23 October 2024
- Tunisia – Tunis
Kais Saïed takes oath for his 2nd presidential term
Tunisian President Kais Saied has been sworn in for a second term, following a months-long crackdown and a series of arrests against his political opponents.
A few weeks after being re-elected with 90.7% of the vote, this 66-year-old former law professor called, in his investiture speech, for a "cultural revolution" to fight unemployment, terrorism and corruption.
- Gabon – Libreville
Gabon is set to conduct a referendum on November 16 regarding a proposed new constitution, marking an important move towards restoring a civilian government, as promised by the military junta following a coup, according to the transitional government.
3.Election observers arrive in Botswana ahead of October 30 poll
Observers have begun arriving in Botswana to monitor activities ahead of the Oct. 30 general election. Yesterday, the Southern African Development Community, or SADC, officially launched its mission with a call for peaceful elections.
- Zimbabwe- Harare
Mnangagwa Planned 2017 Coup to Avoid Prosecution for Gukurahundi Massacres - Former CIO Director Says
A FORMER deputy director general in the Central Intelligence Organisation (CIO) has made sensational claims that President Emmerson Mnangagwa, his deputy Constantino Chiwenga and late Fifth Brigade commander Perrence Shiri planned the 2017 coup just after their central roles in the Gukurahundi genocide, to avoid prosecution.
According to former CIO deputy director Lovemore Mukandi, who just released his book entitled “How Mnangagwa Blindsided Robert Mugabe and Grabbed Zimbabwe”
- In our historical archives, it was on this day 23 October 1990 when Zephania (Zeph) Mothopeng, President of the Pan Africanist Congress (PAC) dies in Johannesburg at the age of 77 and 23 October 2006 when South African Kwaito Musician Lebogang Precious Mathosa dies in car accident at the age of 29yrs.