Commonwealth election observers will be deployed to the Maldives for the second round of voting in the 2023 Presidential Election. Voters will be returning to the polls after none of the candidates secured more than 50 percent of the votes in the first round held on 9 September.
Former president of Nauru, H.E. Baron Waqa, will lead the Commonwealth Observer Group to Papua New Guinea’s national election. Polling will take place between 2 and 22 July.
The growing problem of cybercrime requires countries to build effective laws, policies, and international cooperation frameworks, said Dr Tawanda Hondora, Head of the Rule of Law at the Commonwealth Secretariat.
Commonwealth lauds Museveni for Covid-19 response
Wednesday March 17 2021
Commonwealth Secretary General Dr Patricia Scotland (purple dress) and Ugandan president Yoweri Kaguta Museveni at State house on March 16, 2021. PHOTO/PPU.
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The Commonwealth Secretary General Rt Hon Patricia Scotland has hailed President Yoweri Museveni for the ‘proper response’ to Covid-19 pandemic in Uganda.
“I must commend you your excellency and your leadership for what you did right from the very beginning in terms of leading this by listening to science, listening to the empirical evidence, planning and helping to get the population to support the measures,” she said.
Ms Scotland made the remarks when she paid a courtesy call on the President at State House Entebbe on Tuesday.