Tag Archives: OPPOSITION

A group identifying itself as the NPP Grassroots has expressed worry over the preponderance of posters, videos and other communication materials of Vice-President, Dr Mahamudu Bawumia, championing his presidential ambition. In a press release, the group said it is puzzled as to why the Vice-President’s team were deliberately flouting the party’s …

The opposition leader in Senegal, Ousmane Sonko, whose arrest has sparked nationwide violent protest was released on Monday, March 8, 2021, but under judicial supervision according to his lawyers. Sonko was arrested and charged with rape which he denies and describes as politically motivated. He appeared in court on Monday, …

Niger’s former president and now opposition leader, Mahamane Ousmane has called on the release of political prisoners and a stop to frequent harassment and threats to activists. Official figures in Niger indicate that over seven hundred have been arrested since the beginning of election unrest Tuesday after Mohamed Bazoum was …

Russian opposition figure Alexei Navalny is unconscious in hospital suffering from suspected poisoning, his spokeswoman has said. The anti-corruption campaigner fell ill during a flight and the plane made an emergency landing in Omsk, Kira Yarmysh said, adding that they suspected something had been mixed into his tea. The Kremlin …

Aggrieved Menzgold customers have threatened that President Akufo-Addo will suffer an ill fate in the 2020 polls if he fails to get them their monies. Speaking to Ghanaweb at the Madina Magistrate court, irate fund owners expressed displeasure about the president’s outlook towards the entire issue, threatening to ‘boot’ him …