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Samia Suluhu Hassan anticipated to develop into Tanzania’s
Tanzania's Vice President Samia Suluhu Hassan is expected to replace late President John Magufuli on Thursday. She announced Magufuli's death on Wednesday, according to a BBC report.
Hassan, 61, was Magufuli's board member in 2015. She was re-elected last year and will serve the country for the rest of the five-year period.
With the expected takeover, she will become Africa's only current female president - apart from the Ethiopian presidency, which is a largely ceremonial role - and join a small…
“He’ll depart a unhealthy reminiscence”
Flag on half mast and two weeks in mourning in Tanzania after the death of Head of State John Magufuli. It is the vice president who announced his death on Wednesday, March 17th. John Magufuli was 61 years old and had ruled Tanzania for five years. He was re-elected for another term in October last year. What consequences could his death have? Some answers with Thierry Vircoulon, Coordinator of…
personal bishops for election statement to
We do not understand this refusal. A church that is present in the country and that is an important part of civil society. We do not understand. They ask that there be a specific receipt for election observation. We have never spoken, we do not know a single case that an NGO has a receipt for election observation. All this surprises us and we ask many questions. We want to know a little more.
Félicien Mavoungou, National Coordinator of the…
enchantment to Kalev Mutondo, former head of
In the Democratic Republic of Congo, double arrows by Alain Atundu, the last intelligence chief under Mobutu Sese Seko. The first is launched against the Congolese state, which is prosecuting Kalev Mutondo, the former director general of the dreaded National Intelligence Agency (ANR). He is accused by former detainees of torture, arbitrary detention, inhuman treatment and attempted murder. The second…
prosecutor Ousmane Sonko comes out of his silence
Adji Sarr, who accuses Ousmane Sonko of rape, spoke Wednesday night, March 17, in front of some select media. The young woman, who worked in a massage parlor in Dakar, publicly confirms that the Senegalese opponent would have forced her into repeated intercourse. Ousmane Sonko was indicted and placed under judicial supervision in this case. A case that was the trigger for violent protests in the…
ICJ to conclude the session of Maritime Kenya-Somalia
ICJ concludes hearing on Kenya-Somalia's maritime border case
HAGUE, Netherlands - The International Court of Justice will on Thursday conclude the hearing on the maritime border dispute between Kenya and Somalia after nearly a week of submissions to the Hague-based court, which has jurisdiction to deal with the cases.
In the last week, the court has dealt with the case after…
Within the headlines: what the Tanzanian president died of
Officially, Tanzania's President John Maguful has died of heart problems. This was announced by the Vice President on television on Wednesday, March 17, after more than two weeks of unresolved absence from the head of state."Easily re-elected in October last year for another term with 84% of the vote, John Magufuli, 61, appeared for the last time in public on February 27 and points to World Africa, there were persistent…
Talks on Somalia’s elections, which resume subsequent week in
Speakers on Somalia's resumption of elections next week in Mogadishu's source
MOGADISHU, Somalia - The leaders of the federal government and the federal states are expected to meet in Mogadishu next Sunday to discuss the country's long-standing electoral conflict.
A source close to the presidency told Axadlethat mediation from international partners has managed to persuade the…
The UN approves Ethiopia’s request for a standard Tigray
Ethiopia's request for an inquiry into the humanitarian consequences of the conflict in the country's northern Tigray region was approved by the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) Michelle Bachelet, according to a UN spokeswoman on Wednesday.
Tigray residents have told human rights groups and journalists about massacres, widespread sexual violence and indiscriminate killings of civilians by security forces in the region.
Aid workers say, however, that Tigray's health system has…
the mandatory cleansing consciousness
Studies of environmental impact have shown that 10% of the world's electricity is used by computers to power, among other things, the Internet and its networks. Every year, 900 million tonnes of CO2 are generated by “digital waste” - emails, music and photos stored in the cloud. In Madagascar, the environmental association "Let's Do It Madagascar" organized an information meeting on Wednesday, March 1,…