Tanzanian opposition leader Tundu Lissu says he lacks confidence in the electoral commission ahead of his presidential contest against incumbent John Magufuli in October’s general elections. Mr Lissu returned to the country from Belgium last month after surviving an assassination attempt in the capital, Dodoma, three years ago. He told Kenya’s Radio Citizen on Monday that electoral officials in the country serve at the pleasure of the incumbent. “The chairman and the chief executive of the electoral commission were appointed by President Magufuli. They have proved over the years thatRead More

Ethiopian Defence Minister Lemma Megerssa and two other top officials have been temporarily suspended from the ruling Prosperity Party’s central committee. Mr Lemma was once a close ally of Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed and a key figure in the country’s political and economic reform over the past few years. Prior to being appointed as a defence minister he was the head of the country’s most-populous state, Oromia. But last November, Mr Lemma publicly criticised the prime minister’s efforts to reorganise and rebrand the Ethiopian People’s Revolutionary Democratic Front (EPRDF) –Read More

Britain’s official coronavirus daily death count could be scrapped following an investigation into Public Health England’s method of counting it. The conclusions of the investigation, which was ordered by Health Secretary Matt Hancock after it emerged officials were “exaggerating” virus deaths, are expected this week. One recommendation could be to move to a weekly official death toll instead. Britain paused its daily update of the death toll last month and the government ordered a review into how Public Health England reports coronavirus deaths, after academics said the daily figures mayRead More