NewsFeed Botswana’s President Mokgweetsi Masisi has conceded election defeat, bringing the ruling party’s 58-year hold on power to an end. Early results put the ruling BDP in fourth place, with the main opposition UDC in the lead. Published On 1 Nov 20241 Nov 2024 Check out our Latest News and…
Jennifer Lopez defended Puerto Ricans and women at Kamala Harris’ Las Vegas rally after comedian Tony Hinchcliffe’s racist jokes went viral. “He has consistently worked to divide us. At Madison Square Garden, he reminded us who he really is and how he really feels,” the pop songstress said of former…
President Mokgweetsi Masisi’s Botswana Democratic Party loses parliamentary majority in shock defeat. Botswana’s governing party has suffered a shock election defeat after nearly six decades in power, preliminary election results show. President Mokgweetsi Masisi’s Botswana Democratic Party (BDP) lost its grip on power on Friday after opposition parties won 31…
Rights activist Cidia Chissungo has spent the last few days poring over images she never thought she’d see in Mozambique: Young men with bloodied bodies pockmarked with bullet wounds; teenagers with eyes swollen shut from being hit with tear gas canisters by the Mozambican police. Chissungo, 28, who is documenting…
World’s richest man told to be present on Thursday morning but unclear if he will attend. Elon Musk has been ordered to appear in court to respond to a lawsuit over $1m payments made by the billionaire’s political campaign group to voters in the US election’s battleground states. Earlier this…
Venezuela’s Foreign Ministry has accused Brazilian officials of making ‘interventionist, rude statements’. Venezuela has pulled its ambassador from Brazil in a spat over Caracas’s failed recent bid to join the BRICS alliance of major developing nations. Venezuela’s Foreign Ministry announced the diplomatic punch on Wednesday, slamming Brazil’s officials for “blocking”…
State prosecutors say probe comes at request of electoral commission as they summon President Salome Zurabishvili who alleges Russian interference. State prosecutors in Georgia say they have launched an investigation into opposition allegations of “falsification” in recent parliamentary elections won by the governing Georgian Dream party. The prosecutor’s office said…
JD Vance slammed President Biden for calling Donald Trump supporters “garbage” — saying the commander and chief and his vice president, Kamala Harris, “ought to be ashamed of themselves.” Trump’s running mate snapped back soon after Biden made his shocking, widely condemned comment during a campaign call at the White House Tuesday….
Botswana Democratic Party remains a favourite despite slow economic growth caused by declining demand for diamonds. Botswana is voting in a general election in which President Mokgweetsi Masisi is seeking a second term and his ruling party hopes to extend its nearly six decades in power. Masisi, 63, is competing against…
In the midst of a punishing drought and a massive drop in diamond revenue, up to 1 million eligible voters in Botswana are heading to the polls in a tense general election on Wednesday. Africa’s longest-serving democracy is considered one of the continent’s most stable countries, having peacefully transitioned power…
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