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Re-elected with 84% of the vote on 28 October, the outgoing President of Tanzania John Magufuli was sworn in on Thursday 5 November in the presence of national and international dignitaries and regional heads of state including Presidents Museveni of Uganda, Azali Assoumani of the Comoros and Emmerson Mnangagwa of Zimbabwe. Many fear that the magnitude of this victory, combined with that of the ruling party that won 262 of the 264 seats in…

Agathe Habyarimana, the widow of the former Rwandan president suspected of involvement in the 1994 genocide, was heard by French justice on Tuesday (November 3rd). An extremely rare hearing in the context of the investigation into the role that former gendarme Paul Barrilà played in the massacres. It had been years since we had…

According to the results announced by the Independent Electoral Commission on Monday night, Alassane Ouattara obtained 94.27% of the vote. The Independent Electoral Commission (CEI) announced the preliminary full results of the presidential election on Saturday, October 31, Monday night. Alassane Ouattara wins with 94.27% of…

The consultations announced by President Tshisekedi will begin on Monday, November 2nd. Short meetings followed by memo deposits if necessary. Duration the Presidency hopes for: about ten days. And the goal is to put an end to the blocking of institutions, according to Felix Tshisekedi, disagreements with his partner, Joseph Kabila, and his coalition, the FCC. This first day should be largely devoted…

The opposition is looking for brand spanking new elections, the dismantling of the Electoral Fee and peaceable protests to problem the outcomes of Wednesday's parliamentary elections. In response to the ultimate outcomes revealed on Friday, the CCM - the ruling celebration - gained virtually the entire 264 seats in parliament. John Magufuli, nicknamed Bulldozer, was re-elected to a different presidency…

Congo declared mourning on Friday, setting its flag on half mast and banning all unauthorized demonstrations in honor of Jacques Joachim Yhombi Opango (81), its short-lived president between 1977 and 1979, who was overthrown by Denis Sassou-Nguesso. Died in late March of coronavirus in France, his bodyguards were repatriated Thursday to Brazzaville.…

Algerian President Abdelmadjid Tebboune was transferred to a hospital in Germany on Wednesday, October 28, the day after his hospitalization in Algiers. The news was announced through a statement broadcast on national television. It is not known whether Abdelmadjid Tebboune is affected by coronavirus or not, because the presidency remains very discreet in the matter.…

After a week of confinement, the security device that was deployed around the opponent's Cellou Dalein Diallo's home was lifted on Wednesday, October 28th. The measure had been requested by the joint UN - AU - ECOWAS mission at the end of its stay in Conakry. Second in the presidential election on October 18 with 33.5% of the vote, according to Ceni, Cellou Dalein Diallo continues to dispute these…

In Sudan, the President of the Sovereign Council, the Transitional Body, spoke for the first time on the Israeli issue. On national television, Abdel Fattah al-Burhan praised this rapprochement and the benefits that the country would benefit from it. With our regional correspondent For Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, rapprochement with Israel was necessary and had to happen now. "The economic situation does not allow us to wait another year," said Lieutenant General. The rapprochement with the Hebrew state and the impending…

The Cameroonian president finally expressed his condolences via Twitter to the victims of the massacre on Saturday, October 24, which took place at a school in Kumba, in the English-speaking southwest, in which seven students aged 9 to 12 were killed. as reported from Yaoundé,Polycarp EssombaHis silence was more than shrunk. It…