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The Gambia kicks out Dictator after 22 years of misrule. Jammeh was an embrassament to all dictators after he claimed to have discovered cure for Aids.
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-38183906

Did this moron survive a coup a few years ago

Santos in Angola is claiming he is retiring from power after his term ends

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72 hours so by Sunday Mahama will hama or remain. Someone hacked Ghana EC website..

http://ghanaelection2016.ghanaweb-news.com/

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Mahama reminds me of Kalonzo.. A patient Vulture and sometimes hyena that will walk behind you hoping that the hand you are swinging will get unhinged and the damn thing gets something to eat.. Mahama and cabal knew Atta Mills was clinically dead but would occasionally ask the terminal sick Atta mills to jog around the airport to proof to the nation he was fit.. Till one day the poor guy collapsed and died.. it is like how Kenyatta was dragged from one gathering to the other as he died.. Until one day he pooped the last one in Choo ya Serikali.. that Portable toilet Baba was throwing tantrums about.. the body guards had to rush in the toilet and dress up Onyato so that he could go finish dying at statehouse in  mombasa..

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Mahama needs a Miracle.. He may pull a fast one like Kibaki but he is not even competitive.. with 262 of 275 constiuncies report in at at 43% vs Nana's 54%.. He needs a Tharaka Nithi and more.. I know him and Nana have been playing a game of musical chairs with results but let us see if Madam EC chairwoman will release the real results.. Ooooh.. Nana got mahama by the balls from what I am reading

here are the intrigues:
Register was bloated by over 7 million votes.. They claimed 15 million were registerd..EC is saying only 49% turn out to vote.. The bloat was ghost voters and Citizens of Togo who would be bused in to vote..Seems like Nana went for the broke and hired militia to seal the boarders and then ensured that only local voted.. so some areas with 140K register only 60K were there in flesh and blood.. Mahama cut power and someone hacked EC servers so that transimission of live elections could be compromised.. Nana and EC went to Manual collation..

Nana then raised the stakes by Announcing his collation before EC could be compromised.. the stalemate as of yesterday is that Mahama agents are refusing to certify results.. Mahama is sensing trouble and has shown up on TV to prepare his supporters for eventuality ..

It isn't over till the Fat lady farts a concession speech

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The fat lady ain't sung yet, but international pressure is being piled on Jammeh:

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Gambia leader Yahya Jammeh rejects election result

Gambian leader Yahya Jammeh has rejected the result of the presidential election held earlier this month, a week after admitting defeat.

Speaking on state TV, Mr Jammeh cited "abnormalities" in the vote and called for fresh elections.

Mr Jammeh, who came to power in a coup in 1994, suffered a shock defeat to Adama Barrow, who won more than 45% of the vote.

The US "strongly condemned" Mr Jammeh's statement.

"This action is a reprehensible and unacceptable breach of faith with the people of The Gambia and an egregious attempt to undermine a credible election process and remain in power illegitimately," said state department spokesman Mark Toner.

Mr Barrow, a property developer, is due to take office in late January. Mai Ahmad Fatty, the head of his transition team, told Reuters they were "consulting on what to do", adding: "As far as we are concerned, the people have voted. We will maintain peace and stability and not let anyone provoke us into violence."

The Gambia is the smallest country on mainland Africa, with a population of fewer than two million.

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Mr Jammeh said that he now rejected the results of the election "in totality".

"After a thorough investigation, I have decided to reject the outcome of the recent election," Mr Jammeh said.

"I lament serious and unacceptable abnormalities which have reportedly transpired during the electoral process.

"I recommend fresh and transparent elections which will be officiated by a God-fearing and independent electoral commission."

Yahya Jammeh appeared on state TV brandishing a document supposedly proving irregularities when the votes were tallied last week.

Mr Jammeh said the results were unacceptable. He said figures had been transposed swelling the number of votes in favour of his opponent, Adama Barrow, whom he recognised as president-elect live on television after the election results were announced.

Yahya Jammeh called for a fresh vote.

Over the past week people have been celebrating the end of his 22-year-long rule but tonight The Gambia's future looks uncertain again.

The government in neighbouring Senegal condemned the move and called for an emergency meeting of the UN Security Council. Foreign Minister Mankeur Ndiaye, speaking on national television, urged President Jammeh to respect the election result.

