Tag Archives: Opposition (parliamentary)
Former presidential candidate of the Congress for Progressive Change (CPC), retired General Muhammadu Buhari has stated that the merger of opposition parties is the only way to defeat People’s Democratic Party (PDP). Addressing elected representatives and other members of the … read more »
(Reuters) – Opposition supporters held protests across Guinea on Monday to demand a free and fair parliamentary election, fearing the first such vote in more than a decade will be cheapened by fraud. The May 12 election is intended to … read more »
Banjul – Gambia wrapped up campaigning ahead of legislative polls on Thursday, with six opposition parties maintaining a boycott after accusing the ruling party of loading the dice. The election will not take place in 25 of 48 constituencies where … read more »
Posted in Daily News Wrap, Gambia, News, West Africa
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Tagged africa african news, Gabon, Hamat Bah, Independent Electoral Commission, indepthafrica africa news, National Alliance for Democracy and Development, Opposition (parliamentary), ruling party, United Democratic Party, Yahya Jammeh
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Kinshasa – Democratic Republic of Congo’s leading opposition party ordered its newly elected members of parliament on Saturday to boycott the national assembly following a controversial vote marred by irregularities and violence. The decision by the UDPS risks leaving the … read more »
Posted in Central Africa, Daily News Wrap, DR Congo, News
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Tagged Catholic Church, Congo, Democratic Republic of Congo, Étienne Tshisekedi, Indepth Africa, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Joseph Kabila, Kabila, Kinshasa, Opposition (parliamentary)
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Libreville – Gabon authorities have slapped a temporary ban on two opposition media outlets after they covered an address to the nation by opposition leader Andre Mba Obame, who declared himself president last year. The National Communication Council has withdrawn … read more »
Posted in Gabon, News, West Africa
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Tagged Ali Bongo, Ali Bongo Ondimba, André Mba Obame, Gabon, Gabonese Democratic Party, Indepth Africa, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, List of heads of state of Gabon, National Union, Opposition (parliamentary)
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Libreville – Gabon’s Constitutional Court has received 45 demands from both the opposition and the ruling party for the annulment of results of December 17 elections, court officials said on Monday. “In all, 45 challenges were filed. There can be … read more »
Posted in Election, Gabon, News, Politics, West Africa
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Tagged Ali Bongo Ondimba, Gabon, Gabonese Democratic Party, Indepth Africa, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, National Assembly, Opposition (parliamentary), Paul Mba Abessole, Union of the Gabonese People, UPG
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December 29, 2011 by benim
A high-profile opponent of Senegal’s president and ruling party, who is also a mayor of a suburb in the capital Dakar, was detained on Wednesday on suspicion of involvement in a fatal town hall shooting, his lawyer said. The arrest … read more »
Posted in News, North Africa, Senegal, West Africa
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Tagged Abdoulaye Wade, Dakar, Idrissa Seck, Indepth Africa, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Opposition (parliamentary), Senegal, Senegalese Democratic Party, Wade, West Africa
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Libreville – One of Gabon’s main opposition parties said on Tuesday that several of its candidates in the December 17 legislative election were challenging the results in court over “massive fraud”. The Union of the Gabonese People said 10 out … read more »
Posted in Election, Gabon, News, Politics, West Africa
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Tagged Ali Bongo Ondimba, December 17, Gabon, Gabonese Democratic Party, Indepth Africa, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Libreville, Opposition (parliamentary), Tuesday
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Gabon President Ali Bongo’s ruling coalition took 95 percent of seats in a parliamentary election, strengthening his hand in the central African oil-producing nation but sparking opposition accusations of fraud. Bongo’s ruling PDG party took 113 of the parliament’s 120 … read more »
Posted in Election, Gabon, News, Politics, West Africa
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Tagged African Union, Ali Bongo, Ali Bongo Ondimba, Bongo, Coalition government, Eurobond, Gabon, Indepth Africa, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Opposition (parliamentary)
