By Nangayi Guyson – Cairo – Former Egyptian President Hosni Mubarakhas left the country for medical treatment of cancer in Saudi Arabia, according to a report in the state-owned daily Al-Akhbar on Wednesday. “Mubarak is currently in a military base in the city of Tabuk and is receiving treatment for colon and pancreatic cancer,” the report said, citing “informed sources”. “He is undergoing chemotherapy every five days,” it said. The paper reported that Mubarak left for the Saudi city days after he resigned on February 11 and handed power to a military council after nearly three weeks of anti-regime protests.... Continue Reading
Our Correspondent, Dar es Salaam – The Zanzibar ‘Committee of Six’ which is mentioned as the main architecture of the Zanzibar political accord that ended years of political turmoils in the Isles, has been awarded this year’s Martin Luther King Drum Award, by the US embassy in Dar es Salaam for their efforts which resulted into the Government of National Unit (GNU). The award which aims at identifying courageous people in the Society was awarded yesterday in Dar es Salaam to six different individuals from CUF and CCM political parties, by the US ambassador to Tanzania, Alfonso Lenhardt. In his... Continue Reading
Our Correspondent, Dar es Salaam – President Jakaya Kikwete has addressed the nation yesterday in his scheduled monthly speech showing a sign of worry on the way the main opposition party, Chadema, conducts its ongoing demonstrations and rallies accusing them of a plot to oust his government by stirring revolts and violence in the country. In his speech where he also discussed power rationing crisis, scarcity of sugar and souring prices, the President was vividly concerned by Chadema’s political activism. “The speeches and actions of our fellows (Chadema) indicate an intention of stirring nation wide violence in order to destroy... Continue Reading
Three years ago, Seychelles President James Michel found himself in the uncomfortable seat of shepherding his country out of economic woods.
By Own Correspondent – The Vice President and Minister of Women Affairs, Isatou Njie-Saidy, last week headed a high-powered Gambian delegation to the second Senegalo-Gambian joint consultative meeting held in Dakar on Tuesday. The Vice President and delegation was met on arrival by the Senegalese Prime Minister Sulayman Ndene Ndiaye, ministers and top officials of the Senegalese government. The climax of the opening of business, according to news on GRTS, was the formal addresses by both the Prime Minister and the Gambian Vice-President. Both countries presented high calibers of officials as the issues on the agenda tabled directly relate to... Continue Reading