A Human Rights Watch spokesman also said it was "deeply concerned".

"The international community, notably [regional bloc] Ecowas and the African Union, should loudly protest any unlawful attempt to subvert the will of the Gambian people," said Babatunde Olugboji, deputy programme director.

The streets of the capital, Banjul, were reported to be calm on Friday night although soldiers were seen placing sandbags in strategic locations across the city, AFP news agency reports.
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Image caption There were scenes of celebration in the capital Banjul after Adama Barrow's election

Only last week, Mr Jammeh was shown on state TV calling Mr Barrow to wish him well.

"You are the elected president of The Gambia, and I wish you all the best. I have no ill will," he said at the time.

According to the electoral commission, the result of the vote on 1 December was:

    Mr Barrow won 263,515 votes (45.5%)
    President Jammeh took 212,099 (36.7%)
    A third-party candidate, Mama Kandeh, won 102,969 (17.8%)

In his 22 years in power, Mr Jammeh acquired a reputation as a ruthless leader.

Ahead of the election, Human Rights Watch accused him of using violence to silence critics. The group said two activists had died in custody and dozens of people had been jailed and denied medical or legal help.

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Good news (so far) coming from Ghana:

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Ghana's opposition leader Akufo-Addo wins presidential election

Opposition leader Nana Akufo-Addo won Ghana's national election, becoming president elect at the third attempt and cementing the country's reputation as a standard bearer of democracy in a region that has been blighted by civil wars and coups.

Akufo-Addo defeated President John Mahama by 53.8 percent to 44.4 percent, electoral commissioner Charlotte Osei said late on Friday, sparking scenes of celebration in the capital Accra.

Supporters of his New Patriotic Party (NPP) cheered, danced and set off fireworks following an anxious day in which his victory had been broadly accepted but there were no official results.

"I make this solemn pledge to you tonight: I will not let you down. I will do all in my power to live up to your hopes and expectations," Akufo-Addo told a jubilant crowd in the garden of his residence.

Akufo-Addo, 72, served as foreign minister and attorney general in the NPP government that ruled between 2001 and 2009 and twice previously lost close battles for the presidency.

Mahama called him to offer congratulations just before Osei's statement and later he addressed his supporters.
Ghana's president-elect Nana Akufo-Addo of the opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP) speaks during a news conference at his home in Accra, Ghana, December 9, 2016. REUTERS/Luc Gnago

"As president I have done my bit. I have made a contribution to the political, social and economic development of our country. I would have cherished an opportunity to do even more but I respect the will of the Ghanaian people," he said.

SCALE OF VICTORY

The outcome maintains Ghana's record of fiercely-contested but peaceful elections. It is the third time since 2000 that the government of the day has been voted out of office.

The opposition challenged the 2012 election results, which led to an eight-month battle in the Supreme Court. It lost, but many observers said the process strengthened the country's democracy and confirmed judicial independence.

The scale of the NPP's victory on Friday made another legal challenge unlikely. The party also picked up enough seats to win a parliamentary majority, independent estimates showed.

The NPP will inherit an economy from Mahama's National Democratic Congress that for years was rated one of Africa's most dynamic but has slowed sharply since 2014, in part because of prices have fallen for its gold, oil and cocoa exports.

That made the government vulnerable to opposition accusations it had mismanaged the nation's finances and squandered wealth from oil, which started to flow in 2010 from an offshore field operated by British company Tullow.

In a bid to kickstart growth, the NPP says it will create jobs, build a dam in every village and a factory in every district and give each constituency the equivalent of $1 million per year to pursue development projects.

At the same time, it also aims to maintain a tight fiscal stance in a country that is mid-way through an International Monetary Fund program aimed at restoring balance to an economy facing elevated inflation and other problems.

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In congo Kabila is dancing with fate of the country now. His two terms are up on December 19 but he is refusing to call elections or step down.. Now the church is mediating and he is buying time to figure out if he wants to go his dad way or find a way out ..So Congo has an appointment with destiny

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In Nigeria a 100 worshipers die after a church collapses.. the churh was built with no columns just steel beams raised to support Plastic turf

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I like Adeola.  Funny girl.
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Yeah Adeola is very funny but still delivers serious message about issues

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Hottest job for African diaspora right now is security guards at retail establishments after two former watchies in the UK win African presidencies,  Gambia and Ghana... 

