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Burundi is at an “extremely dangerous tipping point”: UN official
GENEVA, Nov. 10 (Xinhua) -- UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra'ad Al Hussein on Tuesday warned that an increasingly grave human rights crisis has gripped Burundi, with potentially…
DRC cops, opposition supporters clash
Policemen detain a protester during clashes in Lubumbashi, Democratic Republic of Congo. Police fired tear gas at hundreds of people armed with sticks and shovels protesting the arrest of several…
Ruling CCM Party In Tanzania Ahead Of Opposition Despite Prominent Party Leaders Losing Seats
Preliminary voting results from the Tanzanian General Elections have revealed that the Chama Cha Mapinduzi (CCM) Party is leading over the Ukawa opposition alliance. Preliminary voting results from the Tanzanian…
Tanzania Opposition Grabs Early Gains in National Elections
Tanzania's ruling party presidential candidate John Magufuli took an early lead Tuesday, but several key cabinet ministers lost their seats as vote counting continued for Sunday's national elections. The ministers…
Mood tense but civil ahead of Tanzania elections
Party campaigns will close on Saturday evening.(SABC) The mood is tense but still civil among Tanzania's main rival parties, three days before the country goes to the most contested election.…
Uganda’s Would Be President For Life Can Be Defeated
Obama just needs to make good on his pledge to help show Yoweri Museveni to the door. BY SUZANNE NOSSEL “Nobody should be president for life,” declared President Barack Obama…
Guhuzagulika: Perezida Kagame Nta Manda Ya 3 Akeneye
Perezida Kagame avuga ko azubahiriza Itegeko Nshinga uko rizaba rimeze mu 2017 (Ifoto/Ububiko) Perezida w’u Rwanda, Paul Kagame, avuga ko azakomeza guha agaciro ibyifuzo by’Abanyarwanda bamusaba gukomeza kubayobora nyuma ya…
Leta Zunze Ubumwe za Amerika ziributsa ibihugu byo mu Biyaga Bigari ko politiki yazo ikiri ya yindi ku kijyanye no guhindura itegeko nshinga
Intumwa nshya ya Leta Zunze Ubumwe mu Biyaga Bigari, Thomas Perriello arahamagarira ibihugu byose byo mu Biyaga Bigari kubaha itegeko nshinga ryabyo. Mu kiganiro yahaye Radio Okapi, yagiriye inama ibihugu…
Tanzania’s tightest election race since independence?
President Nkurunziza of Burundi ran for a third term. Other African rulers may soon do likewise. But Tanzania's Jakaya Kikwete is stepping down after his permitted two terms in a…
President Kikwete’s flawless Swahili wows Kenyan legislators
President Jakaya Kikwete addressing Kenyan Parliament in Nairobi on October 6, 2015. (Photo:Boniface Okendo) Kenyan lawmakers cornered Tanzania's President Jakaya Kikwete and demanded an address in Kiswahili. The MPs who…