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Libreville – President Ali Bongo’s party scored a landslide victory in Gabon’s parliamentary elections but turnout was low given an opposition boycott, it was announced on Wednesday. Bongo’s Gabonese Democratic Party (PDG) secured 114 out of parliament’s 120 seats, its … read more »
Posted in Election, Gabon, News, Politics, West Africa
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Tagged 2012 Africa Cup of Nations, Ali Bongo, Ali Bongo Ondimba, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Gabonese Democratic Party, Indepth Africa, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Jules Aristide Bourdes Ogouliguende, Opposition (parliamentary)
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Kinshasa – Tensions rose in the Democratic Republic of Congo on Monday, a day after the country’s opposition leader again called himself president despite losing in last month’s troubled polls. Police and army personnel, some in tanks, were stationed around … read more »
Posted in Central Africa, DR Congo, News
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Tagged Democratic Republic of Congo, Étienne Tshisekedi, Indepth Africa, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Joseph Kabila, Kabila, Kinshasa, Opposition (parliamentary), Tshisekedi, Union for Democracy and Social Progress
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Opposition parties boycotted a parliamentary election in Gabon on Saturday that was expected to strengthen the hand of President Ali Bongo’s ruling Gabonese Democratic Party (PDG). The PDG currently holds a comfortable majority in the 120- seat assembly of the … read more »
Posted in Election, Gabon, News, West Africa
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Tagged Ali Bongo Ondimba, Equatorial Guinea, Eurobond, Gabon, Indepth Africa, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, London, Opposition (parliamentary), Standard Bank, Zacharie Myboto
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The African Union has urged politicians in the Democratic Republic of Congo to show restraint after the main opposition parties rejected partial election results that showed President Joseph Kabila in the lead. With fears growing that the publication of preliminary … read more »
October 28, 2011 by benim
South Africa’s main opposition party elected a black woman as its number two on Thursday, challenging the perception it is an all-white party that will never attract significant support away from the ruling ANC. Lindiwe Mazibuko, 31, the Democratic Alliance’s … read more »
Posted in News, Politics, South Africa, Southern Africa
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Tagged African National Congress, Athol Trollip, Democratic Alliance, Helen Zille, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, IndepthAfricaMagazine, IndepthMultimedia, IndepthNigeria, IndepthSouthAfrica, Lindiwe Mazibuko, Nigeria, Nigeria news, Nigeria online, North Africa, Opposition (parliamentary), Pan African News, South Africa, Southern Africa, West Africa, western cape
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October 25, 2011 by benim
Kampala – Uganda will keep opposition leader Kizza Besigye under house arrest until he promises to stop participating in anti-government protests that have marred the nation’s image, national police said on Tuesday. A senior official in his party rejected the … read more »
Posted in East Africa, News, Uganda
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Tagged Besigye, IndepthAfrica, IndepthGhana, IndepthMultimedia, IndepthNigeria, IndepthSouthAfrica, IndepthWorld, Kampala, KASANGATI, Kizza Besigye, Nigeria, Nigeria news, Nigeria online, North Africa, Opposition (parliamentary), Pan African News, Southern Africa, Uganda, West Africa, Yoweri Museveni
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October 23, 2011 by benim
Yaounde – Cameroon’s main opposition party charged Sunday that “dead people” voted in October 9 elections that returned long serving president Paul Biya to office for a sixth time. “The Supreme Court has ratified dead people’s votes,” the Social Democratic … read more »
Posted in Cameroon, Central Africa, Election, News
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Tagged Cameroon, IndepthAfrica, IndepthGhana, IndepthMultimedia, IndepthNigeria, IndepthSouthAfrica, IndepthWorld, John Fru Ndi, Nigeria, Nigeria news, Nigeria online, North Africa, Opposition (parliamentary), Pan African News, Paul Biya, Social Democratic Front, Southern Africa, Sunday, Supreme Court, United States, West Africa
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October 18, 2011 by benim
Ugandan opposition leader Kizza Besigye was arrested on Tuesday as he took part in a “walk-to-work” protest against surging consumer prices and wasteful government spending just outside the capital Kampala, his party said. “He has been arrested. He is being … read more »
