Outgoing President of Burundi Pierre Nkurunziza, aged 55, has died of a heart attack, the government announced in a statement Tuesday. President Nkurunziza was admitted to hospital on Saturday after feeling unwell. His condition then improved but on Monday he had a cardiac failure. “Immediate resuscitation was undertaken by a multidisciplinary team of doctors for […]
After meeting a number of ministers and representatives of UNICA, Tunisian Prime Minister Ali Laarayedh announced during a press conference earlier in January that all new taxes and fees imposed on vehicles by the 2014 budget would be suspended until further notice. Prime Minister added that the government opted for suspending of several fees on […]
The Algerian people has sent a strong message of regime rejection by abstaining from a plebiscite on constitutional reform which had only a turnout of 23.7%, Algeria’s lowest ever for a major poll. The snub from the November 1 constitutional referendum, coupled with the worrying state of health of the President, plunges Algeria into […]
