Henry Kohn is a correspondent at Today News Africa based in Washington, DC. Henry writes on foreign policy, politics, and the State Department. He has worked in Europe and West Africa and has a dual Bachelor’s degree in French and Environmental Science and Policy from Duke University
Nigerian Kehinde Enagameh on Tuesday became the latest witness to testify at the Gambia’s Truth, Reconciliation, and Reparations Commission (TRRC) – an institution established in 2017 to investigate human rights violations committed under the rule of Yahya Jammeh as well as design a national reparations program – since hearings began in early 2019.
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Amid the growing criticism from opposition parties over the hike in petrol prices, BJP Tamil Nadu’s spokesperson SG Suryah tweeted a list of petrol prices in different states. The data was divided into two parts – one that listed petrol prices in BJP governed states, purportedly less than Rs 90 per litre, and the other listed prices in non-BJP-governed states that were over Rs
Ten Elections to Watch in 2021
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March 2, 2021
We launch this year’s Ballot Box channel edition with the key elections we are watching around the world.
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rom the global COVID-19 pandemic to impactful natural disasters, 2020 was a year of both massive change and unyielding perseverance. Lacking health infrastructure, rising poverty levels, and economic stagnation have set the stage for rigid socio-political change worldwide. This year, reigning in the effects of the pandemic is a priority, but 2021 will also be a crucial year for improvement in political stability and sustainable development.
Governance across the globe looks vastly different since the beginning of COVID-19. The need to rapidly respond to such a crisis led to multiple examples of governmental overreach in executive orders and decrees at the expense of proper legislative responses. As countries gain access to vaccines and are able to fully establish their rebuilding process, it is probable that political
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Party MLAs, leaders critical of State unit president Ernest Mawrie The cracks in the Meghalaya unit of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) are out in the open.
The State unit of the Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha (BJYM), the youth wing of the saffron party, has threatened to launch a State-wide protest if the “internal issues” are not resolved by changing the leadership.
This followed a cold war between the two BJP legislators – Alexander L. Hek and Sanbor Shullai – and State BJP president Ernest Mawrie over the latter’s alleged tendency to take whimsical decisions or rail against coalition partners.
On February 20, Mr. Shullai claimed Mr. Mawrie got the State president’s post through manipulations.