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Morocco World
26-06-2025
- Politics
- Morocco World
Uganda Gears Up for Important Rematch over National Democracy
Rabat – Yoweri Museveni, the long-time President of Uganda, is likely to run again for a seventh term. This comes as an official from his National Resistance Movement Party, which confirmed that he will receive the national electoral forms on Saturday. Museveni has been the president of Uganda since taking power in 1986, after a turbulent period following the downfall of Idi Amin. The President is now 80 years old and is running for his seventh term in office . The NRM has amended the national constitution twice to be able to extend Museveni's time of office. In 2005, the party removed term limits, and in 2017 removed age restrictions. President Museveni is now the fifth-longest-serving world leader, and the fourth-longest-serving leader in Africa. He has largely maintained his position through widespread patronage and intimidation of opponents. During his time in office, Museveni has been accused repeatedly of human rights violations and has led many violent crackdowns on Ugandan democracy. Tanga Odoi, the chairman of the NRM's electoral body, stated that 'the president will pick up expression of interest forms for two positions, one for chairperson of the party and the other to contest, if he is given the chance as the presidential flag bearer.' Museveni has recently been cracking down on his electoral opponents, having them arrested and executed. In 2024, Kizza Besigye, a major opponent of the President, was kidnapped in Kenya and is now on death row. The major opponent in the January elections will be Bobi Wine. On Wednesday, the opposition party, the National Unity Party, said that Wine had 'submitted the expression of interests to contest for the President of Uganda.' Wine, whose real name is Robert Kyagulanyi, is a popular Ugandan singer and pro-democracy activist. He has been a major opponent of Museveni in recent years. During the 2021 election, Wine came in second place, winning popular support of citizens, especially young people, leading a successful online campaign. After the election, the NUP had criticised the integrity. Museveni's heir, his son General Muhoozi Kainerugaba, had recently been reported to have called for Bobi Wine to be beheaded. These announcements set up the Ugandan elections to be an important electoral rematch for the future of the East African nation's democracy . Tags: Morocco and UgandaMorocco and Uganda Bilateral Football Agreement
CNN
18-06-2025
- Politics
- CNN
Jordan's military intercepts Iranian missiles
Jordan's military intercepts Iranian missiles While traveling into Israel to cover the conflict with Iran, Anderson Cooper and CNN's Chuck Hadad captured video of Jordan intercepting Iranian missiles in Jordanian airspace. 00:56 - Source: CNN This is how the US could get involved in the Israel-Iran conflict CNN's Nick Paton Walsh reports on how the US could get involved in the conflict between Israel and Iran while the countries continue trading strikes for a sixth day, with civilians in flashpoint areas facing waves of attacks. 02:14 - Source: CNN Trump open to assisting Israel in conflict with Iran CNN's Kaitlan Collins gives the latest reporting on the White House debating whether to intervene in the Israel-Iran conflict. 00:58 - Source: CNN Woman gives birth to triplets in underground Israeli hospital A woman gave birth to triplets Monday in Israel's Rambam hospital, one of several in the country that have moved some operations underground as Iranian strikes hit the city of Haifa this week, according to Reuters. 00:44 - Source: CNN What Iranian residents are texting to CNN as strikes hit As Israeli strikes zeroed in on Iran's capital city of Tehran, CNN's Clarissa Ward reports from Tel Aviv some of the messages she's received from residents in Iran offering a glimpse into the daily anxieties of living in a country faced with an ever-escalating conflict in the sky. 01:33 - Source: CNN Trump disputes intel chief Tulsi Gabbard on Iran President Donald Trump disputed his own director of national intelligence, Tulsi Gabbard, on how developed Iran's nuclear capabilities are and said Iran was on the verge of obtaining a nuclear weapon when Israel struck in recent days. 00:26 - Source: CNN Trump tells CNN reporter why he left G7 As President Donald Trump returns to the United States after leaving the G7 summit early, he took questions from journalists aboard Air Force One. Watch his answer to CNN's Chief White House correspondent Kaitlan Collins' question on why he left early. 