Vlavonou re-elected Leader of the 9th Parliament of Benin Members of the 9th Legislature, on February 12, 2023, re-elected the immediate past Speaker of the 8th parliament Louis Gbehounou VLAVONOU as their leader. His re-election came following long hours of break after the installation of 109 parliamentarians through a secret vote held publicly in […]
Parliament Of Cape Verde: “With the PAICV in power, the “Blue Economy” was just a mirage” – MpD Deputy member of MpD, Vander Gomes listed today “several actions” carried out by the Government in the area of the Blue Economy, stressing that Ulisses Correia e Silva paid attention to a sector that the PAICV “completely […]
BENIN: THE 8TH PARLIAMENT HAS COME TO A SUCCESSFUL END WITH 117 LAWS AND BILLS PASSED. The 8th Legislature of Benin has come to a successful end and is making way for the installation of Legislators of the 9th legislature. The National Assembly has held a press conference to lay bare the work done by the […]
GUINEA-BISSAU: GOVERNMENT CANNOT FAIL IN THE ORGANIZATION OF THE JUNE LEGISLATIVES The President of Guinea-Bissau, Umaro Sissoco Embaló stated that the Government “cannot fail” in organizing the next legislative elections, scheduled for June 4. “The next legislative elections are a test of the Government’s organizational capacity and the executive cannot fail these challenges and also […]
WORLD ATTENTION ON NIGERIA, I HOPE NOTHING TAMPERS WITH ELECTIONS, OBASANJO WARNS Ahead of tomorrow’s emergency meeting of the Council of State conveyed by President Muhammadu Buhari, where major decisions are expected to be taken to douse tension over the scarcity of naira notes, former President Olusegun Obasanjo is optimistic that nothing will interfere with […]
Liberia: NEC Rules Out Electronic Voting for 2023 Elections The NEC’s support for a manual voting system for the October 10 election comes despite the fact that most election results in the past decade have been contested in court over claims of rigging. The Chairperson of the National Elections Commission has disclosed that while the […]
LIBERIA: CSO COUNCIL BOSS WANTS MORE CONSULTATIONS AROUND CLIMATE FINANCING PROCESSES MONROVIA-CSO Council boss Loretta Alethea Pope Kai On the heel of the rising need for carbon financing which took center stage at the start of a two-day Liberia Forest and Climate Resilient Forum, the Chairperson of the National Civil Society Council of Liberia (NCSCL), […]
The Global Secretary and Interim National Representative of the United Pan-Africanist Movement (UPAM), Miss Modester Yeukai Kamupinda has resigned from her position following the lack of commitment by the organization to release the needed funds to operationalize her office. Miss. Kamupinda tendered in her resignation to the organization during the week which took effect from […]
The Kenya Parliamentary Journalist Association has expressed shock at the call on the authorities of the National Assembly by a section of the Members of Parliament to shut down the press gallery because of matters of dress code and unfavorable reportage in this 21st century where media freedom and the freedom of expression is valued […]
The Senate of Lesotho has re-appointed Hon Senator Nthati Bereng to be part of the delegation to the Pan- African Parliament (PAP) to represent the country’s interest in the Continental legislative level. This follows an appeal made by the Lesotho Caucus of the African Parliamentary Press Network (APPN), to the President of the Senate to […]