Africa-Press - Uganda. Fresh turmoil has erupted within the National Unity Platform (NUP) as the party’s founders, led by Moses Kibalama, filed a new court petition challenging the legality of its current constitution and leadership structure.
The group claims they no longer recognize the...
Founders Reignite Wrangles in NUP Legal Challenge
NPP Grand Alliance Backs Barrow'S Third Term Effort
Africa-Press - Gambia. The ruling National People’s Party (NPP) Grand Alliance has reacted to Banjul South NAM Fatoumatta Touma Njai’s calls for President Barrow to not to seek a third mandate..
The outspoken NAM told West Coast radio recently that President Adama Barrow would not have...
Opposition APC MPs Suspend Parliament Participation
Africa-Press - Sierra-Leone. Parliamentary Leader of Opposition All People’s Congress (APC) has today announced its immediate suspension of participation in all parliamentary sittings and committee activities.
The decision stems from concerns regarding the Clerk of Parliament, Paran Umar...
Mama Kandeh Addresses Alliance Speculations with Conditions
Africa-Press - Gambia. Mama Kandeh, Party Leader and Secretary General of the Gambia Democratic Congress (GDC), has dismissed rumors suggesting he has formed a political alliance with President Adama Barrow’s National People’s Party (NPP). Speaking publicly on the matter, Kandeh clarified that...
Bobi Urges Youth to Lead, not Beg
Africa-Press - Uganda. National Unity Platform (NUP) president Robert Kyagulanyi has officially flagged off the party’s youth to contest in the forthcoming national youth council elections, encouraging them to seize leadership at all levels beginning June 19.
Addressing supporters in his home...
IPOB Responds to Gowon on Biafra Civil War Legacy
Africa-Press - Nigeria. The Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), on Monday, likened former Military Head of State, Yakubu Gowon’s legacy to that of German dictator Adolf Hitler who slaughtered six million Jews.
IPOB maintained that Gowon will never be known for unity but for unparalleled...
Government Addresses Taiwan Oil Reserve Project after Exposé
Africa-Press - Eswatini. Velaphi Mamba,the leader of the People’s United Democratic Movement(PUDEMO) provided well-researched analysis about the R5.2billion Strategic Oil Reserve last week.
Mamba’s research exposed how the project was inflated for alleged looting, as “Botswana is...
Mozambique's FRELIMO Strengthens Ties with Zanu-PF
Africa-Press - Zimbabwe. FRELIMO Secretary General Chakil Aboobacar, who assumed office in February this year, was in Harare on Saturday for an official engagement with Mozambican nationals and supporters of the Mozambican ruling party based in Zimbabwe.
The meeting, held at the ZANU-PF...
PDP Challenges Alia to Name Politicians Behind Killings
Africa-Press - Nigeria. The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has asked Benue State governor, Hyacinth Alia, to name the politicians he said are behind the killings in the state.
The Benue chapter of the PDP, in a statement on Saturday, accused the governor of engaging in a blame game over the...
DC Party Urges Community-Based Militias to Disarm
Africa-Press - South-Sudan. South Sudan opposition Democratic Change Party (CD), led by Onyoti Adigo Nyikuac, Minister of Livestock and Fisheries, on Friday appealed to community-based militias to lay down their weapons amid rising communal violence in the country.
While addressing journalists...
Bunyoro NRM Leaders Plot Opposition Sweep Ahead of 2026 Elections
Africa-Press - Uganda. The newly elected district leaders of the National Resistance Movement (NRM) in Bunyoro have vowed to eliminate opposition influence in the region ahead of the 2026 general elections, pledging to woo top opposition figures, galvanise youth support, and intensify the message...
NPP Gives Seven-Day Ultimatum to Kebba Madi Bojang
Africa-Press - Gambia. The National People’s Party (NPP) has formally written to its National Youth President, Kebba Madi Bojang, demanding an explanation for his recent absences from key party events and allegations linking him to the formation of a new political party.
Speaking on a...
Minority Caucus Demands Security for EC at Police HQ
Africa-Press - Ghana. Members of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) Minority Caucus in Parliament on Wednesday embarked on a peace march to the Ghana Police Service Headquarters, demanding that the Inspector General of Police (IGP) provides maximum security to the Electoral Commission.
That, they...
Scholars Sound Alarm on Political Drift and Fractured Opposition
Africa-Press - Uganda. Two prominent Ugandan scholars, Prof Rogers Barigayonwe and Yusuf Serunkuma, have offered a frank critique of the country's political and socio-economic condition, warning of a leadership vacuum, escalating campaign costs, deteriorating public services, and a fractured...
Podemos has transparency, though “some might not have it”
Africa-Press - Mozambique. Distrust holds sway in the Optimistic People for the Development of Mozambique (Podemos). Alberto Ferreira, candidate for secretary general of the second largest opposition party in Mozambique, has filed an injunction in court to prevent the holding of the second round of...
MPLA Vice-President Defends Africa "Made by Africans" and more Self-Sufficient
Africa-Press - Angola. MPLA vice-president Mara Quiosa defended a more prosperous Africa, "made by Africans", and less dependent "on other continents", stating that Angola is on that path.
" We want an Africa that is increasingly prosperous, an Africa that is increasingly involved and,...
Darboe Asks Udpians to Unite
Africa-Press - Gambia. The leader of the opposition United Democratic Party Ousainu Darboe has called on his party members to uphold unity and discipline, cautioning against actions that could damage the party’s cohesion ahead of the 2026 elections.
Speaking to visiting supporters at his...
Darboe Calls for Unity within UDP, Asserts Confidence in 2026 Victory
Africa-Press - Gambia. Lawyer Ousainou Darboe, Secretary General and Party Leader of the United Democratic Party (UDP), has called on party members to uphold unity and discipline, cautioning against actions that could damage the party’s cohesion ahead of the 2026 general elections.
Speaking to...
UDC Blocks Direct Members’ Conference
Africa-Press - Botswana. The UDC has proscribed a conference of its direct members on grounds of no constitutional context for such a gathering and assured the organisers that their concerns will be tabled at the next meeting of the coalition’s National Executive Committee later this...
Amuriat Accuses NUP of Misleading Teso War Claimants
Africa-Press - Uganda. Forum for Democratic Change (FDC) president Patrick Oboi Amuriat has launched a blistering attack on the National Unity Platform (NUP), accusing Uganda’s main opposition party of manipulating elderly war claimants in Teso for political mileage.
Amuriat, who hails from...