Posted in East Africa, News, Uganda
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Tagged Forum for Democratic Change, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, IndepthGhana, IndepthMultimedia, IndepthNigeria, IndepthSouthAfrica, IndepthWorld, Kampala, KASANGATI, Kizza Besigye, Nigeria, Nigeria news, Nigeria online, North Africa, Opposition (parliamentary), Pan African News, Reuters, Southern Africa, Uganda, West Africa
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October 16, 2011 by benim
Monrovia – Opposition parties in Liberia on Saturday said they were pulling out of the elections, claiming fraud, as vote-counting put incumbent President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf in the lead. “We are pulling out of the process because it is not … read more »
Posted in Election, Liberia, News, West Africa
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Tagged Congress for Democratic Change, Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf, IndepthAfrica, IndepthGhana, IndepthMultimedia, IndepthNigeria, IndepthSouthAfrica, IndepthWorld, Liberia, Luis Moreno-Ocampo, Nigeria, Nigeria news, Nigeria online, North Africa, Opposition (parliamentary), Pan African News, Prince Johnson, Southern Africa, United Nations, West Africa, Winston Tubman
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October 12, 2011 by benim
Blantyre – Malawi’s President Bingu wa Mutharika has turned to the courts in his deepening feud with his deputy, his lawyer said on Wednesday, in a move aimed at finding a way to push her from office. Mutharika sacked his … read more »
Posted in East Africa, Malawi, News
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Tagged Bingu wa Mutharika, Democratic Progressive Party, IndepthAfrica, IndepthGhana, IndepthMultimedia, IndepthNigeria, IndepthSouthAfrica, IndepthWorld, Joyce Banda, List of heads of state of Malawi, Malawi, Mutharika, Nigeria, Nigeria news, Nigeria online, North Africa, Opposition (parliamentary), Pan African News, People's Party, Southern Africa, West Africa
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October 11, 2011 by benim
Johannesburg – Human Settlements Minister Tokyo Sexwale has appealed for mercy for ANC Youth League leader Julius Malema, according to a report on Tuesday. “When you are young you go wrong – we fix you and you go wrong again … read more »
Posted in News, South Africa, Southern Africa
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Tagged African National Congress, African National Congress Youth League, Botswana, Daily Dispatch, Eastern Cape, IndepthAfrica, IndepthGhana, IndepthMultimedia, IndepthNigeria, IndepthSouthAfrica, IndepthWorld, Julius Malema, Malema, Nigeria, Nigeria news, Nigeria online, North Africa, Opposition (parliamentary), Pan African News, Southern Africa, West Africa
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Harare – Zimbabwe’s president says he wants elections next year, but can’t make that happen. In a speech on Thursday, President Robert Mugabe said he was “not in control of the mechanism” for elections. Regional mediators say elections can’t be … read more »
Johannesburg – Lawyers of ANC Youth League president Julius Malema will ask for the postponement of his disciplinary hearing on Thursday morning. “We will ask for the postponement at 09:00. I am going to the venue of the hearing now,” … read more »
Posted in News, South Africa, Southern Africa
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Tagged African National Congress, African National Congress Youth League, Beeld, Botswana, IndepthAfrica, IndepthGhana, IndepthMultimedia, IndepthNigeria, IndepthSouthAfrica, IndepthWorld, Julius Malema, Nigeria, Nigeria news, Nigeria online, North Africa, Opposition (parliamentary), Pan African News, Polokwane, Southern Africa, University of Limpopo, West Africa
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Banjul – Gambian opposition parties on Wednesday accused the election commission of compromising November presidential polls by refusing to lengthen a “grossly inadequate” 11-day election campaign. Electoral commission chair Alhaji Mustapha Carayol said at a press conference on Tuesday night … read more »
Posted in Gambia, News, West Africa
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Tagged Gambia, Hamat Bah, IndepthAfrica, IndepthGhana, IndepthMultimedia, IndepthNigeria, IndepthSouthAfrica, IndepthWorld, National Reconciliation Party, Nigeria, Nigeria news, Nigeria online, North Africa, Opposition (parliamentary), Ousainou Darboe, Pan African News, Senegal, Southern Africa, United Democratic Party, West Africa, Yahya Jammeh
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Banjul – The head of Gambia’s Independent Electoral Commission said on Tuesday that parliamentary elections will take place on March 29 next year. “I wish to announce that National Assembly Elections will be held on the 29th March 2012. This … read more »
