Africa

Rwanda: Court Decides to Keep Ailing Alfred Nkubili, Purported transporter of 1994 Deadly Missiles, in Jail Despite Grave Disease

Alfred Nkubili, Rwandan Businessman with Rwandan President General Paul Kagame

Alfred Nkubili, a Rwandan businessman who, according to sources within Rwandan intelligence services was kidnapped at his house on Friday, July 03, 2020 by President Paul Kagame's security forces, has been back in court (see AfroAmerica Network: Rwanda: How Businessman Alfred Nkubili Became Paul Kagame's Target; Who are behind Bailing Him Out and Who is Next). On November 2, 2020, a court, known as Gasabo District Court, decided to keep Alfred Nkubili in jail for until late December 2020. The aling Alfred Nkubili was demanding his release and requesting to be monitored outside due to his grave illness. The decision was announced at Kigali University Hospital, CHUK, where he is being treated.

Uganda: Bobi Wine, Opposition Presidential Candidate Challenging Yoweri Museveni Arrested in Brutal Police Repression

Bobi Wine and his wife on their way to accepting the nomination as Uganda Presidential Candidate

Ugandan prominent opposition politician and music star, Bobi Wine whose real name is Robert Kyagulanyi, was arrested on Tuesday November 3, 2020. He was arrested after filing his papers as an official presidential candidate. He is challenging the Ugandan dictator Yoweri Museveni, who after the 35-year reign is one the top longest-ruling dictators in Africa (see AfroAmerica Network African Dictators Who Mattered In 2018: Congolese Joseph Kabila, Rwandan Paul Kagame, Ugandan Yoweri Museveni)

Tanzania: President John Magufuli Re-elected for a Second Term

John Magufuli in Nov 1, 2020 Acceptance Ceremony

Tanzania's incumbent President John Magufuli of the ruling party Chama Cha Mapinduzi (CCM) has been re-elected for a second term with more than 84% of the vote, the Tanzania Electoral Commission has announced. President Magufuli, 61, defeated 14 other candidates, including the main opposition leader Tundu Lissu, from Chama Cha Demokrasia na Maendeleo (CHADEMA) party, who won 13% of the vote. John Magufuli is AfroAmerica Network Black Man of Year 2015 (see AfroAmerica: John Pombe Magufuli, AfroAmerica Network Black Man of Year 2015)

Burundi: Former President Pierre Buyoya Sentenced to Life in Prison over the assassination of Late President Melchior Ndadaye.

Melchior Ndadaye, Campaigning in 1993, as Presidential Candidate of Burundi.

Burundi's Supreme Court of Justice has condemned. "in absentia" the former President Pierre Buyoya, 70, and 18 other defendants following the trial for the assassination of Melchior Ndadaye, the first democratically elected Hutu president. Melchior Ndadaye was killed in October 1993, just 102 days after he took power, after defeating Pierre Buyoya, in the first democratic elections in Burundi.