Nkurunziza sworn in for third presidential term

Burundi's President Pierre Nkurunziza is being sworn in as president for a controversial third term, despite months of protests.

Burundian President Pierre Nkurunziza was Friday declared the outright winner of controversial elections, handing him a third consecutive term at the helm of the central African nation despite opposition protests and international condemnation.

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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 ...

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.

President Museveni yesterday said Uganda does not need presidential term limits, saying he is still popular among the masses, 30 years after he assumed power.

The presidential term under the new Constitution should be extended to seven years instead of the current five years, some members of the Constituent Assembly (CA) have proposed.

Burundian President Pierre Nkurunziza appears set to win a controversial third consecutive term in elections on Tuesday, a hollow victory that will leave him ruling over a violently divided nation.

Zaidi ya saa 48 baada ya kifo cha ghafla cha rais wa Burundi Pierre Nkurunziza kumekuwa na sintofahamu kuhusu ni nani atakayechukuwa hatamu ya uongozi.

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Masaju sworn in as AG
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President Jakaya Kikwete swears in George Mcheche Masaju as Attorney General at State House in Dar es Salaam yesterday. The newly appointed Attorney General, George Mcheche Masaju was yesterday sworn in to succeed Fredrick Werema who ...
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