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Feb

2024

Guinea junta temporarily dissolves government, presidency says

GUINEA'S self-appointed military leaders have dissolved the government and will appoint a new one, the presidency's secretary general said in a filmed statement. The West African country has been under military rule since a junta seized power in a September 2021 coup. The region's main economic and political bloc, ECOWAS, has been pressuring the junta, one of several in West Africa, to hold elections within an acceptable delay and restore civilian rule. Both parties agreed on a 24-month transition timeline in October 2022. The presidency's secretary general, Amara Camara, unexpectedly announced on Monday that the government had been dissolved. Without providing a…

Mar

2023

By The African Mirror

Museveni’s son wants to be president

NEWS

THE son of Uganda's ageing leader, Yoweri Museveni, has said he intends to stand for the presidency in 2026, the first time the outspoken general has given a timeline for replacing his father, who has ruled the east African country for 37 years. Uganda's opposition has long accused Museveni of seeking to impose a monarchy on Uganda and claimed he was grooming his son Muhoozi Kainerugaba to take over from him. Museveni has denied such accusations. Currently, a special presidential advisor for special operations, the 48-year-old general is known for firing off controversial tweets that have earned him reprimands from…

Jan

2021

By The African Mirror

Philippines’ Duterte says presidency no job for a woman

WORLD

KAREN LEMA PHILIPPINE leader Rodrigo Duterte has declared that the presidency was no job for a woman because of their emotional differences to men, and dismissed speculation that his daughter would succeed him next year. "My daughter is not running. I have told Inday not to run because I pity (her) knowing she will have to go through what I am going through," Duterte said at the launch of a highway project, referring to his daughter Sara by her nickname. "This is not for women. You know, the emotional set-up of a woman and a man is totally different. You…