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December 27, 2025

Uganda’s Fractured Road to 2026: Military Interventions Fuel Fears of Unfair Elections

As Uganda moves closer to the January 15, 2026, presidential elections, the political atmosphere has reached a boiling point. Recent reports and viral footage from the campaign trail indicate that the Ugandan military and police have intensified their efforts to restrict Robert Kyagulanyi Ssentamu, popularly known as Bobi Wine, from accessing his supporters.

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December 26, 2025

AU Cites 1964 Charter in Formal Rejection of Somaliland Independence

The Chairperson of the African Union Commission, H.E. Mahmoud Ali Youssouf, has unequivocally rejected any recognition of Somaliland as an independent entity, reaffirming the African Union’s steadfast commitment to the unity and sovereignty of Somalia

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December 24, 2025December 24, 2025

Deported “security threat” Chinese National pushes interests through proxies in Zimbabwe

The Chinese National Li Song is allegedly also working with some government officials, court officials, National Prosecuting Authority, police amongst others in bid to keep holding her business interests in the country which are facing imminent collapse after her deportation.

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December 22, 2025

Shattering the Shield: How Israel Just Cracked Russia’s “Invincible” S-400 in Syria

By Tendai Keith Guvamombe

In a historic escalation that has rewritten the rules of Middle Eastern engagement, the Israeli Air Force (IAF) has conducted its first direct kinetic strikes against Russian-operated air defense assets within Syria.

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December 19, 2025

A Presidency in Limbo: How Douglas Mwonzora Lost the Battle for MDC

The legal foundation of Douglas Mwonzora’s leadership within the Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) faced a catastrophic collapse in early 2025 as the High Court delivered a landmark ruling nullifying the party’s 2022 elective congress.

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December 19, 2025

The Voyage of Revitalization: Cde Dambuza and the New ZANU-PF Frontier

In the high-stakes theater of Zimbabwean politics, the Metropolitan Province of Harare has long been the formidable “Red Zone” of the opposition. However, a tectonic shift is underway, steered by the strategic maneuvers of Cde Voyage Dambuza, the recently co-opted Provincial Political Commissar (PC).

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December 15, 2025December 15, 2025

MASARIRA: We Are a One-Party State By Default! The Hidden Crisis Choking Zimbabwean Pluralism

Zimbabwe is not collapsing into a one-party state through dramatic decree, but is instead drifting dangerously towards it through a systematic process of political monetization and the slow suffocation of pluralism.

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December 10, 2025December 10, 2025

Latest on MDC: Mwonzora Rejects Unity Pact, Congress Looming in Political Crosshairs

HARARE — Pressure is reaching a critical inflection point on Douglas Mwonzora, the beleaguered leader of the Movement for Democratic Change (MDC), as he flatly refuses to endorse a crucial blueprint intended to restore the party’s ideological moorings ahead of its extraordinary congress, scheduled for a political rendezvous in the next three months.

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December 6, 2025

Mudzuri Speaks After Thursday’s Harvest House Briefing Failure

Eng. Elias Mudzuri, a senior figure in the Movement for Democratic Change (MDC), addressed the media today following the abrupt cancellation of a planned press conference that was scheduled for Thursday, December 5th, 2025, at Harvest House, the party’s headquarters.

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December 1, 2025

Zimbabwe’s LEAD Slams Trump’s “Fragile White Supremacist Narrative” on South Africa

The inflammatory remarks issued by President Donald Trump following the G20 Summit in Johannesburg have galvanized a fierce, unified African response, moving beyond South Africa’s government to encompass political voices across the continent.

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