In Uganda they have recently done away with the age limit for presidents. This means that now their current president which is Yoweri Museveni will be able to run for his sixth term in 2021. He has already been in power for 32 years and now could become one of the longest serving leaders in Africa. The corrupt political systems in… Read more »
WHO Boss Breaks Down at Nyamata Genocide Memorial Thursday, January 11, 2018, will remain in the memory of World Health Organisation Director General, Dr Tedros Adhanon Ghebreyesus. It was his first time to visit a memorial site to witness the heinous killings that were conducted during the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi. Dr Tedros travelled to Bugesera district and visited… Read more »
http://ewtnnews.com/catholic-news/World.php?id=16790 During a two day police operation, six women religious who were captured in Nigeria’s Edo state two months ago were released unharmed on Saturday, generating much joy from the Christian community. The women were freed during a Jan. 6 police operation, but their captors were able to escape. They had been kidnapped Nov. 13, 2017 from the Eucharistic Heart… Read more »
https://www.scribd.com/article/368961747/With-Age-Limit-Abolished-Ugandans-Fear-They-Are-Stuck-With-President-Museveni In early January 2018, a cloud of despair settled on Ugandan social media after the country’s president signed a law that lifts the the upper age limit for the presidency even after a survey indicated that a majority of Ugandans oppose the change. The amendment to Uganda’s constitution means that President Yoweri Museveni, who is 73, can run for a sixth term in… Read more »
http://www.aljazeera.com/news/2018/01/dr-congo-floods-leave-45-dead-thousands-homeless-180111090152024.html Days of flooding rains have left parts of central Kinshasa in ruins. At least 45 people have died in the capital of the Democratic Republic of Congo, and more than 5,000 have been made homeless according to the local Red Cross. Heavy rains began on January 3 and continued through to Sunday, sweeping through homes, collapsing walls and causing landslides… Read more »
Zimbabwe’s embattled former finance minister Ignatius Chombo has finally been granted bail by High Court Judge Edith Mushore. The judge who set aside the earlier magistrate court’s ruling that denied Chombo bail blasted the state for illegally detaining the former finance minister beyond the constitutionally prescribed 48hrs. She then granted bail at $5,000 and ordered Chombo to specifically reside at… Read more »
Currently in Liberia the Supreme Court has ruled that the evidence of fraud during the first round of the election was insufficient. So this means that the final round of voting can take place. Liberia has had some problems in the past with its politicians seeing that they haven’t had a smooth transitions of powers in 73 years. President Ellen… Read more »
Nigeria has unveiled a major railway expansion project to ease congestion on roads and to boost the economy, writes Ijeoma Ndukwe from the commercial capital, Lagos. A train pulls into Ebute Meta station on mainland Lagos. The station is housed within an old railway compound built during British rule in Africa’s most populous state with a population of more than… Read more »
Zimbabwe has taken steps towards ending its economic isolation in its first budget since the end of Robert Mugabe’s 37-year authoritarian rule. Finance Minister Patrick Chinamasa announced a package of measures aimed at wooing international investors, including new curbs on laws that require firms to be 51% locally owned. He said privatisation of some state firms was being considered. He… Read more »
Zimbabwe’s new president, Emmerson Mnangagwa, on Tuesday announced a three-month amnesty window for the return of public funds illegally stashed abroad by individuals and companies. Upon the expiry of the amnesty at the end of February next year, the government will arrest and prosecute those who have failed to comply, Mnangagwa said in a statement. Mnangagwa was sworn-in as president… Read more »