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Burundi: Opposition warns of a political vacuum as president second mandate ends at midnight
Burundi's alliance-in-exile claims only an agreement with President Nkurunziza's government can save the country from war (IBTimes UK/Elsa Buchanan) President Pierre Nkurunziza's second term, which will end today (Wednesday 26…
Abatsinze Urwego rushinzwe Amagereza RCS barinubira gusiragizwa
Gen Paul Rwarakabije ukuriye Urwego rw’Amagereza (Ifoto/Ububiko) Abahoze ari abakozi b’Urwego rushinzwe Imfungwa n'Abagororwa (RCS) barinubira uburyo batinda kwishyurwa. Aba bakozi basaga 10 mu cyumweru gishize bazindukiye ku biro bya…
Burundian Opposition Member Pontien Barutwanayo Killed At Bar Near Bujumbura
Men burry the coffin of Emmanuel Ndere Yimana, an opposition supporter who was assassinated, during his funeral in Burundi's capital city of Bujumbura July 23, 2015. Burundian opposition activist Pontein…
Deluded ANC fell short of true liberation
The party misjudged the power of capitalism, selling out those it had pledged to free. In 1967 I heard Tanzanian president Julius Nyerere make a statement, summarised here by the…
Nkurunziza is sworn in in a surprise ceremony
Burundi's President Pierre Nkurunziza (C) is adorned with a symbolic chain after being sworn in for a controversial third term in power at the Congress Palace in Kigobe district. IN…
Abatunzwe na Pansiyo bashavujwe no kubaho nabi kandi barakoreye Leta
*95% ntibabona ibyangombwa nkenerwa *22% babeshwaho n’atarenze 10 000Rwf ku kwezi *Umushyikirano wa 2013 wari wemeje kwiga kuri iki kibazo ariko n’ubu… *Bababazwa n’umugani ab’ubu baca ngo “Urukwavu rukuze bararurya”…
CCM finally faces serious opposition
CCM presidential candidate John Pombe Magufuli and his running mate, Samia Suluhu Hassan thank delegates after their nomination. He will face former prime minister Edward Lowasa in the October elections.…
When Amin’s brother was locked in car boot
An illustration of Gen Mustafa Adrisi watching as Maj Nebbi is put in the boot of his (Gen Mustafa’s) benz before being driven to Jinja and back. Illustration by Henry…
Amashyaka 5 atavuga rumwe n’ubutegetsi bw’u Rwanda yashyize umukono ku masezerano yo gukorera hamwe
Kuri uyu wa gatanu tariki ya 14 Kanama 2015, i Bruxelles mu gihugu cy’u Bubiligi habereye igikorwa cyo gushyira umukono ku masezerano yo gukorera hamwe hagati y’amashyaka 5 arwanya ubutegetsi…
Rwandan rebels kidnap 6 Tanzanian Muslim leaders in DR Congo, demand $20,000 ransom
his could be awkward for Tanzania, which in the past called on Rwanda to negotiate with the rebels now turned kidnappers. Tanzania forces in the UN's Force Intervention Brigade in…