Zuma escaped bid to unseat him
After what the general secretary of the ruling African National Congress called a robust and difficult debate earlier this week, South African President Jacob Zuma has kept his job. Gwede Mantashe insisted there wasn’t any no confidence debate and the decision of the ANC’s National Executive Committee was taken on consensus. No fewer than four […]
Who’s at Fidel Castro’s funeral?
President Jacob Zuma and his Zimbabwe counterpart Robert Mugabe are among relatively few heads of state on the 20-page official guest list for Fidel Castro’s funeral. Russia’s Vladimir Putting heads a list of very good friends of Cuba who’ve elected to send representative to the pay respects to the revolutionary icon. Not surprisingly a raft […]
CAR clashes deeply concern UN boss
United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki Moon has expressed deep concern at violence in the Central African Republic that’s left at least 86 people dead. Two armed groups, both factions of the ex-Séléka rebels have clashed in Haute Kotto prefecture. In addition to the scores killed and wounded, more than 11 000 people have been displaced. Many […]
Burundi’s presidential spokesman escapes assassination bid
A top advisor to Burundi’s president and the most public face of the government has escaped an assassination attempt in the capital Bujumbura. Willy Nyamitwe was returning home on Monday night when he was met with sustained gunfire and grenade explosions. One of his bodyguards was killed and another injured while Nyamitwe suffered slight wounds […]
Burundi balmes Rwanda for bid to kill presidential spokesman
Burundi’s blaming its neighbour, Rwanda for the foiled assassination attempt on President Nkurunziza’s spokesperson. Burundi’s police spokesman Pierre Nkurukiye says instructions for the attempt on Willy Nyamitwe’s life were passed from the Rwandan capital Kigali to someone in the Burundi military. High-profile Willy Nyamitwe was wounded but escaped the assassination bid outside his Bujumbura home […]