ANC Veteran Disappointed Over State Capture Leaders on Party List - South African News Briefs - May 1, 2024
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Bobi Wine Pushed for Sanctions Against Speaker Among - UK Lawmaker
Nile Post
Alex Sobel, the Labour MP for Leeds North West, has revealed that Robert Kyagulanyi, also known as Bobi Wine and the leader of the National Unity Platform (NUP), lobbied for… Read more »
President Ruto Urges Striking Doctors to End Paralysis, Citing Financial Constraints
Capital FM
President William Ruto has called on striking doctors to end their industrial action, citing financial constraints that hinder the resolution of the remaining two out of 19 issues… Read more »
Time Running Out for Africa's Input On the Summit of the Future [analysis]
ISS
Africa can't afford to continue being absent from the UN's pivotal shake-up of global governance. Read more »
'No Electricity, No Vote', Shout Angry Limpopo Villagers
GroundUp
Promise Maremeni is a dressmaker. But she is losing business because she has to use a manual sewing machine instead of an electric one, because her village has been without… Read more »
Jobs Are There but People Lack Vision - Museveni
Nile Post
President Museveni has revealed that the current problem in Uganda is not jobs but rather attitude and a lack of vision among citizens who don't listen to the National Resistance… Read more »
Top U.S. Congressmen Petition House Speaker for an Address By President Ruto
Capital FM
Two high-ranking members of the US Congress have written to House Speaker Mike Johnson to have President William Ruto address a joint session during his impending visit to the… Read more »
Boakai's 100 Days As President of Liberia and the Challenges Thereafter [editorial]
FrontPageAfrica
JOSEPH BOAKAI marked his first 100 days in office Wednesday, May 1, 2024 as Liberia's 26th president under a cloud of uncertainty, apprehension, and gloom. Read more »
Senate Concurs With House On U.S.$738.8m National Budget
Liberian Observer
The Senate has unanimously concurred with the House of Representatives on the passage of the US$738,859,827, 2024 National Budget. The passage of the fiscal instrument sees the… Read more »
Former Rwandan Opposition Leader Asks Court to Allow Her Run in Elections
RFI
Rwanda's historic opposition leader, Victoire Ingabire Umuhoza, has filed a case before the East African Court of Justice (EACJ) seeking a re-establishment of her civic rights,… Read more »
Dampare - the Chartered Accountant At the Helm of Ghana's Police Force
Accra Time
Dr. George Akuffo Dampare, a chartered accountant at the helm of the Ghana Police Force, has revolutionized it with pragmatic innovations. His leadership is crucial for ensuring… Read more »
Chamisa Close Ally Walks Out of Worker's Day Commemorations After ZCTU Leader Uses Zanu-PF Mantra
New Zimbabwe
Opposition leader Nelson Chamisa's close ally Ostallos Siziba on Tuesday walked out on the Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions (ZCTU) president, Florence Taruvinga's Workers Day… Read more »
We Need to Reshape Fiscal Policy to Cultivate a Savings Culture in SA [press release]
DA
Kenya and Chile have successfully made the commendable, and replicable, transition to high-savings economies. Our government once understood the wisdom of responsible fiscal… Read more »
Opposition Parties Slam Boakai Over Tenured Officials' Suspension
Liberian Observer
The opposition Alternative National Congress (ANC) of Alexander B. Cummings and the Movement for Progressive Change (MPC) of businessman Simeon Freeman, have collectively slammed… Read more »
Nigerian Govt Approves Salary Increase for Some Civil Servants
Premium Times
The talks between the government and labour unions, NLC and TUC, for a substantial increase in the salaries of government workers are still ongoing. Read more »