Mozambique’s electoral commission announced that Daniel Chapo, the new leader of the long-ruling Frelimo liberation party, won the country’s presidential election in a vote marred by irregularities and the murder of two advisers to his leading rival. Authorities said Chapo, whose party has ruled Mozambique since independence in 1975, secured 70.6 per cent of the … Read more
Mozambique’s ruling party, Frelimo, has won the country’s divisive, violence-marred election, extending its 49-year grip on power in the southern African nation, the election commission has announced. Daniel Chapo, Frelimo’s relatively unknown presidential candidate who has been seen as an agent of change, will replace Filipe Nyusi, who has served two terms. At 47 years … Read more
For Kemi Badenoch, less is more. Before the Tory leadership TV showdown with rival Robert Jenrick, she’d declared: “I’m running a grassroots campaign, not a TV campaign or a media campaign.” She was the frontrunner, after all, and according to conventional wisdom, had the most to lose from round-the-clock media interviews – which Mr Jenrick … Read more
But they kept coming back to the table because they knew that in a democracy, the people have the power to determine the direction of our country,” Harris said. “They believed in the power of the people to make their voices heard and to make their voices count. And that is what we are here … Read more