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... [the ICC case] will be tried in Europe, where due procedure and expertise prevail.; ... Second-guessing Ocampo and fantasizing ..has obviously become a national pastime.- NattyDread

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We need such an expose on the Mois and other thieves.
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We need such an expose on the Mois and other thieves.

And then?

A great deal of information is already available on "Moi and other thieves".    In general, the knowledge of who has stolen what has never really been an issue in Kenya.    "What next?" has always been the issue, precisely because the "next" has always been nothing.  The Kenyan media carries stories of major corruption on a near-weekly basis.    And what comes of them?

Example: Okemo and Gichuru have had all their dealings exposed, have been indicted elsewhere, have been up for extradition for years .... Is anyone sorting planning to send them overseas or even to sort them out locally?

Kenyans will whine about such things, but there is very little evidence to suggest that they want real change .... how  many people showed up for the last anti-corruption demo in Nairobi?  The fundamental problem is, of course,  in the firmly held belief that it's "those other people" who are the bad ones.   As long as it's "our person", then all is well,  and any complaint must be part of a dastardly plot to "finish our people".   Unless things get really bad for long enough (think Moi's 24 years) or there is some unexpected mayhem (think PEV 2007-2008), I don;t see even the slightest hint of an awakening for another 50+ years.
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We need such an expose on the Mois and other thieves.

And then?

A great deal of information is already available on "Moi and other thieves".    In general, the knowledge of who has stolen what has never really been an issue in Kenya.    "What next?" has always been the issue, precisely because the "next" has always been nothing.  The Kenyan media carries stories of major corruption on a near-weekly basis.    And what comes of them?

Example: Okemo and Gichuru have had all their dealings exposed, have been indicted elsewhere, have been up for extradition for years .... Is anyone sorting planning to send them overseas or even to sort them out locally?

Kenyans will whine about such things, but there is very little evidence to suggest that they want real change .... how  many people showed up for the last anti-corruption demo in Nairobi?  The fundamental problem is, of course,  in the firmly held belief that it's "those other people" who are the bad ones.   As long as it's "our person", then all is well,  and any complaint must be part of a dastardly plot to "finish our people".   Unless things get really bad for long enough (think Moi's 24 years) or there is some unexpected mayhem (think PEV 2007-2008), I don;t see even the slightest hint of an awakening for another 50+ years.

We all agree Kenya is yet to go through a third liberation, which the new constitution failed to deliver. Someone noted here recently that this may involve quite abit of violence as seen in Europe and other places where the thieving class has been tamed. There is no easy walk to freedom. New constitutional "dispensation" was too easy and clearly a hoax.

50yrs? Perhaps. We need a fresh set of heroes for this one.
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Chinua Achebe preferred "And so therefore" (videlicet: The Trouble With Nigeria)
We need such an expose on the Mois and other thieves.

And then?

A great deal of information is already available on "Moi and other thieves".    In general, the knowledge of who has stolen what has never really been an issue in Kenya.    "What next?" has always been the issue, precisely because the "next" has always been nothing.  The Kenyan media carries stories of major corruption on a near-weekly basis.    And what comes of them?

Example: Okemo and Gichuru have had all their dealings exposed, have been indicted elsewhere, have been up for extradition for years .... Is anyone sorting planning to send them overseas or even to sort them out locally?

Kenyans will whine about such things, but there is very little evidence to suggest that they want real change .... how  many people showed up for the last anti-corruption demo in Nairobi?  The fundamental problem is, of course,  in the firmly held belief that it's "those other people" who are the bad ones.   As long as it's "our person", then all is well,  and any complaint must be part of a dastardly plot to "finish our people".   Unless things get really bad for long enough (think Moi's 24 years) or there is some unexpected mayhem (think PEV 2007-2008), I don;t see even the slightest hint of an awakening for another 50+ years.
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Buhari in has been fighting corruption kamikaze style. This man is focused

http://mobile.nation.co.ke/news/africa/Nigeria-removes-50-000--ghost-workers--from-state-payrolls/3126394-3499890-o4xfrp/index.htm

Nigeria may have found a recipe in Buhari to tame corruption