Society – Africa Hot News http://africahotnews.com Best News Thu, 18 Mar 2021 10:50:17 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.7.11 Tanzania- President John Magufuli died at 61 http://africahotnews.com/2021/03/tanzania-president-john-magufuli-died-at-61/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tanzania-president-john-magufuli-died-at-61 http://africahotnews.com/2021/03/tanzania-president-john-magufuli-died-at-61/#respond Wed, 17 Mar 2021 20:43:00 +0000 http://prod.africahotnews.com/?p=3480 The Tanzanian President John Magufuli, aka "the Bulldozzer", died Wednesday of heart problems after more than five years as head of the East African state.

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]]> The Tanzanian President John Magufuli, aka “the Bulldozzer”, died on Wednesday of heart problems after more than five years as head of the East African state.

Reelected last October for a second term, John Magufuli, 61, last appeared in public more than two weeks ago, on February 27, and lingering rumors were circulating about his state of health.

“It is with great regret that I inform you that today, March 17, 2021, at 6:00 p.m., we have lost our courageous leader, the President of Tanzania, John Pombe Magufuli,” announced Samia Suluhu Hassan on the television.

The vice-president clarified that the head of state had suffered from heart problems for 10 years.

He was admitted on March 6 to the Jakaya Kikwete Heart Institute in Dar es Salaam, but was released the next day.

On March 14, he felt ill again and was admitted to Emilio Mzena Hospital, a government facility.

“The organization of the funeral is underway (…) Our country will be in mourning for a period of 14 days and the flags will be at half mast,” said Samia Suluhu Hassan.

John Magufuli, nicknamed the “Bulldozer”, came to power in 2015 promising to fight the endemic corruption that infuriates the population.

According to many human rights organizations, his first term was also marked by an authoritarian drift, repeated attacks on the opposition and the decline in fundamental freedoms.

His re-election in October, in a context of strong repression, had also been rejected by the opposition, which was crying out for fraud.

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]]> http://africahotnews.com/2021/03/tanzania-president-john-magufuli-died-at-61/feed/ 0 Ivory Coast- Prime Minister Ahmed Bakayoko has passed away! http://africahotnews.com/2021/03/ivory-coast-prime-minister-ahmed-bakayoko-has-passed-away/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=ivory-coast-prime-minister-ahmed-bakayoko-has-passed-away http://africahotnews.com/2021/03/ivory-coast-prime-minister-ahmed-bakayoko-has-passed-away/#respond Thu, 11 Mar 2021 10:42:10 +0000 http://prod.africahotnews.com/?p=3404 Côte d'Ivoire thus loses two Prime Ministers in less than a year. On July 8, Amadou Gon Coulibaly, Bakayoko's predecessor, died suddenly in Abidjan after being the victim of unease amid a cabinet meeting in Abidjan.

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The Ivorian Prime Minister Ahmed Bakayoko, evacuated to France since February 18 and urgently transferred to Germany last week, succumbed to a dazzling cancer on Wednesday March 10, 2021 at the age of 56.

The sad news has been announced on Wednesday evening by Fidel Sarassoro, director of cabinet of the Ivorian president Alassane Ouattara.

“I am deeply saddened to announce the death of Prime Minister Hamed Bakayoko this Wednesday in Germany from cancer,” he said.

“Our country is in mourning,” said Alassane Ouattara, in a message posted on social media.

“I pay tribute to the Prime Minister, Hamed Bakayoko, my son and close collaborator, too soon torn from our affection”, he continued, paying homage to this “great statesman, a model for our youth, a personality of great generosity and exemplary loyalty ”.

Côte d’Ivoire thus loses two Prime Ministers in less than a year. On July 8, Amadou Gon Coulibaly, Bakayoko’s predecessor, died suddenly in Abidjan after being the victim of unease amid a cabinet meeting in Abidjan.

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]]> http://africahotnews.com/2021/03/ivory-coast-prime-minister-ahmed-bakayoko-has-passed-away/feed/ 0 Ghana-Closure of a homosexual center in Accra http://africahotnews.com/2021/02/ghana-closure-of-a-homosexual-center-in-accra/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=ghana-closure-of-a-homosexual-center-in-accra http://africahotnews.com/2021/02/ghana-closure-of-a-homosexual-center-in-accra/#respond Thu, 25 Feb 2021 11:34:39 +0000 http://prod.africahotnews.com/?p=3076 These incidents come a few weeks after the first reaction of the American President, Joe Biden on the management of these practices by the other countries of the world.

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On Wednesday, the Ghana police service closed the offices of an organization that supports the LGBTQI + community (lesbian, gay, bi-sexual trans, queer, intersex), in a neighborhood north of Accra.

On Twitter, LGBT + rights group Ghana announced that its center had been overrun by national security, adding that not only did they no longer have access to that space, but their lives were also at risk.

Furthermore, the community calls on human rights organizations and their allies to condemn “these attacks and hate crimes” against them.

For several weeks, religious groups and leaders in the Christian-dominated country have been campaigning for the authorities to close the center.

Meanwhile, Ghanaians on social media criticized the silence of President Akufo-Addo after the opening of this center in January by Rights Ghana with the support of foreigners (white).

The owner of the building that housed the center, Asenso Gyambi, told reporters he did not know his house was rented by the group.

These incidents come a few weeks after the first reaction of the American President, Joe Biden on the management of these practices by the other countries of the world.

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