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What impact has the death of Guy-Brice Parfait Koléla on the electoral process in Congo-Brazzaville? On Sunday, March 21, he was one of the seven candidates in the vote to prevent President Denis Sassou Nguesso from getting a new seat. But he died overnight from Sunday to Monday when he had just arrived in Paris after a sudden deterioration in his health caused by Covid-19.…

Honoré Ngbanda, former head of intelligence for Mobutu Sese Seko, died in Morocco (as Mobutu). He was 74 years old. The former special adviser to the president had left the Democratic Republic of Congo in 1997 a few days before the fall of Marshal Mobutu, who at the time had ruled with the iron fist of the DRC, aka Zaire from 1965 to 1997. He was former president Mobutu Sese Seko's master spy. Honoré Ngbanda has been a staunch supporter of the former Congolese head of state until the end. Born in Lisala, like Mobutu, in…

Tanzania will soon have a president. Following the announcement of the death of President John Magufuli at the age of 61, officially due to heart problems, Vice President Samia Suluhu Hassan must take the reins in the country and secure the transition. John Magufuli, who was elected for the first time in 2015, then re-elected at the end of 2020 in a controversial vote, is known for his policy for larger…

Africa mourns the death of the Tanzanian president Tanzanian President John Magufuli, 61, died Wednesday, triggering mourning and condolence messages from African capitals. Earlier Wednesday, in a televised statement, Tanzania's Vice President Samia Suluhu Hassan said: “With great sadness, I announce that our brave leader, President John Pombe Joseph Magufuli, passed away today at…

Senegalese singer Thjonen Seck died Sunday, March 14, of a short illness. Information confirmed by his family. Singer and lyricist Thione Seck, one of the princes of Senegalese music for forty years, died on Sunday 14 March at the age of 66 in Dakar, we learned that from his lawyer, Ousmane Seye. Former singer of the legendary…

Goodwill Zwelithini died at the age of 72 after a long hospital stay with diabetes. King of Zulu since 1971, he was South Africa's most influential monarch. A king without power but with moral authority for 12 million South Africans. as reported from Johannesburg, Romain SongHis words counted. King Goodwill Zwelithini did not…

Prime Minister Hamed Bakayoko died in Germany on Wednesday. He was 56 years old and had been in his position for almost eight months. He died of a devastating cancer. In Abobo, astonishment and sadness dominate after the Prime Minister won City Hall in 2018. With our special envoy to the town hall in Abobo, Francois MazetIn…

Hospitalized since early March in Paris and immediately transferred to Germany six days later, Ivorian Prime Minister Hamed Bakayoko succumbed to a dazzling cancer yesterday, Wednesday 10 March. What was the background of this politician who was often described as a unifier? Was he a potential successor to Alassane Ouattara as head of state Sylvain N'Guessan, director of the Abidjan Strategy Institute, answers François Hume-Ferkatadji's…

Côte d'Ivoire's Prime Minister Hamed Bakayoko died on Wednesday, March 10, at the age of 56 in a German hospital. "Our country is in mourning. I am extremely saddened to announce that Prime Minister Hamed Bakayoko, Prime Minister, Minister of Defense, in Germany on Wednesday, March 10, 2021, was following a cancer, ”Ivorian…

Several people are feared dead due to a plane crash in southern Sudan, the head of Juba International Airport said in a statement late Tuesday, according to the Anadolu Agency. Meanwhile, South Sudan News Now, a local newspaper, reported that the plane crashed in Jonglei State's Uror County several minutes after leaving for Juba from Pieri's runway, north of the capital, with all eight passengers and two pilots on board. killed. The plane crashed on the outskirts of the Pieri Payam region at 5pm local…