00:44 - Source: CNN Trump slams Macron's comment on why he had to leave G7 summit early US President Donald Trump called out French President Emmanuel Macron over his counterpart's suggestion that he left the G7 summit to work on a ceasefire between Israel and Iran. "He has no idea why I am now on my way to Washington, but it certainly has nothing to do with a Cease Fire," Trump wrote on Truth Social. 00:35 - Source: CNN Kaitlan Collins explains why Trump left G7 summit early President Donald Trump is heading back early to Washington from the G7 summit in Canada, as the conflict between Israel and Iran enters its fifth day. CNN's Kaitlan Collins reports on the escalating attacks between the two sides and Trump's warning to civilians in Tehran. 00:55 - Source: CNN Ex-Israeli Defense Minister's message to Trump Benny Gantz, Chairman of Israel's National Unity Party, and the former Minister of Defense speaks to CNN's Anderson Cooper following Israel's attack on Iran. 01:08 - Source: CNN Video shows Pakistani students returning home from Tehran Hundreds of Pakistani students who left their studies in Tehran amid daily strikes on the city by Israel, have crossed back into Pakistan, a local official told CNN. 00:28 - Source: CNN CNN team sees strike damage in Tel Aviv Residents in Tel Aviv, Israel, are reeling after another round of Iranian strikes on the city overnight. CNN's International Diplomatic Editor Nic Robertson visits a street in the center of the city where buildings were severely damaged and windows blown out by Iranian missiles. 01:28 - Source: CNN What we know about Iran's key nuclear site It's key to Iran's nuclear program: the Fordow plant - in a mountain lair where hundreds of centrifuges, hidden possibly 90 meters underground, enrich uranium to 60%. CNN's Nick Paton Walsh explains what we know about the key site in Israel's crosshairs. 01:00 - Source: CNN CNN asks Israeli official about plans to eliminate Iran's nuclear program Former Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant tells CNN's Bianna Golodryga that it's up to the "free world" to eliminate Iran's nuclear program. 01:14 - Source: CNN Trump slams G7 for kicking out Russia President Donald Trump kicked off his visit to the G7 summit in Canada by criticizing nations for kicking out Russia eleven years ago. 00:36 - Source: CNN Shipping industry navigates Trump's trade war CNN's Kristie Lu Stout gets exclusive access on board a US-bound container ship in Hong Kong's port, the frontlines of China's 'export rush' chaos as the clock ticks down on a 90-day pause on US tariffs imposed on Chinese goods. 01:11 - Source: CNN Iranian state television says it was attacked by Israel The studio complex of Iran's state news channel IRINN was struck by Israel on Monday, according to the country's state news agency. A loud explosion was heard while an anchor was presenting live on air, according to a live feed. 00:19 - Source: CNN CNN visits site of deadly Iranian missile strike CNN's Clarissa Ward reports from Tamra, a village in northern Israel inhabited by predominantly Palestinian citizens of Israel, where multiple civilians were killed after an Iranian rocket struck their home. 02:17 - Source: CNN Iran and Israel launch more missiles Iran launched a new barrage of missiles at Israel Sunday evening, with an explosion seen in the coastal city of Haifa. Israel said it began another series of strikes on military targets across Iran. 00:43 - Source: CNN Israel strikes Iran's capital Israeli strikes have hit the Iranian capital of Tehran on Sunday in yet another escalation of the ongoing conflict. Israel's military had previously said it was targeting military and nuclear complexes in Iran, although there are no known such complexes in these areas of the capital. 00:32 - Source: CNN
CNN
16-06-2025
- Politics
- CNN
Ex-Israeli Defense Minister says US ‘has capabilities we don't possess'
Benny Gantz, Chairman of Israel's National Unity Party, and the former Minister of Defense speaks to CNN's Anderson Cooper following Israel's attack on Iran.
CNN
16-06-2025
- Politics
- CNN
Ex-Israeli Defense Minister says US ‘has capabilities we don't possess'
Benny Gantz, Chairman of Israel's National Unity Party, and the former Minister of Defense speaks to CNN's Anderson Cooper following Israel's attack on Iran.
CNN
16-06-2025
- Politics
- CNN
Ex-Israeli Defense Minister says US ‘has capabilities we don't possess'
Benny Gantz, Chairman of Israel's National Unity Party, and the former Minister of Defense speaks to CNN's Anderson Cooper following Israel's attack on Iran.
