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It's time African leaders were barred from foreign medical care!
So, the people of Cameroon have no idea where their president is. Paul Biya, who is now the oldest head of state in the world, at 91 years old, has not been seen in public for the past three m...Published: 09 Oct 2024 at 10:51hrs | 1099 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Deaths of renowned African nationalist leaders in overseas hospitals exposes cruel deception of independence!
How many nationalist leaders, who bravely fought European colonialism and avidly preached against so-called Western imperialism, actually took their last breath on the African continent, in African he...Published: 31 Aug 2022 at 06:37hrs | | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
On land, Mugabe walked path other African leaders would not
Forget what you may have read in Western press about the late Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe. Forget the propaganda and Western hate. Forgive the excesses of his rule – human rights abuse and ex...Published: 08 Aug 2021 at 07:55hrs | | by John Kamau
Only a firm hand benevolent autocratic leader can save Zimbabwe
Eddie Cross's opinion piece of December 29, 2018 titled "How long oh Lord, how Long?", in which he lambasts lousy government, corruption, nonsensical monetary and macroeconomic policies, concludes tha...Published: 06 Jan 2019 at 17:58hrs | 7 | by Makaita Noel Mutasa
Leaders seeking treatment abroad destroy their health system
My father used to say if a man does not sleep at home he will never buy a bed. This is very true when applied to politicians on the continent seeking medical help anywhere but home. Politicians have s...Published: 04 Sep 2017 at 16:24hrs | | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Mugabe should now step down
ANGOLAN President Jose Eduardo dos Santos, Africa's second longest-serving leader after Equatorial Guinea's dictator Teodoro Obiang Nguema, will not seek re-election in August after decades in power. ...Published: 09 Jun 2017 at 08:16hrs | | by Staff writer
Mugabe succession a puzzle
WATCHING President Robert Mugabe ungainly walking in public or labouring through some turgid and soporific prepared text - often with slurred speech - evokes different emotions ranging from sympathy, ...Published: 28 Apr 2017 at 15:48hrs | | by Dumisani Muleya
Leave when your time is up- Kofi Annan tells African leaders
Former UN secretary-general Kofi Annan has urged African leaders to leave when their mandated time is up and to avoid excluding opposing voices if elections are to cease contributing to conflicts on t...Published: 19 Apr 2016 at 12:04hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
'Chiwenga to become Vice President, when Mnangagwa takes over from Mugabe in 2016'
Cologne - Zimbabwe Defence Forces (ZDF) Commander, General Constantine Guveya Chiwenga, is set to become Vice President of Zimbabwe, if and when his incumbent t...Published: 18 Mar 2016 at 06:24hrs | 4 | by Itai Mushekwe
Somalia attacks expose US 'hunger' to dominate Africa
On March 7 the Pentagon announced that it had killed 150 members of the Al-Shabaab guerrilla movement in a bombing operation in Somalia.These military actions are part and parcel of a broader ...Published: 18 Mar 2016 at 05:29hrs | | by Abayomi Azikiwe
Financing Africa's massive projects
Innovative bankrolling gains popularity and raises high hopes among key countries It is an audacious $4.8 billion project undertaken by one of the ...Published: 28 Feb 2015 at 08:14hrs | | by Kingsley Ighobor and Busani Bafana
Please African leaders, Die in your countries
Just a few days after Zambia celebrated her 50th independence anniversary last month, their president, Michael Sata, died in a London hospital, where he had been admitted with an unspecified illne...Published: 08 Nov 2014 at 06:56hrs | | by Staff Correspondence
There is energy momentum in Africa
Under-Secretary-General Kandeh Yumkella is the Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General and Chief Executive for the Sustainable Energy for All initiative. H...Published: 17 May 2014 at 07:39hrs | | by Kandeh Yumkella
Africa's liberation movements maintain 100% victory record
