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The Rt. Hon Dr. Ruhakana Rugunda is the Prime Minister of the Republic of Uganda. He has been Prime Minister of Uganda since 2014. ...

No, Nigeria is not more secure under the ruling APC. Nigeria Security Tracker (NST) data shows an increase in killings in Nigeria. Between 20 October to 20 November 2020, some 620 people were killed in 34 states of the federation, including the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), from various forms of ...

Yes, it would require two-thirds of the votes in Parliament and a popular majority through a referendum. But such a constitutional amendment cannot benefit a sitting president.More: No, Mnangagwa cannot legally extend his tenure beyond two terms...

Opoku-Agyemang’s party, the NDC, has since 1992 been considered one of the two leading political parties in Ghana. Prior to the announcement of her candidacy, the party has had only male running mates for the presidential elections.While there have been a number of female running mates for other p...

In 1953, Professor ZK Matthews, then leader of the ANC in the Cape, proposed that a Congress of the People be convened to draw up a Freedom Charter. The Freedom Charter was adopted in 1955 by the Congress of the People – a gathering of more than 2,800 delegates, representing numerous organisati...

Before anyone is announced as a governor, he/she must have gained at least a quarter of the votes cast in at least two-thirds of the available local government areas (LGAs) in the state. For example, if there are 30 local governments in a state, the candidate must have won 25% of legal votes cast in...

During South Africa's national election in 2019, the country had a registered voting population of 26,756,649. In 2014, it was 25,388,082. More: South Africa’s 2019 election in numbers ...

A total of 19.6 million voters were registered in 2017....