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REUTERS/Tunisia Opposition Arrests Widen As Ayachi Hammami Detained

Tunisia Opposition Arrests Widen As Ayachi Hammami Detained

December 2, 2025 4:46 pm

Tunisian police arrested veteran opposition politician Ayachi Hammami at his home on Tuesday to carry out a five year prison sentence for conspiracy against state security, his family told Reuters. The detention followed a sweeping appeals court ruling last week that imposed lengthy prison terms on dozens of government critics.

The arrest has intensified growing concern among rights groups and political movements who say President Kais Saied is using the judiciary to silence opponents. Saied, who took extraordinary powers in 2021 and later dissolved parliament, has rejected those accusations and insists the courts act independently.

Last week’s appeals court verdict …

Tanzania Election Held Without Main Opposition Parties

Tanzania Election Held Without Main Opposition Parties

October 29, 2025 6:08 am

Tanzania held national elections on Wednesday, a vote widely expected to secure another term for President Samia Suluhu Hassan after candidates from the two largest opposition groups were blocked from running.

The polls will determine the presidency, members of the 400 seat National Assembly and leadership positions in Zanzibar, the semi autonomous islands off Tanzania’s coast.

The absence of major opposition contenders has led critics to question the fairness of the vote.

The ruling CCM party, in power since 1977, faced only minor party challengers after the electoral commission barred CHADEMA and ACT Wazalendo from the presidential race. CHADEMA was …

2023 I Won’t Rest Until I Unify PDP – Atiku

2023: I Won’t Rest Until I Unify PDP – Atiku

July 1, 2022 5:44 am

Against the backdrop of the crisis that engulfed the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) over the choice of Governor Ifeanyi Okowa as Vice presidential candidate of the opposition party, the Presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, has pledged to put more measures in place to placate all aggrieved members.

Africa Daily News, New York reports that the choice of Okowa plunged the opposition party into an avoidable crisis with many Governors insisting that the Presidential candidate of the party should have consulted the Governor of Rivers State, Nyesome Wike before arriving at the decision.

Meanwhile, amid the full-blown disagreement among party leaders, some …

UK Opposition Chief Corbyn ‘Sorry’ For Election Wipeout

December 15, 2019 3:10 pm

Britain’s main opposition leader Jeremy Corbyn apologised Sunday for waging a disastrous campaign that handed Prime Minister Boris Johnson a mandate to take the UK out of the EU next month.

But the veteran socialist defended his radical platform and blamed the media for helping to cause his century-old party’s worst finish since before World War II.

“I will make no bones about it. The election result on Thursday was a body blow for everyone who so desperately needs real change in our country,” Corbyn wrote in the Sunday Mirror newspaper.

“I wanted to unite the country that I love …

US Opposition Pushes Trade Court To Brink Of Collapse

December 9, 2019 2:40 pm

The World Trade Organization’s capacity to settle international disputes, a core function throughout the body’s 25-year history, is on the brink of collapse following relentless US opposition.

The appellate branch of the WTO’s Dispute Settlement Body (DSB), sometimes dubbed the supreme court of world trade, was a target of US criticism before President Donald Trump took office.

His predecessor Barack Obama’s administration began a policy of blocking the appointment of appeals judges over concerns that their rulings violated American interests.

Trump’s trade team has both extended that policy and escalated the fight.

Barring a shock breakthrough in the coming …

Club

English Club Set To Bamboo-zle The Opposition

December 2, 2019 3:47 pm

High-flying English fourth tier side Forest Green Rovers are to wear bamboo shin pads, furthering their claims to be the world’s greenest football club, they announced on Monday.

Forest Green — whose environmental credentials have been recognised by FIFA and the United Nations — had already become the first team to switch to bamboo kit at the beginning of the season.

The club, presently second in League Two, are working with a US manufacturer of eco-friendly products on the bamboo shin pads.