Posted in Election, Gambia, News, West Africa
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Tagged Election, Electoral Commission (United Kingdom), Gambia, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, IndepthGhana, IndepthMultimedia, IndepthNigeria, IndepthSouthAfrica, IndepthWorld, Mustapha Carayol, Nigeria, Nigeria news, Nigeria online, North Africa, Opposition (parliamentary), Pan African News, Southern Africa, Tuesday, West Africa, Yahya Jammeh
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Victoria – The ruling People’s Party of Seychelles secured a landslide parliamentary election victory on Sunday, official results showed, in a poll boycotted by the main opposition group. The main opposition Seychelles National Party (SNP) said almost a third of … read more »
Posted in East Africa, News, Seychelles
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Tagged IndepthAfrica, IndepthGhana, IndepthMultimedia, IndepthNigeria, IndepthSouthAfrica, IndepthWorld, James Michel, Nigeria, Nigeria news, Nigeria online, North Africa, Opposition (parliamentary), Pan African News, ruling party, Scottish National Party, Seychelles, Seychelles National Party, SNP, Southern Africa, West Africa
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September 30, 2011 by benim
Lome – Togo’s ruling and opposition parties resumed dialogue on institutional and constitutional reforms in Lome on Thursday, though with a major opposition group missing. The talks had broken down shortly before a hotly contested presidential election in March 2010. … read more »
Posted in News, Politics, Togo, West Africa
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Tagged Faure Gnassingbé, France, Gnassingbé Eyadéma, IndepthAfrica, IndepthGhana, IndepthMultimedia, IndepthNigeria, IndepthSouthAfrica, IndepthWorld, Nigeria, Nigeria news, Nigeria online, North Africa, Opposition (parliamentary), Pan African News, Southern Africa, Togo, Truth and reconciliation commission, West Africa
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September 29, 2011 by benim
Lusaka – Zambia’s new president is making gestures to unify his nation, reaching out to the west and east. Speaking to reporters on Thursday, Michael Sata said he was appointing investigators to look into violence in western Zambia earlier this … read more »
Posted in News, Southern Africa, Zambia
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Tagged IndepthAfrica, IndepthGhana, IndepthMultimedia, IndepthNigeria, IndepthSouthAfrica, IndepthWorld, Kaunda, Kenneth Kaunda, List of Presidents of Zambia, Michael Sata, Nigeria, Nigeria news, Nigeria online, North Africa, Opposition (parliamentary), Pan African News, Rupiah Banda, Southern Africa, Thursday, West Africa, Zambia
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September 27, 2011 by benim
Yaounde – The main opposition party in Cameroon, the Social Democratic Front (SDF), on Tuesday denounced what it presented as irregularities in the organisation of a presidential poll due on October 9. “There is a whole mountain of irregularities,” Evariste … read more »
Posted in Cameroon, News
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Tagged Cameroon, Elecam, IndepthAfrica, IndepthGhana, IndepthMultimedia, IndepthNigeria, IndepthSouthAfrica, IndepthWorld, John Fru Ndi, Nigeria, Nigeria news, Nigeria online, North Africa, Opposition (parliamentary), Pan African News, Paul Biya, SDF, Social Democratic Front, Southern Africa, West Africa, Yaoundé
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September 19, 2011 by benim
Dakar – Senegalese President Abdoulaye Wade’s former chief of staff announced on Monday she will challenge her ex-boss in February 2012 presidential elections. “You want me to herald a revolution in Senegal’s political history by realising the principle of parity … read more »
Posted in Election, News, Politics, Senegal, West Africa
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Tagged Abdoulaye Wade, Dakar, Indepth Africa Magazine, Opposition (parliamentary), Senegal, Term limit, West Africa
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September 5, 2011 by benim
Opposition leader Etienne Tshisekedi has formally entered the November presidential election for the Democratic Republic of Congo. Head of the Union for Democracy and Social Progress, Tshisekedi was accompanied by at least 1,000 supporters Monday when he filed his papers … read more »
Posted in Central Africa, DR Congo, Election, News
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Tagged Democratic Republic of Congo, Étienne Tshisekedi, Hague, IndepthAfrica, IndepthGhana, IndepthMultimedia, IndepthNigeria, IndepthSouthAfrica, IndepthWorld, International Criminal Court, Joseph Kabila, Kinshasa, Nigeria, Nigeria news, Nigeria online, North Africa, Opposition (parliamentary), Pan African News, Southern Africa, Union for Democracy and Social Progress, West Africa
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