At just 34 years old, Mamdani is New York's youngest mayor in over a century, as well as its first Muslim and South Asian leader. Ugandan born and raised artist-turned politician, Zohran Mamdani has completed a tumultuous but ultimately successful run to be
A Tanzanian riot police officer walks past a vandalised campaign poster of President Samia Suluhu Hassan, following a protest a day after a general election marred by violent demonstrations over the exclusion of two leading opposition candidates at the Namanga One-Post Border crossing point betwe
Some 700 people have been killed in three days of election protests in Tanzania, the main opposition party said Friday, with protesters still on the streets in the midst of an internet blackout.“As we speak the figure for deaths in Dar (es Salaam) is around 350 and for Mwanza
Washington and Seoul brokered a historic $950 billion deal, bringing the two nations closer in both trade and military alliance. South Korea will pay $350 billion upfront to lower tariffs implemented by the USA. Hundreds of billions will flow between the nations as trade once again acts as the gr
Tanzanian police on Wednesday announced the imposition of a curfew in the port city of Dar es Salaam following protests that resulted in the destruction of property on the general election day.“After 6 p.m., nobody will be allowed to be seen on the streets of Dar es Salaam exc
Inhabitants of Douala have been protesting for a second day, following the announcement that president Paul Biya was re-elected for an eighth term. Armed forces have been deployed to several districts of the city.Barricades, fires, live bullets: in Douala, as in many other citie
Cameroon was a nation in flames on Monday as citizens across all regions took to the streets following the Constitutional Council’s declaration of Paul Biya as winner of the 2025 presidential election.Image shows nationwide unrest on October 27, 2025, following the Constitutio
Madagascar’s former president Andry Rajoelina has been stripped of his nationality after fleeing the country earlier this month amid widespread youth-led protests.The news came as his former advisor, businessman Maminiaina Ravatomanga was arrested in Mauritius, on suspicion la
Balam Barugahara, the state minister for gender, labour, and social development in charge of children and youth affairs while speaking during a multiparty youth dialogue organized by Netherlands Institute for Multiparty Democray (NIMD) at Masindi Kolping hotel in Masindi municipality on Thursday
KAMPALA — The National Resistance Movement (NRM) Election Disputes Tribunal has nullified the declaration of Collins Tanga as Chairperson of the NRM Youth League and ordered a fresh election.In its ruling, the Tribunal cited irregularities that “subst
