Africa’s longest-serving leaders

Equatorial Guinea President Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo is Africa’s longest-serving living leaders – he came to power in a coup on August 3, 1979 (AFP Photo/Pius Utomi Ekpei).

Paris (AFP) – Congo votes to amend the constitution Sunday in a referendum allowing President Denis Sassou Nguesso to extend a grip on power that began three decades ago.

Sassou Nguesso took power in 1979 and has been in office ever since, except for a five-year period.

Here is a list of Africa’s longest-serving...

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Habari Zinazoendana

11 years ago

TheCitizen

16 Jul

How politics nearly ruined deal to end S.Africa’s longest strike

Forty-eight hours after talks to end South Africa’s longest strike hit a brick wall when the mining minister suddenly pulled out, a bishop and an anti-establishment corporate lawyer engineered a deal at a secret meeting in a ritzy hotel.

 

11 years ago

Michuzi

Rais Kikwete awasili Washington kuhudhuria Mkutano wa Viongozi wa Wakuu wa Nchi na Serikali wa Amerika na Africa (US-Africa Leaders summit)

Rais Jakaya Mrisho Kikwete akisalimiana na baadhi ya maafisa waliofika kumpokea wakati akiwasili katika Uwanja wa Ndege wa Kimataifa wa Dulles tayari kwa Mkutano wa Viongozi wa Wakuu wa Nchi na Serikali wa Amerika na Africa (US-Africa Leaders summit) uliondaliwa na Rais Barack Obama wa unaotaraji kuanza Agosti 4-hadi 6, 2014, ambao utatanguliwa na mikutano mingine ya maendeleo ya sekta mbalimbali na uwekezaji (2-3 Agosti, 2014) jijini Washington DC. Kushoto ni Balozi wa Tanzania nchini...

 

11 years ago

GPL

RAIS KIKWETE AWASILI WASHINGTON KUHUDHURIA MKUTANO WA VIONGOZI WA WAKUU WA NCHI NA SERIKALI WA AMERIKA NA AFRICA (US-AFRICA LEADERS SUMMIT)‏

Rais Jakaya Mrisho Kikwete na Mama Salma Kikwete wakiwasili katika Uwanja wa Ndege wa Kimataifa wa Dulles tayari kwa Mkutano wa Viongozi wa Wakuu wa Nchi na Serikali wa Amerika na Africa (US-Africa Leaders summit) uliondaliwa na Rais Barak Obama unaoanza Agosti 4-hadi 6, 2014, ambao utatanguliwa na mikutano mingine ya maendeleo ya sekta mbalimbali na uwekezaji  (2-3 Agosti, 2014)  jijini Washington… ...

 

11 years ago

TheCitizen

15 Jun

The longest word ? It is SMILES

If you laid all the world’s statisticians end-to-end, they would still point in every direction. What is the longest word in the English language?

 

10 years ago

TheCitizen

12 Aug

Hats, batons, walking sticks: soft features of leaders leaders op political leaders

Minus Nigeria’s Goodluck Jonathan, whose presidential luck run out after losing an election to Muhammad Buhari a little over four months ago, Africa has two reigning, hat-wearing heads of state.

 

10 years ago

TheCitizen

26 Aug

Longest vessel to berth at Dar port

This, however, is just the start, says a CEO

 

11 years ago

TheCitizen

10 Jul

Africa needs ‘committed leaders’

Africa doesn’t need leaders who take up leadership roles or positions by chance, but it will prosper through well trained and skilled people ready to uphold accountability and patriotism.

 

10 years ago

BBC

VIDEO: India embraces Africa's leaders

Could China's economic slowdown be a chance for India to improve its trade links with Africa?

 

11 years ago

TheCitizen

19 Aug

FEATURE: Insights Into the US-Africa Leaders Summit

>Last week’s US-Africa Leader’s Summit, which was organised and hosted by the US, ended with new hopes for Africa. This was after US President Barack Obama promised that all that his country wanted was to become an ‘equal’ partner in Africa’s growing success. President Obama -- while pledging $300 million in assistance per year to expand the reach of Power Africa in pursuit of a new, aggregate goal of 30,000MW -- told the 50 heads of state that America was...

 

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