13 January 2025

1.       Comoros- Moroni

Comoros holds a parliamentary election boycotted by some opposition parties

Comoros held a parliamentary election Sunday that some opposition leaders pledged to boycott, accusing President Azali Assoumani and his ruling party of adopting an increasingly authoritarian stance and raising concerns over the integrity of the vote.

2.Chad – N’Djamena

Chad's ruling party wins two-thirds of the seats

Provisional results have shown that Chad's ruling party has won two-thirds of the seats in the legislative election which was boycotted by many in the opposition last month.

Results of the Dec. 29 election seal the country’s transition to constitutional rule more than three years after Deby seized control following the sudden death of his father and long-standing predecessor Idriss Deby Itno.

3.       Mozambique – Maputo

At least 2,500 people are expected to attend the swearing-in ceremony of Mozambique’s new president on the 15th of January 2025, and the presence of invited heads of state has yet to be confirmed, an official source said.

“The invitations to international organizations went out today and we hope to have confirmations on Monday. […] We sent invitations to the entire Southern African Development Community (SADC), to the African Union and to some European heads of state,” including Portugal, declared minister of Culture and Tourism Eldevina Materula, speaking in her capacity as vice-president of the Inter-ministerial Commission for Major Events, at Maputo’s Independence Square, where the ceremony will take place.

4.       Uganda - Kampala

Uganda's military leader leaves X after controversial posts

Uganda's chief of defense forces General Muhoozi Kainerugaba, the son of Uganda's President Yoweri Museveni, has declared his departure from X, where he has been known for sharing provocative messages.

His recent tweet, which included a threat against prominent opposition leader Bobi Wine, drew significant backlash.

5. In our historical archives, it was on this day 13 January 1991 when South African football community experienced its worst soccer match disaster of that time when 42 football supporters lost their lives and scores left injured in a stampede at the Oppenheimer Stadium in the North West town of Orkney.