Author: Sumner Shagari Sambo

The country’s commercial capital, Dar es Salaam, hotels and schools are all heeding President John Magufuli’s directive to re-open the entire economy after a significant reduction in coronavirus cases.

A resident of Birnin Magaji in Zamfara state said “bandits” on motorcycles had been spotted seeking to flee. “They have been hit hard by the bombings and are looking for escape routes,” Abubakar Dan-Malam added.

Mozambique President Filipe Nyusi last week asked for regional help from SADC in fighting the insurgency, which began in 2017, and has rapidly escalated in recent weeks.

Evariste Ndayishimiye was declared winner of Burundi’s presidential election with 68.72 percent of the vote, the Independent National Electoral Commission (CENI) said.

The opposition National Council for Liberty (CNL) has cried foul, with a spokesman on Friday calling the polls “a carefully prepared hold-up”.

Police raided two hideouts of “terrorist elements” in North Sinai governorate, sparking a gunbattle in which two officers were also wounded, the Interior Ministry said.

The government also denied any manipulation of its figures for coronavirus cases and deaths.

“Since the start of the epidemic, demand for artemisia has gone through the roof,” said Van Damme, a Belgian agronomist marketing it in Senegal said. “But since the Madagascan president’s declarations it’s been crazy.”

The opposition party also alleged there had been incidents of proxy voting, people voting multiple times and the voting cards of absent voters being redistributed to ruling party electors.

The Paris court granted Kabuga’s request for an eight-day postponement to prepare his defence.