“Forest Green Rovers are the first professional club to switch to bamboo shin pads -– moving away from …

Opposition Leader Keiko Fujimori Leaves Prison In Peru

November 30, 2019 4:38 pm

Peru opposition leader Keiko Fujimori was released from prison Friday after spending 13 months in pre-trial detention in a corruption case linked to Brazilian construction giant Odebrecht.

Her release comes days after the country’s Constitutional Court ordered her freed in a ruling related only to her detention and which otherwise has no bearing on the corruption case against her.

“For me, it was the most painful event of my life,” Fujimori said as she left prison and hugged her husband in front of a large group of supporters and journalists.

The court, she said “has corrected damage that has been …

2023: Opposition Members Not Safe Anymore – PDP Senators

November 21, 2019 7:11 am

Senators elected on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), have expressed doubts over the ability of security agents to protect members of the opposition during the 2023 general elections.

They said the violence that characterised Kogi and Bayelsa gubernatorial elections was a pointer to what lies ahead in 2023 when the country return to the poll.

Minority Leader of the Senate, Enyinnaya Abaribe, while briefing newsmen in Abuja, also called on the Inspector-General of Police to fish out culprits who burnt a PDP woman leader to death in Kogi State.

He said the impunity that greeted the

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Leader Of Main South African Opposition Party Steps Down

Leader Of Main South African Opposition Party Steps Down

October 24, 2019 12:04 pm

Mmusi Maimane has stepped down as the head of South Africa’s Democratic Alliance (DA) opposition party. Maimane wanted to build a party that represents all South Africans, particularly black citizens of the country, he said in a statement on Wednesday.

Over the last months, it became clear that some members of his party were not in line with his vision. Consequently, he stepped down as head of the party after four years, the 39-year-old said. Many still see the DA as the party of the white minority in spite of the leadership of Maimane, who is black.

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Thousands Of Opposition Supporters Rally In Ivory Coast

Thousands Of Opposition Supporters Rally In Ivory Coast

October 19, 2019 3:35 pm

Tens of thousands of people attended a rally by the opposition Ivorian Democratic Party (PDCI) on Saturday in preparation for next year’s presidential election in Ivory Coast.

Supporters dressed in the party’s green and white colours flooded into John Paul II Square in the city of Yamoussoukro, the birthplace of former president and party founder Felix Houphouet-Boigny.

“We are now at a decisive stage before the conference to choose our candidate,” PDCI deputy leader Maurice Kakou Guikahue said.

Former Ivory Coast president and party leader Henri Konan Bedie called for reforms to ensure the independence of the electoral commission ahead …

Opposition Party ADP Cautions Buhari Against External Debt

Opposition Party ADP Cautions Buhari Against External Debt

October 17, 2019 12:48 am

The opposition Action Democratic Party (ADP) has cautioned President Muhammadu Buhari against worsening the debt profile of the country.

The National Chairman of ADP, Yusuf Yabagi, told reporters in Abuja that Nigeria could suddenly become bankrupt with incessant borrowing.

Expressing concern over the alarming theft of oil revenue by private individuals who are mostly foreigners, he noted that it was unfortunate that over ₦2.3 trillion would be set aside to service debt in the ₦10.3 trillion 2020 budget.

This, he argued, does not speak well of the Buhari-led administration in view of the fact that over 30 percent of the …

Guinea Opposition Trial Suspended As More Protests Erupt

Guinea Opposition Trial Suspended As More Protests Erupt

October 16, 2019 2:59 pm

A Guinea court on Wednesday suspended the trial of eight opposition leaders accused of organising protests against President Alpha Conde, as fresh rioting broke out in the capital Conakry.

The opposition says at least 10 people have died in three days of deadly clashes during opposition protests against Conde’s push for constitutional reforms that critics say aim at letting him run for a third term.

Conde, 81, became the poor West African state’s first democratically-elected president in 2010. But critics say his rule has been marred by a growing crackdown on dissent.

The eight on trial belong to an …

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