after she was shot through the head by a gunman at close range. Doctors say they upgraded Ms Giffords’s condition because she is … read more »

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Egypt Islamists see mass protest at “rigged” vote

December 23, 2010 by benim

Egypt’s opposition Muslim Brotherhood says it will shift its political struggle to the streets after elections that were “rigged” to ensure the movement was ejected from parliament. Brotherhood leader Mohamed Badie said the group would use peaceful means of dissent … read more »

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Elizabeth Edwards dies at age 61

December 8, 2010 by benim

Elizabeth Edwards, a best-selling author and a driving force behind her husband John Edwards’s political career before it was destroyed by his infidelity, has died at age 61. Edwards died of cancer at her home in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, … read more »

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