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Malawi’s State President Dr. Lazarus Chakwera has declared seven days of national mourning in honour of the fallen former President of Zambia, Dr. Kenneth Kaunda, who died yesterday aged 97. Chakwera has further directed that flags fly at half-mast during these days. A statement from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation says the […]
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The independent panel, which had to determine whether there was a prima facie case for advocate Busisiwe Mkhwebane's removal as Public Protector, recommended that Parliament institute removal proceedings.
[Monitor] The Lira Resident District Commissioner (RDC), Mr Milton Odongo has been criticised for telling religious leaders to worship President Museveni as their god.
[Nairobi News] Government spokesperson Colonel (Rtd) Cyrus Oguna has denied claims that President Uhuru Kenyatta will be proceeding to a month-long sabbatical beginning December 15.
Yesterday’s sitting of Parliament was suspended after it was alleged that Minister of Public Affairs, Kwame McCoy had assaulted opposition Member of Parliament, Tabitha Sarabo-Halley.
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The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation in collaboration with the Inter-national Organization of Migration (IOM), on Tuesday launched the Migration Profile in Guyana: Promoting Evidence-Based Policy-Making project.
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[Radio Dabanga] Khartoum -- Commander Mustafa Tambour of the mainstream Sudan Liberation Movement faction led by Abdelwahid El Nur (SLM-AW) arrived in Khartoum on Saturday to meet Suleiman El Debello, chairman of the Sudanese Peace Council.
[This Day] The federal government yesterday expressed its readiness to open talks with the United States for the delisting of Nigeria from the religious freedom blacklist.
[LINA] Monrovia -- The Arab Republic of Egypt has donated a consignment of medical supplies to Liberia containing Personal Protective Equipment (PPEs) to enhance the efforts of Liberia in the fight against the deadly coronavirus disease.
Former PPP/C Minister of Finance Saisnarine Kowlessar is the new Chairman of the Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) Board.
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Following the signing of an agreement today between Foreign Minister Hugh Todd and visiting US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, joint maritime and air patrols between Guyana and the US to interdict drugs could begin as early as next Monday.
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A 69-year-old engineer died yesterday after a four-storey fall at a construction site at Happy Acres, on the East Coast of Demerara.
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[UNCTAD] Geneva -- UNCTAD's Economic Development in Africa Report 2020 says stopping illicit capital flight could almost cut in half the annual financing gap of $200 billion that the continent faces to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals.
[Dalsan Radio] The Indian government has announced that it will soon evacuate its citizens from the capital Mogadishu.
[VOA] Mogadishu, Somalia -- Somalia's cargo and travel industries have welcomed the resumption of diplomatic ties with neighbor Kenya after a five-month freeze that damaged bilateral trade. But tensions remain over an unresolved maritime territorial dispute.
Opposition Senator Lambert Brown has withdrawn his controversial pronouncement that he would push jungle justice if the rule of law breaks down and females in his immediate family were sexually abused or assaulted. \tIn a statement during today...
[IPS] Sydney and Kuala Lumpur -- COVID-19 recessions have hit most countries, requiring massive fiscal responses. While most developing countries struggled with mounting debt even before the pandemic, many developed countries also face unprecedented macroeconomic pressures despite earlier spending cuts due to 'fiscal consolidation' policies.
Geingob says through collective vision and unity of purpose, Africans will usher in the 'new Africa', an Africa where more than 1.2 billion sons and daughters of the soil can live in peace, unity and harmony.
We owe much of the spirit of Pan Africanism within which we celebrate 57 years of African unity to our founding fathers, the extraordinary personalities, who I refer to as the first wave of African leaders,\" Geingob said.
He said their successes and Pan-Africanist vision also played an instrumental role in molding the minds of younger cohorts within the settler colonies of southern Africa, from where a later group of first wave leaders emerged, such as, Agostinho Neto of Angola, Kenneth Kaunda of Zambia, Robert Mugabe of Zimbabwe, Eduardo Chivambo Mondlane of Mozambique, Sam Nujoma of Namibia and South Africa's Nelson Mandela.
Geingob says the second wave of African leadership surfaced during the height of the Cold War, when geopolitics divided the world into the East and West confrontation.
\"This was followed by a transition, where new leaders emerged, who I refer to as the 'third wave of African leadership',\" he said, adding that the focus in the third wave is to instill strong democratic principles and to strengthen processes, systems and institutions in order to deliver shared economic prosperity.
21 days of mourning declared for Zambia's founding father and "Africa's Gandhi"-- former president, Kenneth Kuanda, after he passed away at 97.
At least 24 shacks were gutted, leaving about 33 families homeless when a fire ripped through Qolweni informal settlement in Plettenberg Bay.
President Irfaan Ali yesterday announced plans to establish teams in every region to coordinate the response of government agencies to solve issues faced by citizens on the ground.
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South African National Defence Force Chief, General Solly Shoke, has issued a warning to members, cautioning them against getting involved in political party affairs.
Detectives attached to the Westmoreland Police Division say they have arrested and charged a mechanic with wounding with intent following an incident in the parish on Wednesday.\tCharged is 28-year-old Ricardo Smith of New Hope district, Little...
After a positive start to September, Level 1 of lockdown is fast approaching South Africa - and the government is already eyeing-up some significant changes.
Idi Amin Dada, who became known as the Butcher of Uganda for his brutal, despotic rule whilst president of Uganda in the 1970s, is possibly the most notorious of all Africas post-independence dictators. Amin seized power in a military coup in 1971 and ruled over Uganda for 8 years. Estimates for the number of his opponents who were either killed, tortured, or imprisoned vary from 100,000 to half a million.
He was ousted in 1979 by Ugandan nationalists, after which he fled into exile.
Date of birth: 1925, near Koboko, West Nile province, Uganda
Date of death: 16 August 2003, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
An Early Life
Idi Amin Dada was born in 1925 near Koboko, in the West Nile Province of what is now the Republic of Uganda. Deserted by his father at an early age, he was brought up by his mother, a herbalist and diviner. He was a member of the Kakwa ethnic group, a small Islamic tribe that was settled in the region.
Success in the Kings African Rifles
Idi Amin received little formal education: sources are unclear whether or not he attended the local missionary school. However, in 1946 he joined the Kings African Rifles, KAR (Britains colonial African troops), and served in Burma, Somalia, Kenya (during the British suppression of the Mau Mau) and Uganda. Although he was considered a skilled, and somewhat overeager, soldier, Amin developed a reputation for cruelty - he was almost cashiered on several occasions for excessive brutality during interrogations.
He rose through the ranks, reaching sergeant-major before finally being made an effendi, the highest rank possible for a Black African serving in the British army. Amin was also an accomplished sportsman, holding Ugandas light heavyweight boxing championship from 1951 to 1960.
A Hint of What was to Come?
As Uganda approached independence Idi Amins close colleague Apolo Milton Obote, the leader of the Uganda Peoples Congress (UPC), was made chief minister, and then prime minister.
Obote had Amin, one of only two high ranking Africans in the KAR, appointed as
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[Nyasa Times] President Lazarus Chakwera has ordered that party loyalists, including dancing women who swam airports' aprons whenever he is leaving the country or coming from abroad, be kicked out.
The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) today said it was “deeply disappointed” and concerned at a decree and subsequent statements by Venezuela pertaining to its border controversy with Guyana.
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