Rais wa Tunisia Akimbia na Kuacha Madaraka!!

Rais Ben Ali

Duh! Yaani zamani ilikuwa kawaida kusikia rais kapinduliwa na damu imemwagwa. Yule Sylvanus Olympio wa Togo aliruka geti ya ubalozi fulani kabla ya kupigwa risasi. Thomas Sanakara wa Burkina Faso alipiwa risasi usingizini. Sasa inaelekea kuna mtindo mpya, kupanda ndege na kutangaza hutarudi nchini kwako.

Rais Zine El Abidine Ben Ali, aliyeongoza Tunisia katika siasa za Chama Kimoja kwa miaka 23, hivi sasa yuko Saudi Arabia ambako inasemekana amepokelewa kwa shangwe na mfalme wa huko. Awali alikimbilia Ufaransa lakini walimrudisha wakisema hawamtaki. Tunisia ilikuwa koloni ya wafaransa.

Siku za hivi karibuni wananchi wa Tunisia walichachamaa kutokana na hali mbaya ya uchumi na ukosefu wa ajira. Walichochewa baaada ya mwanaume ambaye alikuwa msomi lakini kashindwa kupata kazi, alijichoma moto baada ya polisi kumnyang'anya kigari chake ambacho alikuwa anatumia kuuza matunda.

Tunisia iko Afrika Kaskazini. Wananchi wake wanajiita waarabu.

Kwa habari zaisi someni:

http://edition.cnn.com/2011/WORLD/africa/01/15/tunisia.protests/

Rais wa Guinea Apigwa Risasi na Naibu Wake!

Miaka ya karibuni kumekuwa na hali ya utulivu barani Afrika. Zile coup d'etat tuliokuwa tunasikia karibu kila siku zimepungua. Ila huko Guinea, bado hawajatulia. Huyo Captain Camara alitwaa madaraka mwezi Desemba mwaka jana. Habari zinasema kuwa alikuwa anagombana gombana na viongozi chini yake. Alikuwa anaogopa kusafiri nje ya nchi kwa kuhofia atapinduliwa. Sasa kapigwa risasi na Naibu wake. Yuko Morocco kwa matibabu sasa.

(Pichani Captain Camara)

Guinea's wounded president flown to Morocco


CONAKRY, Guinea (AP) - The wounded president of Guinea was airlifted to a hospital in Morocco on Friday, opening a dangerous power vacuum in this mineral-rich country one year after he took over in a military coup.

The shooting of Capt. Moussa "Dadis" Camara, reportedly by his second-in-command, has laid bare deep divisions within the junta. The assassination attempt followed an argument between Camara and Abubakar "Toumba" Diakite, head of the presidential guard, over who would take the fall for a massacre of unarmed protesters in September, two government officials and a retired diplomat said.

The government officials spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to speak and the retired diplomat feared reprisal.

U.N. officials were in Guinea this week investigating the massacre.
Camara was flown to the Mohammad V Military Hospital in Rabat, where a medical official described his condition as not serious, noting he appeared only slightly wounded. The official spoke on condition of anonymity because he did not have permission.

The information supports statements by presidential spokesman Idrissa Cherif, who told The Associated Press that the Guinean leader was walking and talking. "He is doing well," he said.
Blaise Compaore, the president of neighboring Burkina Faso who sent his private plane to transport Camara to Morocco, said on state radio that his condition "is difficult but not desperate," citing a doctor.

The trip marked the first time the 45-year-old has left Guinea since seizing control last December. He has canceled multiple other trips abroad, often at the last minute, because of fears of countercoups.

As night fell on Friday, Toumba and about a dozen of his men remained at large. Cherif said a nationwide manhunt was under way. The owner of a building overlooking Camp Koundara, the base of the presidential guard, said one of his tenants saw a speed boat loaded with gun-toting soldiers speed off over the Atlantic Ocean.

The capital's main port was thick with soldiers carrying submachine guns. Cherif said the military junta, which calls itself the National Council for Democracy and Development, or CNDD, is in control of the country. He declined to say who in the CNDD was heading the government.
Guinea, whose soil is rich in gold, diamonds and half the world's reserves of the raw material used to make aluminum, has been under military rule for the past 25 years.

Initially the coup leaders promised elections within 60 days, but Camara later said the 32-member junta would hold power for about two years.
The bold, daylight shooting Thursday underscores how fractious the army has become since little-known Camara took charge following the death of longtime dictator Lansana Conte. Analysts said the army has split between several top commanders - including Toumba - all of whom control battalions.

