Politics

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 …

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 …

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 …

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,” …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

A US intelligence report on Tuesday says the Russian president has, among other things, authorized “influence operations aimed at denigrating President Biden’s candidacy.” During an interview with the American television channel ABC News on Wednesday, President Joe Biden was asked about his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin. He said the latter …

The March parliamentary session began on Monday in Kinshasa as the Democratic Republic of Congo has been without a government for two months. Yesterday’s start of the parliamentary session comes one month after the appointment on February 15 of the new Prime Minister Jean-Michel Sama Lukonde who has yet to …