By Jean-Paul Pougala – Since the beginning of the Ivorian crisis, everything and its opposite or almost have been called. Westerners support almost all Ouattara they call “elected President” while Africans support almost all outgoing President Gbagbo they mean by “re-elected President.” Beyond the partisan choices for either elected or reelected president, it is interesting to note that there is another battle that is remote that is being played out between China and the West in Cote d’Ivoire. Through direct or indirect military support. The West stands an old idea of ?? Africa in which he controls everything through his... Continue Reading
By Own Correspondent, Dodoma – The ruling Chama Cha Mapinduzi (CCM) last night announced here in the country’s political capital a new secretariat team, with former permanent secretary in the ministry of Water and Irrigation, Mr. Wilson Mukama named as the party’s new secretary general. Mr. Mukama replacing Yusuf Makamba. However the Makamba family name will remain in the Secretariat as his son, January Makamba was appointed to the post of head of foreign affairs party unit. Young Makamba was a foreign service career servant and graduated from the USA in conflict and peace studies replacing Mr. Bernard Membe, the current minister for Foreign... Continue Reading
By Gambian Correspondent – Yankuba Colley, the National Mobiliser of the ruling Alliance for Patriotic Reorientation and Construction (APRC) party is the latest to add his voice to the widely debated kingship issue, stressing that if Gambians want President Yahya Jammeh to be a king, he (Jammeh) will be crowned a king. Colley, who was speaking in an interview with The Point yesterday, emphasized that President Jammeh is not telling anyone to campaign for him to become a king. “However, if the Gambian people want him to be a king, he will be and no one can stop that... Continue Reading
By Nangayi Guyson, Abidjan – Ivory Coast leader Laurent Gbagbo has been arrested by Forces loyal to Alassane Ouattara and taken to the Golf Hotel in Abidjan, a Ouattara spokesperson in France told Reuters. Separately, a French defence ministry official confirmed to Reuters that Gbagbo had been detained at his residence. He said he was arrested by Ouattara’s forces, backed by UN peacekeepers and French forces. “He’s been taken to the Golf Hotel,” Herve Cohx, a political adviser and spokesperson, told Reuters. A French diplomatic source denied, however, that French forces had penetrated Gbagbo’s residence. News that he was being held... Continue Reading
By Chinyere Ogbonna – Meanwhile, the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Mr.Dimeji Bankole who contested in his home state south-west Nigeria, has reacted to the outcome of the 2011 National Assembly polls conducted on Saturday. He described the outcome as a reflection of the wishes of the people in our national quest to enshrine an enduring democracy for the country. While commending the general peaceful conduct of the election, particularly in his constituency and Ogun state as a whole, Mr. Bankole thanked the electorate for trooping out en-mass to vote for candidates of their choices as parliamentarians at the National... Continue Reading
