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The 441 Malawians were bussed home on Monday from South Africa, where they were left stranded after the country closed its borders in March to limit the spread of the coronavirus.

“Since 1994, Felicien Kabuga, known to have been the financier of Rwanda genocide, had with impunity stayed in Germany, Belgium, Congo-Kinshasa, Kenya, or Switzerland,” a French justice ministry statement said.

The US embassy’s charge d’affaires, Inmi Patterson, met with Wilbert Ibuge, permanent secretary at the Tanzanian foreign ministry, who reminded Patterson about the two countries’ “historical cooperation”.

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.

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”.

The Ethiopian government is finalizing plans to sell a 40 percent stake in Ethio Telecom- the country’s sole telecommunication provider . The plan was announced by…

President Magufuli who has played down the gravity of the pandemic in the country, said “we have decided to reopen universities starting June 1, 2020”.

Ansah has since been the target of nationwide protests calling for her to go over her handling of disputed election.

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.