From South Africa and Zimbabwe to Ethiopia and Rwanda, no liberation movement government leader has ever lost power in the last 40 ye...Published: 10 May 2014 at 20:09hrs | 8 | by C. ONYANGO-OBBO
After Mugabe: Zanu-PF infighting begins now
With the presidency in the bag and parliament in their pocket, Zanu-PF can relax in the certainty that they will dictate Zimbabwe's foreseeable future. But who will dictate to Zanu-PF? Botox or no Bot...Published: 06 Aug 2013 at 09:10hrs | | by Simon Allison
Politics of succession: coping African when leaders die
In December 2008, a Guinean newspaper published a photo of a frail and ailing President Lansana Conté, who appeared to be struggling to stand up. The photo stoked rumours of the president...Published: 21 Mar 2013 at 16:24hrs | | by Kingsley Ighobor
First state funeral of Ethiopian leader begins
Addis Ababa - The flag-draped coffin of Ethiopia's late Prime Minister Meles Zenawi arrived on Sunday for the start of the first state funeral staged for a leader of the Horn of Africa nation in more ...Published: 02 Sep 2012 at 09:09hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Ethiopia prepares first state funeral for a leader in over 80 years
ADDIS ABABA: Ethiopia has had a long line of leaders dying in secret, hidden behind closed doors, but not a long history of funerals.In 1913, one of Ethiopia's most reno...Published: 01 Sep 2012 at 04:39hrs | | by AFP
Ethiopia's PM Meles Zenawi dies in a foreign hospital - criticized by Amnesty International
Nashville,TN - Ethiopia's Prime Minister, Meles Zenawi died today in a hospital in Brussels, Belgium. Mr. Zenawi has been out of sight since June this year.The 5...Published: 21 Aug 2012 at 21:00hrs | | by Staff reporter
Ethiopian Prime Minister has died
Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles Zenawi has died at the age of 57, state media say, after weeks of illness.Mr Meles died in a hospital abroad, said state media and a government spokesman, but t...Published: 21 Aug 2012 at 06:02hrs | | by BBC
Zuma takes on Ping for top AU job
President Mugabe joined 14 other heads of state and government for the African Union's Peace and Security Council meeting that convened here yesterday to deliberate on ways of resolving conflicts affl...Published: 15 Jul 2012 at 07:36hrs | | by Staff reporter
Ethiopia - Journalists are not terrorists
Reporters Without Borders has just visited Ethiopia, where two Swedish journalists, Kontinent news agency reporter Martin Schibbye and photographer Johan Persson, were sentenced to 11 years in prison ...Published: 24 Jan 2012 at 21:10hrs | | by APO
Eighteenth African Union Summit to hold on the theme: 'Boosting intra-African trade'
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia - The 18th Ordinary Session of the Summit of the African Union (AU) is scheduled to take place from 23 to 30 January 2012 in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Holding under the th...Published: 11 Jan 2012 at 05:19hrs | | by APO
Gaddafi must go first, France tells AU
France has vowed that it would work with the African Union to find "political solutions" to the Libya crisis, but insists that the ousting of Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi as a "key point"."W...Published: 11 Jul 2011 at 07:07hrs | | by Sapa-AP
Russian envoy to discuss Libyan peace plan with Mugabe
Russian presidential special representative for cooperation with African countries Mikhail Margelov will discuss prospects of a Libyan peace settlement with the leaders of Zimbabwe, Angola, Sudan and...Published: 04 Jul 2011 at 10:03hrs | | by .
Christians and Muslims square up as religious divides flare up in violence
The hollow chants of “Allahu Akbar!” reverberating from a distance seemed innocuous at first for Abera Gutema, who ventured home quietly from his shop just a s...Published: 24 Mar 2011 at 11:15hrs | | by Byo24News
Ivory Coast ballot recount 'grave injustice': UN Secretary General Ban
A recount of Ivory Coast's disputed presidential election would be a "grave injustice," the UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon said in remarks made public Sunday in Addis Ababa."Reopening the re...Published: 30 Jan 2011 at 11:21hrs | 1 | by Byo24NEWS
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