Togo’s opposition says it needs to “reinvent” itself after winning just five seats in legislative elections it has dismissed as an “electoral masquerade”.Opposition parties hoped for a strong showing in the April 29 ballot after a contested constitutional reform, which they say will allow President Faure Gnassingbe to extend his already nearly two-decade rule.Gnassingbe’s ruling …
Chadians voted Monday in an election aimed at ending three years of military rule but dismissed by opponents of junta leader Mahamat Idriss Deby Itno as a fix following violent repression.They will choose whether to extend three decades of Deby family rule, in a country crucial in the fight against jihadism across the Sahel desert …
Mozambique’s ruling Frelimo party has chosen regional governor Daniel Chapo as its new leader, making him the successor to President Filipe Nyusi if the party wins this year’s elections, Nyusi said late on Sunday.Frelimo’s central committee elected Chapo over three other internal candidates, in a surprise move that followed two days of intense debate, a …
Mozambique’s ruling party chooses new leaderMon, 06 May 2024 09:02:17 GMT Read More »
Moundou, a city of small businesses nestled in Chad’s fertile south, offers a stark contrast to the dusty capital of N’Djamena far to the north in the vast and largely desert Sahel nation.The country’s second-largest city is the capital of a south populated mainly by Christians and animists, but also Muslim merchants and entrepreneurs.It is …
Chad’s presidential poll to exacerbate north-south divideMon, 06 May 2024 05:29:51 GMT Read More »
Uganda is to repatriate the remains of two “Ugandan Martyrs” who were executed more than a century ago for refusing to renounce Christianity, a Church official said Sunday.Twenty-two Roman Catholics and 23 Anglicans, mostly young men, were killed in 1885 and 1886 on the orders of the then king of Buganda, now part of Uganda, …
Uganda to repatriate remains of executed Christian martyrsSun, 05 May 2024 14:48:40 GMT Read More »
Former Test captain Dean Elgar described a toxic environment of politics and poor administration in South African cricket and said he felt he had been “stabbed in the back” when he was summarily axed from the leadership role last year.Elgar, 36, is now playing for English county Essex after retiring from international cricket.He said in …
Kenya said Sunday that the death toll from weeks of devastating rains and floods had risen to 228 and warned that there was no sign of a let-up in the crisis.While Kenya and neighbouring Tanzania escaped major damage from a tropical cyclone that weakened after making landfall on Saturday, the government in Nairobi said the …
Kenya floods death toll at 228 as crisis persistsSun, 05 May 2024 11:06:40 GMT Read More »
President Faure Gnassingbe Togo’s ruling party won a crushing majority in legislative elections, authorities said, allowing the longtime leader to extend his rule under a contested constitutional reform.Gnassingbe’s Union for the Republic party (UNIR) won 108 of 113 seats in the vote held last Monday, according to provisional results announced by the national electoral commission …
In Chad, one of the world’s poorest and youngest countries, a new generation of first-time voters will elect a president on Monday with a mixture of hope, worry and disillusionment.According to United Nations figures, people aged between 10 and 24 make up one third of inhabitants in the central African country, which has been ruled …
Hope and disillusionment among Chad’s first-time votersSun, 05 May 2024 05:41:24 GMT Read More »
When Togo’s lawmakers passed a new constitution last month, opposition leaders quickly rejected the reform as another ploy by President Faure Gnassingbe to extend his family’s more than five-decade grip on power.The amended constitution created a new role of president of the council of ministers, a position critics say is tailor-made for Gnassingbe to avoid …
Togo leader Gnassingbe follows father’s political playbookSun, 05 May 2024 01:41:44 GMT Read More »
