Africa

Bobi Wine arrested during the campaign on Nov 3, 2020

On 18 November 2020, Ugandan prominent opposition politician and music star, Bobi Wine whose real name is Robert Kyagulanyi, was arrested again.  Following his arrest, thousands of his supporters protested in the capital Kampala. The police, the army, local defense units, plain-cloth officers and intelligence operatives crushed the protests with  heavy violence, including shooting with live amunitions and automatic weapons, and driving police and military cars and trucks straight into the marching masses.

 Following the arrests and the killings, the situation is tense in Uganda, with the Ugandan dictator Yoweri Museveni accusing foreigh powers and homosexuals of being behind the riots and funding the opposition.

John Magufuli in Nov 5, 2020 Swearing-in Ceremony

Tanzania's incumbent President John Pombe Magufuli of the ruling party Chama Cha Mapinduzi (CCM),  re-elected for a second term, has been sworn in on November 5, 2020. He will lead the country for the second and final term, as provided by the Tanzanian Constitution. Dr John Pombe Magufuli is AfroAmerica Network Black Man of Year 2015 (see AfroAmerica: John Pombe Magufuli, AfroAmerica Network Black Man of Year 2015)

Alfred Nkubili, Rwandan Businessman with Rwandan President General Paul Kagame

Alfred Nkubili, a Rwandan businessman who, according to sources within Rwandan intelligence services was kidnapped at his house on Friday, July 03, 2020 by President Paul Kagame's security forces, has been back in court (see AfroAmerica Network: Rwanda: How Businessman Alfred Nkubili Became Paul Kagame's Target; Who are behind Bailing Him Out and Who is Next). On November 2, 2020, a court, known as Gasabo District Court,  decided to keep Alfred Nkubili in jail for until late December 2020. The aling Alfred Nkubili  was demanding his release and requesting to be monitored outside due to his grave illness.  The decision was announced at Kigali University Hospital, CHUK, where he is being treated.