Toumba had been at Camara's side almost constantly since the coup last year. In recent months, as far more senior officers were frozen out, he was routinely seen going in and out of Camara's private office without even knocking.

But government officials and the retired diplomat said the relationship began to sour three months ago after the presidential guard opened fire on unarmed civilians who had gathered in the national soccer stadium to demand that the military step down. At least 157 people were killed and dozens of women were gang raped by soldiers on the stadium grass, according to human rights groups.

The massacre led the European Union and the African Union to impose sanctions on Guinea, including a travel ban on top members of the junta.
The tension between the two men escalated this week as a U.N. commission began interviewing witnesses in an effort to assign culpability for the Sept. 28 killings, the officials say.

"The relationship between them became venomous after Dadis asked Toumba to go before the commission," said Information Minister Cheick Fantamady Conde, whose office overlooks the camp where the presidential guard is garrisoned. "But it's not yesterday that the seeds for this incident were sown. ... Everyone saw Toumba at the stadium."

It's unclear what prompted Camara to leave his office in the main military barracks in Conakry and drive downtown to confront Toumba. But soon after Camara and his bodyguards arrived, an altercation ensued, said Conde, who heard the volley of gunfire from his office. A retired diplomat who is close to the junta said that officers present during the confrontation heard Toumba shout out: "I won't take the fall for you."

Opposition leaders who suffered injuries in the stadium at the hand of Toumba's men say the power vacuum is dangerous, but also offers Guinea a sliver of hope.

"It could be the beginning of a solution," said Oury Bah, the second-ranking leader of the Union for the Democratic Forces of Guinea, a leading opposition party. "If the army doesn't split apart and begin fighting amongst itself, this could be a chance for Guinea to negotiate a return to civilian rule."

Coup D'Etat Madagascar?

Wadau, mliokuwepo miaka ya 60, 70 na 80 mnakumbuka mara kwa mara unaamka na kusikia coup imetokea nchi fulani na fulani. Na baada ya muda tena unaweza kusikia yule aliyepindua, kapinduliwa.

Leo, kuna habari kuwa huko Madadgascar aliyekuwa meya wa mji mkuu wa taifa hilo, Antananarivo, amepindua serikali na kuwa rais! Heh!

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By JEROME DELAY
Associated Press Writer

ANTANANARIVO, Madagascar (AP) -- The mayor of Madagascar's capital said he was in charge of the country Saturday after a week of violent protests that left 43 dead but there were no indications that his claims of taking over the government were true.
There was no immediate comment from President Marc Ravalomanana, but a government news conference was expected later in the day.
Mayor Andry Rajoelina, who has grown increasingly critical of Ravalomanana and has called for him to stand down, addressed a crowd of about 4,500 people in the capital's main square.
"Until the establishment of a transitional government, it is me who gives the command," he said. "I send a call to the forces of law and order that it is me who gives the command."
Rajoelina has made similar claims in the last week, saying he is ready to take over an interim government. But the constitution requires a president be at least 40, and Rajoelina is 34.
The rally ended peacefully after some protesters threw stones at police in the morning. Police withdrew from the area and protesters set up a barricade of barrels and trash cans around the square.
Unrest began Monday when protesters set the government broadcasting complex ablaze, along with an oil depot, shopping mall and a private TV station linked to Ravalomanana.
The protests were sparked by the government's decision that day to close a radio station owned by Rajoelina. He accuses Ravalomanana's government of misspending funds and threatening democracy.
By Friday, the violence had subsided but a tense atmosphere remained on the streets of the capital.
Ravalomanana had said the government would crack down on those inciting violence, but later toned down his stance.
On Thursday, he made a conciliatory gesture and promised to put the mayor's radio station back on the air.
Western and African leaders have pressed the two men to resolve their differences.
Madagascar, off Africa's southeast coast, is known for its rare wildlife and eco-tourism -- but also for its history of political unrest and infighting. It is also one of Africa's poorest nations with more than half the population living on less than $1 per day.
Ravalomanana clashed with former President Didier Ratsiraka when both claimed the presidency after a disputed December 2001 election. After low-level fighting split the country between two governments, two capitals and two presidents, Ratsiraka fled to France in June 2002.
Ravalomanana won re-election in 2006, though two opposition candidates tried to challenge the validity of the vote.