Tag Archives: OPPOSITION

    He was selected as running mate due to his background as an economist and eventually became Vice President and Chairman of the Economic Management Team- a position he has held for almost seven (7) years. Ghanaians were told that he was the economic wizkid and messiah who was …

A lead convenor of the #FixtheCountry# Movement, Osagyefo Oliver Barker-Vormawor, has slammed the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) over their handling of the planned demonstration against the Governor of the Bank of Ghana and his two deputies, #OccupyBoG# demo. In a post shared on X (formally known as Twitter), on Saturday, September 9, …

Zimbabwe’s President Emmerson Mnangagwa has won a second and final term in office in an outcome rejected by the opposition and questioned by observers. Mnangagwa, who took over from longtime leader Robert Mugabe after a 2017 army coup, was widely expected to secure re-election despite the country’s continuing economic crisis, …

George Afriyie, a former Vice President of the Ghana Football Association (GFA) has surmised that there is a semblance of ruling party and opposition in the running of football. “That is how I see it…,” he responded when asked by the host of a sports programme on Kumasi-based Sompa TV. …

A court in Senegal has handed down a two-month suspended prison sentence to leading opposition politician Ousmane Sonko for libel, his lawyers said. The court in the capital, Dakar found him guilty on Thursday of defaming Tourism Minister Mame Mbaye Niang, whom he accused of embezzlement. The sentence will not …

Kenyan opposition leader Raila Odinga says protests against President William Ruto’s government over the high cost of living would go ahead as scheduled despite a police ban. In a Twitter post, Odinga called for protests on Monday and Thursday, hours after accusing Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua of “coordinating a campaign …

 Three opposition parties are calling on the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to cancel the just-ended elections and rerun them due to widespread irregularities in the elections. The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), the Labour Party, and the African Democratic Congress (ADC) made the announcement at a press conference in the …

Tanzania’s opposition leader and former presidential candidate Tundu Lissu has said he will return home this month from exile in Europe to “write a new chapter” after the government’s decision to lift a ban on political rallies. President Samia Suluhu Hassan lifted the six-and-a-half-year ban on political rallies last week, …

A Zimbabwean court on Tuesday released on bail 14 opposition activists arrested after clashes with ruling party members at a funeral for an opposition supporter whose mutilated body was found in a well. The members of the main opposition Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) were arrested along with leading lawmakers …

John Dramani Mahama of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) wants back in on the presidency that was “unexpectedly snatched” from his hands in 2016. As a sitting president at the time, having lost such a crucial election, which on many scores, could have earned him many plaudits, such as the one about being …