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Jul
12
2023
By OMOLOLU FAGBADEBO
Four priorities for Nigeria’s newly elected national assembly

Four priorities for Nigeria’s newly elected national assembly

THOUGHT LEADERSHIP
NIGERIA’S National Assembly – the 10th since independence – was inaugurated on 13 June 2023. It has two arms: the Senate and the House of Representatives. The 109 senators and 360 representatives were elected on 25 February 2023. Godswill Akpabio was elected Senate president and Tajudeen Abass House of Representatives speaker. Its primary responsibility is lawmaking for the effective administration of the state. In Nigeria, the power of the National Assembly’s two houses to legislate is enshrined in section 4 of the 1999 constitution. The constitution also enables the National Assembly to scrutinise and monitor executive activities. Sections 88 and…
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Dec
20
2022
By The African Mirror
U.S. Capitol riot probe prepares to ask prosecutors to charge Trump

U.S. Capitol riot probe prepares to ask prosecutors to charge Trump

WORLD
PATRICIA ZENGERLE THE House of Representatives committee probing the January 6, 2021, assault on the U.S. Capitol by Donald Trump supporters will vote to decide whether to ask federal prosecutors to bring multiple criminal charges against the former president. The Democratic-led panel has spent 18 months probing the unprecedented attempt to prevent the peaceful transfer of power by thousands of Trump backers, inspired by the Republican's false claims that his 2020 election loss to Democratic President Joe Biden was the result of widespread fraud. Criminal referrals to the Justice Department could be on charges including obstruction of an official proceeding…
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Nov
18
2022
By The African Mirror
US midterm elections deserve Africa’s attention – but not for reasons of foreign policy

US midterm elections deserve Africa’s attention – but not for reasons of foreign policy

SPECIAL FEATURES: ANALYSIS
AFRICANS normally pay little attention to American elections when the presidency is not at stake. But the midterm polls – such as the 8 November 2022 one – deserve Africa’s attention. During midterms, US voters elect 435 members of the House of Representatives for a two-year term and one-third of the senators, the 100-member upper house, who serve for six years. The two houses are collectively known as the US Congress. Some governors, and other officials, including those responsible for elections of the 50 states, also seek a mandate during this period. Author JOHN J STREMLAU, Honorary Professor of International…
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Jul
01
2022
By The African Mirror
Libya talks in Geneva end without breakthrough

Libya talks in Geneva end without breakthrough

NEWS
LIBYAN legislative leaders quit talks in Geneva on a constitution and elections without reaching a deal, pausing diplomacy to resolve a standoff that has imperilled a two-year peace process. The talks between the House of Representatives and High State Council legislative bodies were aimed at agreeing on a constitutional basis and interim arrangements for elections that were originally scheduled for December 2021. Many Libyans fear that a failure to set a path to elections and resolve an existing dispute about control of an interim government will thrust the country back towards territorial division or conflict. Since the planned December election…
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Jul
28
2021
By The African Mirror
U.S. panel hears of ‘medieval’ Capitol violence by pro-Trump rioters

U.S. panel hears of ‘medieval’ Capitol violence by pro-Trump rioters

WORLD
A congressional committee has held its first hearing investigating the January 6 U.S. Capitol attack, with testimony by four police officers who struggled against a mob of then-President Donald Trump's supporters engaging in "medieval" violence and warnings from lawmakers against whitewashing the riot. At the Democratic-led House of Representatives investigatory committee's first hearing, the officer, Aquilino Gonell, described being pummeled by rioters fired up by Trump's false claims that the election was stolen from him through widespread voting fraud. "What we were subjected to that day was like something from a medieval battlefield. We fought hand-to-hand and inch-by-inch to prevent…
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Apr
21
2021
By The African Mirror
Libyan parliament rejects budget plan

Libyan parliament rejects budget plan

NEWS
LIBYA’S eastern-based House of Representatives (HoR) yesterday rejected the budget plan proposed by the country's new unity government, giving it 10 days to submit a leaner, revised version, members of the body said. The move underscores the difficulties facing new interim Prime Minister Abdulhamid Dbeibeh, whose success will partly rest on using the country's oil wealth to improve state services. "It's a marker to show that Dbeibeh is no longer the only real centre of gravity," said Tarek Megerisi of the European Council on Foreign Relations, adding that the HoR head Aguila Saleh was showing he could also exert influence.…
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Jan
14
2021
By The African Mirror
TRUMP IMPEACHED FOR A HISTORIC SECOND TIME

TRUMP IMPEACHED FOR A HISTORIC SECOND TIME

WORLD
THE House of Representatives has voted to make Donald Trump the first U.S. president ever to be impeached twice, formally charging him in his waning days in power with inciting an insurrection just a week after a violent mob of his supporters stormed the Capitol. The vote in the Democratic-controlled House was 232-197 following a deadly assault on American democracy, with 10 Republicans joining the Democrats in backing impeachment. But it appeared unlikely that the extraordinarily swift impeachment would lead to Trump's ouster before the Republican president's four-year term ends and Democratic President-elect Joe Biden is inaugurated on Jan. 20.…
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