Bill Corcoran

Nov 17, 2024 | irishtimes.com | Bill Corcoran

South Africa’s radical left-wing Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) has seen an exodus of its senior leaders to former president Jacob Zuma’s new political party since underperforming in May’s general election. The defections have left the Julius Malema-led EFF, which espouses a toxic form of black nationalist politics, in disarray, undermining efforts to form a united front of opposition parties in parliament.

Nov 7, 2024 | irishtimes.com | Bill Corcoran

Thousands of anti-government demonstrators and security forces have clashed at rallies in Mozambique’s capital following a week of protests seeking regime change after disputed general elections. From early on Thursday, Mozambicans gathered at different points in Maputo for the marches in support of opposition leader Venâncio Mondlane, who insists he won the country’s presidential election on October 9th.

Nov 5, 2024 | irishtimes.com | Bill Corcoran

A disagreement over the Russia-Ukraine war between members of South Africa’s government of national unity has exposed one of the ideological fault lines that could undermine the new administration’s effectiveness. Tensions between the African National Congress and the Democratic Alliance, the coalition’s two largest members, were heightened last month over their starkly different views on the conflict.

Oct 24, 2024 | irishtimes.com | Bill Corcoran

The ruling party candidate for Mozambique’s presidential election has officially been declared the winner of the ballot despite allegations of vote-rigging by opposition parties and international observers. The southern African country’s electoral commission announced on Thursday that Frelimo’s presidential candidate, Daniel Chapo, had emerged victorious in the disputed presidential ballot, winning 70.67 per cent of the vote.

Oct 16, 2024 | northeastbylines.co.uk | Bill Corcoran

The 38th Tyneside Irish Festival, the longest established event of its type in Britain, starts on Friday 18 October and every year we try to do something special. Our first few festival’s featured nights where we amateurs held huge ceilis in The Guildhall, carrying in the PA systems and barrels of Guinness in the back of Gerry Lynch’s car to deal with a swirling masses of drunken celebrants who were often trying to forget the news from “back home”.