Ghana: Parliament passes controversial tax on mobile payments
After several months of heated debates and protests from the opposition, the Ghanaian Parliament has just passed a measure to introduce a 1.5% tax on […]
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Somalia: New deadline for Parliamentary elections
Somalia’s electoral authorities have extended the deadline for completing parliamentary elections to March 31, giving yet another delay in the process that should lead to […]
Somalia: Incomplete Parliamentary elections by deadline
Somalia failed to complete elections for the lower house of Parliament by Tuesday’s deadline, marking yet another delay in the electoral process that should lead […]
Burkina: Political parties ready to accompany the junta
In Burkina Faso, the head of the junta met yesterday with political party leaders. The new strong man of the country explained to them the […]
Uganda: Parliamentarians deny funds to the army for the DRC mission
On Tuesday, the parliamentary budget committee blocked a request for military funding. The money was for the Ugandan army’s military operation in eastern Congo called […]
South African Parliament fire: main suspect charged with “terrorism
The 49-year-old homeless man was arrested on the day of the fire inside the parliament building. He appeared for the second time in a Cape […]
Tanzania: Speaker of Parliament resigns
The Speaker of Tanzania’s parliament resigned on Thursday, the latest example of the divisions within the East African country’s powerful ruling party, the Chama Cha […]
Fire in South Africa’s Parliament: several leads investigated, suspect arrested
South Africa begins 2022 without a parliament. A fire destroyed the parliamentary complex in downtown Cape Town on Sunday, January 2. The buildings are classified […]
Buhari rejects bill imposing direct party primaries
Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari has rejected a bill to amend the electoral Code, saying its enactment would cause unrest among political parties. The president’s decision […]
Burundi: The Truth and Reconciliation Commission admits a genocide of Hutus in 1972 and 1973
The Truth and Reconciliation Commission, which presented its progress report to the Burundian parliament in congress on Monday, December 20, described one of the worst […]