Congo voters allow third-term bid

More than 90% of voters in Congo-Brazzaville's referendum approve President Denis Sassou Nguesso's bid to run for a third term, results show.

BBC

Habari Zinazoendana

10 years ago

BBC

Burundi court backs third-term bid

Burundi's constitutional court rules that President Pierre Nkurunziza's third-term bid is legal, after one of its judges reportedly flees the country.

 

10 years ago

AllAfrica.Com

06 Jul

Committee Endorses Shein Second Term Bid

Committee Endorses Shein Second Term Bid
AllAfrica.com
Zanzibar — MEMBERS of the special committee of the CCM National Executive Committee (NEC) in Zanzibar on Sunday unanimously approved President Ali Mohammed Shein's application to contest in the October general election as the party's Isles flag ...

 

9 years ago

TheCitizen

23 Dec

Kagame signals he will stand for third term re-eletion bid

Rwandan President Paul Kagame has signalled that he will stand for re-election for a third term. Mr Kagame in a state of the nation address said Rwandans want “politics of delivering” and “you cannot put term limits on progress.”

 

10 years ago

Daily News

06 Jul

Committee endorses Shein 2nd term bid

Committee endorses Shein 2nd term bid
Daily News
MEMBERS of the special committee of the CCM National Executive Committee (NEC) in Zanzibar on Sunday unanimously approved President Ali Mohammed Shein's application to contest in the October general election as the party's Isles flag bearer.

 

9 years ago

TheCitizen

08 Dec

Kagame attacks ‘other nations’ over third term bid criticism

Rwandan President Paul Kagame on Sunday lashed out at “other nations” for interfering in his country’s internal affairs after criticism over a move that would allow him to extend his rule.

 

10 years ago

TheCitizen

27 May

Rwandans petition Kagame’s re-election third term bid

Kigali. Several Rwandans thronged Parliament in Kigali Monday with petitions packaged in baskets and gift boxes, demanding that the two-term limit be erased from the Constitution to allow president Paul Kagame stand for re-election.

 

10 years ago

StarAfrica.Com

13 May

Burundians look to EAC to stop Nkurunziza's 3rd term bid

Burundians look to EAC to stop Nkurunziza's 3rd term bid
StarAfrica.com
Protests against President Pierre Nkurunziza's third term bid are still raging in Bujumbura and other Burundian cities, ahead of a special summit of Heads of State of the East African Community (EAC) in Dar es Salaam (Tanzania) Wednesday to analyze the ...

 

10 years ago

BBC

23 Sep

Congo to vote on leader's third term

Congo-Brazzaville's president says he will hold a referendum over the controversial issue of changing the constitution to allow for a third term.

 

10 years ago

TheCitizen

07 Oct

Congo to vote on presidential third term limit

Oil-rich Congo’s government has called an October referendum on allowing veteran leader Denis Sassou Nguesso, who has already notched up more than 30 years in power, to run for a controversial third term.

 

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