Africa

Gambian Dictator Yahya Jammeh

West African nations, members of a bloc known as ECOWAS, have launched a military operation in The Gambia on Thursday aimed at toppling the dictator Yahya Jammeh. The troops, led by Senegal, have the approval of the African Union and the United Nations Security Council. 

Equatorial Guinea Teodoro Nguema Settled Kleptocracy Case in US in 2014

The first French trial against African kelptocrats has opened on January 2, 2017. It targets Theodore Nguema Obiang Mangue, the Vice-President and son of the long term tyrant of Equatorial Guinea, Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo.

Emmanuel Niyonkuru, Burundi water, environment and planning minister

Emmanuel Niyonkuru, Burundi  water, environment and planning minister has been shot dead in the capital Bujumbura, Police spokesperson and public information officer, Pierre Nkurikiye has said in a tweet, early Sunday on January 1, 2017.   According to the sources in Bujumbura, Minister Emmanuel Niyonkuru was killed shortly after midnight,  a moment into the new year.

"Minister of water and environment killed  with a pistol on  his way home to Rohero, around 00:45 ... a woman who was with him was detained for further investigations, " Pierre Nkurikiye tweeted.