Russian President Vladimir Putin offers his American counterpart Joe Biden “a discussion” broadcast live in the coming days, in response to the accusations of the American president who considered that he could be qualified as a “killer”. The US president Joe Biden answers with the affirmative when a journalist from …
Read More »Possible re-election of Denis Sassou Nguessou for a sixth term
The 77-year-old President Denis Sassou Nguesso is aiming for re-election in the first round on Sunday in Congo-Brazzaville, where members of civil society have expressed “serious reservations” about the transparency of the election. “One shot, K-O” is written on the campaign posters of the candidate of the Congolese Labor Party …
Read More »Samia Suluhu Hassan sworn in as Tanzanian new president
Samia Suluhu Hassan, former Tanzanian vice-president becomes the first woman to be president in Tanzania. This comes after the death of President John Pombe Magufuli from heart complications. Ms Samia has been sworn in by the Chief Justice Ibrahim Juma at State House Dar es Salaam The 61-year-old woman served …
Read More »Samia Suluhu Hassan, the next Tanzanian president
The opposition in Tanzania has called for Vice President Samia Suluhu Hassan to be sworn in immediately, following the death of President John Magufuli, BBC news reports. It will make her the first female president of the East Africa nation and the second president to come from the country’s semi-autonomous …
Read More »‘It takes one to know one’ Putin retorts after Biden says he thinks he is a killer
President Vladimir Putin retorted on Thursday that it takes one to know one after U.S. President Joe Biden said he thought the Russian leader was a killer and already poor relations between Moscow and Washington sank to a new post-Cold War low. Putin was speaking on television after Biden, in …
Read More »Russian ambassador will leave Washington on Saturday
Ambassador Anatoly Antonov will visit Moscow for consultations on the future of the Russian-American relationship, after Joe Biden claimed that Vladimir Putin was “a killer”. “During meetings at the Russian Foreign Ministry and with other bodies, it will be a question of means of correcting the Russian-American relationship in crisis,” …
Read More »Kenyan politicians mourns Tanzanian president John Magufuli
Many are the African and world politicians to expressed their condelences to the Tanzanian people after the death of their president john Magufuli. Kenyan opposition leader Raila Odinga has mourned the death of Tanzania’s President John Magufuli and said “he’s been by my side at my most difficult and painful …
Read More »Politicians around the world pay tribute to Tanzanian President John Magufuli
On Wednesday, the Tanzanian Vice-president on the national Television has announced the death of the country’s president John Magufuli. Following this announcement, many african politicans have expressed their sadness. The US State Department has expressed condolences to Tanzanians and added that “we hope that Tanzania can move forward on a …
Read More »Activist jailed in Egypt for spreading fake news
18 months is how long Sanaa Seif, a leading Egyptian activist, will spend in prison for spreading fake news. Sanaa Seif has been held in jail since June when she was taken into detention as she was trying to deliver a letter to the prison where her brother Alaa Abdel …
Read More »Security forces begin presidential election in Congo
In Congo, security forces have started voting in the town of Dolisie, ahead of Wednesday’s presidential election. They are a total of 12,000 soldiers and police to vote. Congolese authorities say this would free up security forces, and allow them to focus on securing polling stations on Wednesday. But most …
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