These past two weeks have been very interesting to follow and see what was going on in Africa. Gambia is still having issues with their election and the president is still not stepping down. They had a meeting set but no judges showed up to the hearing because they don’t want to be accidently charging themselves with crimes they have… Read more »
(BBC) Uganda’s leader Yoweri Museveni has promoted his eldest son to become a special presidential adviser in a reshuffle of army commanders. Maj Gen Muhoozi Kainerugaba has risen rapidly within the military, fuelling speculation that he is being groomed to become president one day. Analysts say his new role, working more closely with state house, will broaden his remit and… Read more »
(The Guardian) A vaccine for Ebola which has completed successful trials in Guinea and Sierra Leone means the virus should never again be able to wreak the havoc it did during the recent epidemic in west Africa, say scientists. More than 11,000 people died in the outbreak, which began unnoticed in December 2013 and spread across the region, infecting at… Read more »
(CNN) Amid unrest in cities across the nation, Ivory Coast President Alassane Ouattara announced Saturday the government reached an agreement with soldiers who have been demanding pay bonuses. Some of the soldiers said they were promised — but never received — a salary bonus for their role in bringing Ouattara to power after disputed elections in 2010, a military source… Read more »
(France 24)Chief Justice Emmanuel Fagbenle delayed the hearing until Jan. 16, meaning the court will hear the challenge filed by Jammeh’s ruling APRC party only two days before the end of the long-ruling president’s mandate. Legal sources said the foreign judges named to the court have not yet arrived in the West African country. Outside the courtroom, hundreds of people… Read more »
I want to focus on two specific places this week and those two places are Ghana and Gambia. Gambia is having some turmoil over election results and their president is not willing to accept the election results and step down from the presidential podium. While Ghana’s president conceded defeat to Nana Akufo-Addo just days ago and It was a very peaceful… Read more »
(CNN) Ghanaian President John Mahama has conceded defeat to Nana Akufo-Addo in the recently concluded elections, a spokesman for the President-elect told CNN on Friday. Akufo-Addo, of the New Patriotic Party, won 5,716,026 (53.85% of the votes) to 4,713,277 a 44.40% share reported representatives at the EC National Collation Center. Nana Akufo-Addo takes the concession phone call from President Mahama…. Read more »
(UN Health Center) Despite major progress in the fight against malaria, the mosquito-borne disease remains an acute public health problem, particularly in sub-Saharan Africa, home to 90 per cent of the world’s malaria cases, according to an annual flagship report by the World Health Organization (WHO). “We are definitely seeing progress,” said Pedro Alonso, Director of the WHO Global Malaria… Read more »
(France 24) Gambia’s leader of some 22 years Yahya Jammeh announced late Friday he would no longer accept defeat in recent elections, plunging the West African country into turmoil with a demand for fresh polls. Investigations into the December 1 vote have revealed a string of “unacceptable errors” on the part of electoral authorities, Jammeh said in a speech broadcast… Read more »
(AfricaNews)Tanzania’s former president Benjamin Mkapa arrived in Burundi’s capital Bujumbura on Wednesday to revive the collapsed Inter-Burundi Dialogue peace talks. Mkapa was appointed to facilitate the talks by the East African Community heads of state in March. Mkapa’s visit comes following an invitation from the Burundian presidency, and is scheduled to meet President Pierre Nkurunziza on Thursday. He will also… Read more »