Hundreds of people were protesting and a police station burned down in Tanzania’s commercial capital Dar es Salaam on Wednesday, an AFP journalist saw, as the country held elections criticised for repressing the opposition.
Hundreds protested on Wednesday in Tanzania’s largest city, tearing down banners of President Samia Suluhu Hassan and burning a police station, as the East African country went to the polls in elections where the main challengers have either been jailed or barred from standing.
A small plane travelling from Kenya’s coast crashed on Tuesday, killing all 11 people on board, including foreigners, the airline said.
Sudan’s army admitted on Monday it had withdrawn from the strategic hub of El-Fasher, while the United Nations issued a stark warning over reports of “atrocities” by the paramilitary group now in control of the city.
Cameroon’s President Paul Biya, 92, has been re-elected for an eighth term with 53.7 percent of the vote, according to official results announced by the Constitutional Council Monday.
President Samia Suluhu, a soft-spoken politician who unexpectedly found herself Tanzania’s first female leader, is now accused of overseeing heavy repression in the East African nation.
President Samia Suluhu is said to want nothing less than a total victory, similar to the 99 percent her party, Chama Cha Mapinduzi, won in local polls last year.
Lissu’s cell is now equipped with CCTV cameras that record his every move, leaving him with no privacy. He reveals that the cameras capture everything he does, even when he uses the bathroom or changes clothes.
The fire ravaged two rooms, consuming everything in its path, including civilian clothes, police uniforms, household items, maize, a bed, and a mattress.
US President Donald Trump on Friday doubled down on his decision to end trade talks with Canada over an anti-tariff advertising campaign, a sudden about-face soon after a cordial White House meeting with Prime Minister Mark Carney.
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