Zambia's opposition leader warns of tensions ahead of polls
Zambiaโs main opposition leader has warned the military deployed on the streets ahead of crucial elections Thursday against โaiding a particular partyโ and raised concern that the country could fall into chaos if the polls are โmismanaged.โ.
Zambian president warns of growing tensions ahead of polls
Zambiaโs president Monday opened a sprawling new Chinese-funded and built terminal at the main airport in the capital, Lusaka, days before crucial polls, warning that election-related violence could shatter the stability of one of Africaโ most peaceful nations.
Five die in stampede to view body of Tanzania's Magufuli
Tanzania's new President Samia Suluhu Hassan, center, arrives to pay her respects as the body of former president John Magufuli lies in state at Uhuru stadium in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania Saturday, March 20, 2021. Ten of thousands of Tanzanians came out to view Magufuli's body at Uhuru Stadium in the country's largest city, Dar es Salaam, over the weekend. Suzan Mtua, 30, died with four school-age children from the same family when there was a stampede of people wanting to view the body Sunday, Heri Mtua, a family spokesman, said. โThe children had demanded they also attend the funeral of President Magufuli,โ he said. President Samia Suluhu Hassan, who was Magufuli's vice president and succeeded him, was joined by nine African heads of state on Monday for Magufuli's state funeral.