The Paris court granted Kabuga’s request for an eight-day postponement to prepare his defence.
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Majoro will stay in charge until scheduled elections in June 2022. A seasoned economist, he previously worked as finance minister and an executive director at the International Monetary Fund.
Ruling party candidate, general Evariste Ndayishimiye has suggested voters not fear the coronavirus, saying “God loves Burundi and if there are people who have tested positive, it is so that God may manifest his power in Burundi.”
Officials said in a statement on Monday, that “a number of his office staff and bodyguards” had also tested positive for Covid-19.
The country’s supreme ruler King Letsie III has been advised by parliament to appoint Finance Minister Moeketsi Majoro as premier and he is expected to be sworn in on Wednesday.
Bemba’s lawyers had sought a total of nearly 69 million euros including compensation for the time he spent in jail and damages for legal costs.
“Nigeria is not yet ready for full opening of the economy and tough decisions have to be taken for the good of the greater majority,” said Boss Mustapha, the chairman of Nigeria’s presidential task force for COVID-19.
Flair Aviation “was given approval for humanitarian operations but regrettably were caught conducting commercial flights”, Aviation Minister Hadi Sirika said.
It is a symbolic success for the counter-offensive that the GNA has been mounting against General Haftar’s forces for the past month.
News Central’s Poloum David reports on the effects of the Covid-19 lockdown in Abuja. Violators of the stay-at-home order are arrested for failure to wear face masks in suburbs of the Nigerian capital, Abuja.