SPLM reunification now in doubt with claims of military build-up

The SPLM-in opposition in Equatoria state on September 22, 2018. PHOTO | AFP 

In Summary

• The permanent ceasefire has been respected to a large extent, while the implementation of the peace agreement signed last year is falling behind schedule.
• Former Detainees (FDs) have said that they are willing to reunite with President Salva Kiir’s faction.
• However, the SPLM-In Opposition representative in Kenya, James Oryema, dismissed the optimism saying that some members of FDs are opportunists and that the group is not yet united on the issue of reunification.

Bashir fights back as demonstrations persist

Sudan's President Omar al-Bashir speaks during a rally with his supporters in the Green Square in the capital Khartoum on January 9, 2019. The president has accused the media of exaggerating Sudan protests. PHOTO | ASHRAF SHAZLY | AFP 

In Summary

• Military declares that it will not allow Bashir's administration to collapse.
• This comes in the wake of the fifth week of street demonstrations, with observers wondering whether they could grow into an uprising or fizzle out in the face of a mounting crackdown by security agencies and biting economic conditions.
• Sudan is one of the few African countries that saw post-Independence popular uprisings that ousted military regimes in 1964 and 1985.

Africa today at a glance

Former Kenya vice-president and leader of the opposition Amani National Congress party Musalia Mudavadi. FILE | NATION MEDIA GROUP 

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Sudan's Bashir vows rural development as new protests loom

Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir. FILE | NATION MEDIA GROUP 

In Summary

• The veteran leader has been on a charm offensive to head off weeks of protests
• Demonstrations erupted in Sudan in December after the government tripled the price of bread
• President Bashir and other senior Sudanese officials have repeatedly said that the government can be changed only through elections

Why some public institutions recorded losses in three consecutive years

Parliamentary Public Investment Committee (PIC) chairman Raphael Chegeni. 

In Summary

• Lack of an investment policy, business plan and strategic planning plunged some public institutions into losses in three consecutive years.
• The institutions include Tanzania Petroleum Development Corporation (TPDC), Tanzania Fertilizer Company (TFC) and National Development Corporation (NDC).

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Girl, 7, found dead as child killers spill more blood

Matembwe villagers in Njombe District prepare to lower the coffin carrying the body of Racheal Malekela in the grave during her burial yesterday. She was killed by unidentified people on Friday night. PHOTO | GODFREY KAHANGO 

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Tanzanian envoy in Germany responds to ‘claims’ by Lissu

 

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The Tanzanian ambassador to Germany, Dr Abdallah Possi, has slammed the recent claims by parliamentarian Tundu Lissu made in his recent interview on DW News Africa aired on January 28, 2019, saying they were one-sided. In the event, the envoy said he will seek similar audience to clarify some of the issues and allegations raised by Mr Lissu.

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The Tanzanian ambassador to Germany, Dr Abdallah Possi, has responded to recent accusations by parliamentarian Tundu Lissu, saying that some of the allegations were one-sided.