Africa News – 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 Benin- Arrest of opposition flagbearer Reckya Madougou http://africahotnews.com/2021/03/benin-arrest-of-opposition-flagbearer-reckya-madougou/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=benin-arrest-of-opposition-flagbearer-reckya-madougou http://africahotnews.com/2021/03/benin-arrest-of-opposition-flagbearer-reckya-madougou/#respond Thu, 04 Mar 2021 12:08:36 +0000 http://prod.africahotnews.com/?p=3288 After her car was pulled over on the Porto Novo Bridge, those who were in the craft with her were taken out. And she was taken to Cotonou.

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]]> Reckya Madougou, the leader of the opposition party, “Les Democrates”, who’s candidacy for the presidential election in Benin was rejected, has been arrested on Wednesday in Porto Novo.

Shortly after leading a press conference in the presence of other equally unsuccessful opposition candidates, including Professor Joël Aïvo, Reckya Madougou was arrested by Republican police on her way to Cotonou.

After her car was pulled over on the Porto Novo Bridge, those who were in the craft with her were taken out. And she was taken to Cotonou.

This follows an arrest warrant issued by the Court for the Repression of Economic Crimes and Terrorism (CRIET).

A source confirms to Rfi that her arrest would be linked to the arrests of “two activists from her party placed under arrest warrant on Monday for criminal association and terrorism”.

The opposition leader is currently in custody.

According to local media, her phone was also confiscated.

At the end of the investigation, she will be presented to the public prosecutor.

Meanwhile, Me Renaud Agbodjo, her lawyer, denounces her arrest, indicating that she was not even summoned beforehand.

Nevertheless, according to his counsel, “the main motives are always criminal association and terrorism. It must be considered that in reality her candidacy is embarrassing and this arrest is clearly political. So we denounce this totally arbitrary and illegal arrest ”.

A CRIET press conference is announced today to give full explanations of this affair which may have impact on the April 11, 2021 presidential election in this Western African country.

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