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Video: EISA Observer, Goodluck Jonathan commends, corrects South Africa’s 2024 election

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6 months ago

May 29, 2024

As South Africa begins its general election today, former Nigerian president, Goodluck Jonathan, is leading a special observer mission of the Electoral Institute for Sustainable Democracy for Africa (EISA ) to observe elections, commending the country’s track as an electoral democracy.

Jonathan commended the effort of the electoral commission and the discipline of the voting public in the previous election. However, he noted that some voters were confused about ballot boxes and called for improvement to ensure easier identification.

The election is the seventh general election since the end of the apartheid system in 1994. It is anticipated that 27 million registered voters will cast ballots in these elections.

Seventy political parties are vying for various posts in the elections; the main ones are the Economic Freedom Fighters Party, the Democratic Alliance, which is in opposition, and the ruling African National Congress (ANC).

According to local reports, polling stations opened at 7 am (05:00 GMT) and will close at 9 pm (19:00 GMT).

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Video: ‘Neglect of Africa is a danger to the world’— Nigeria’s Tinubu at G20

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13 hours ago

November 20, 2024

Ifeoluwa Dada

Nigerian President, Bola Tinubu, endorsed the call for a global alliance against hunger in his address at the opening of the 19th Summit of G20 leaders in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

Tinubu described the alliance, which was championed by the Brazilian president as pivotal to ending the global food crisis, while emphasizing how Africa is worst by poverty and hunger in the world.

“The neglect of Africa is a danger to the world,” Tinubu stressed while calling for global collaborative action against the problems of the continent.

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Video: Kenya’s Ruto targets inflation rate below 3%

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4 weeks ago

October 24, 2024

Ifeoluwa Dada

In this video, Kenyan President, William Ruto, stressed the economic goals of his government and charged the public to believe in the economic reforms of his administration.

Ruto also emphasized that the international community and multilateral bodies had applauded his policy direction, and urged Kenyans to join the train.

“You do have my commitment that we will be disciplined as a public sector… it my target that by next year inflation will be sub 3%”, Ruto said.

Earlier in the month, the Central Bank of Kenya slashed the benchmark rate to 12.0%, 75.0 bps down. The Central Bank’s prescribed target band for headline inflation is 2.5% – 7.5%, 5.0% being the mid-point · The last time Kenya registered <3.0% headline inflation was May 2007

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