New Katiba ‘to give citizens power to sue leaders’

African leaders were headed for Burkina Faso on Wednesday to pressure the army into keeping its promise to hand power back to civilians within a fortnight after the fall of president Blaise Compaore.

Power firms sue Standard Chartered Bank (HK) over 'fraud'
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THE Independent Power Tanzania Limited (IPTL) and Pan African Power Solution Limited (PAP) have filed a suit at the High Court in Dar es Salaam, demanding 3,240,000,000 US dollars (about 5.3tri/-) from Standard Chartered Bank (Hong Kong) Limited ...

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EAC leaders waive permit fees for citizens
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Minister for Foreign Affairs Okello Oryem addressing journalists about the Northern Corridor Integration Projects at Ministry of Foreign Affair in in Kampala. PHOTO/Mary Kansiime. mail. img. newvision. mail; img. By David Lumu and David Lukiiza If you are a ...
Rwanda, Uganda and Kenya Officials to Raise Railway Project Funds in BeijingAllAfrica.com
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Rwandan President Paul Kagame has accused Burundi’s leaders of carrying out “massacres” on their people in his most critical speech yet of the crisis in the troubled neighbouring state.

Kabila unlikely to give up power in DR Congo

The envisaged Singida Wind Power project will roll the region’s economic fortunes and turn the municipality into a city during the next few years, the project developers said yesterday.

Citizens support Katiba draft
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AS the deadline for referendum on the proposed constitution is near, over half of citizens say they would vote for the proposed draft, Twaweza findings report released on Wednesday stated. The report released Wednesday indicated that 52 per cent of the ...

Why African leaders refuse to leave power
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Any kind of coup should be a thing of the past. Democracy is largely considered as the way to go or rather is seen as a modern way of leadership thus branded social development. This is particularly the way it is with nations inclined towards the west. A leader ...
Arusha-Based Lawyers' Body Tells Nkurunzinza to Call it QuitsAllAfrica.com

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Africa's Third-Term Problem: Why Leaders Keep Clinging to Power
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Rwanda's President Paul Kagame, left, Uganda's President Yowri Museveni, center, and Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe attend the inauguration ceremony of Tanzania's President-elect John Magufuli at the Uhuru Stadium in Dar es Salaam, November ...