Botswana’s new president took office Friday in a whirlwind transfer of power following elections that saw a historic defeat handed to the party that had governed the diamond-rich country for nearly 60 years.Human rights lawyer Duma Boko, 54, was sworn in during a closed session at the office of the chief justice three days after …
Kenya plans to reintroduce some of the tax hikes that sparked deadly protests earlier this year, the government announced Friday, while a new deputy president was sworn in after weeks of high political drama.President William Ruto scrapped an unpopular finance bill in June after the protests. Rights groups accused police of a brutal and illegal crackdown …
Kenya reintroduces tax reforms with new deputy presidentFri, 01 Nov 2024 16:24:32 GMT Read More »
Botswana’s president-elect Duma Boko is a human rights lawyer who spent three decades in opposition fighting to dislodge the party in power for nearly 60 years before clinching his surprise landslide victory.The 54-year-old Harvard graduate inspired voters in the arid southern African country to turn out in large numbers for Wednesday’s elections that ended the …
Duma Boko, Botswana rights lawyer elected presidentFri, 01 Nov 2024 16:01:13 GMT Read More »
President Emmanuel Macron on Friday acknowledged that Larbi Ben M’hidi, a key figure in Algeria’s War of Independence against France, had been killed by French soldiers after his arrest in 1957, the French presidency said.”He recognised today that Larbi Ben M’hidi, a national hero for Algeria… was killed by French soldiers,” the presidency said on …
The Indian Ocean island of Mauritius blocked access to social media on Friday, just days ahead of a general election, as tensions mounted over a wire-tapping scandal.Mauritius has been gripped by the release of secret recordings of phone calls by politicians, journalists, members of civil society and even foreign diplomats that began to emerge online …
Mauritius blocks social media amid wire-tapping scandalFri, 01 Nov 2024 14:43:59 GMT Read More »
Botswana’s opposition Umbrella for Democratic Change (UDC) has won a majority in parliament and can form the next government, the electoral commission announced Friday, marking a historic defeat for the party that had governed the diamond-rich country for nearly six decades.Outgoing president Mokgweetsi Masisi conceded defeat in Wednesday’s general election and said his administration would …
Botswana opposition wins election in historic turnaroundFri, 01 Nov 2024 13:29:59 GMT Read More »
Kenya plans to re-introduce some of the tax hikes that sparked deadly protests earlier this year, the government announced Friday, while a new deputy president was sworn in after weeks of drama.President William Ruto scrapped an unpopular finance bill in June after the protests. Rights groups accused police of a brutal and illegal crackdown that led …
Kenya reintroduces tax reforms with new deputy presidentFri, 01 Nov 2024 10:37:26 GMT Read More »
Abraham Kithure Kindiki, who is being sworn in Friday as Kenya’s new deputy president, is an academic turned politician who was thrust into the limelight when he defended his boss President William Ruto at the International Criminal Court.The 52-year-old millionaire served as interior minister for more than two years before taking over as deputy president …
Who starts at fly-half and scrum-half will command most attention when world champions South Africa launch a three-Test tour of Britain on November 10 against Scotland in Edinburgh. Â Â Creative Manie Libbok and ace goal-kicker Handre Pollard are the rivals for the playmaker role while Jaden Hendrikse, Cobus Reinach and Grant Williams eye the No. 9 …
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Botswana’s president conceded defeat on Friday after his party which has governed the diamond-rich African country for nearly six decades suffered a resounding defeat in general elections.”I wish to congratulate the opposition on their victory and concede the election,” President Mokgweetsi Masisi told reporters at a press conference.Masisi said he had already spoken to the …
