The former guerrilla leader extends his 17 years of rule by securing a huge majority of the vote. Rwandan President Paul Kagame has secured a third term in office with around 98% of votes, partial results have showed. With 80% of votes accounted for, the 59-year-old former guerrilla leader has extended his 17 years in power of the east African nation. National Electoral Commission spokesman Charles Munyaneza told a news conference Mr Kagame secured 98.66% of the vote. Frank Habineza of the Democratic Green Party - the only permitted critical opposition party - won 0.45% of votes and independent candidate Philippe Mpayimana scored 0.72. Full provisional results will come through later on Saturday. The commission estimates 97% of 6.9 million voters turned out to cast their ballots. Mr Kagame has won international plaudits for presiding over a peaceful and rapid economic recovery since the 1994 genocide. But critics also accuse him of human rights abuses, a muzz...
Saudi Arabia denies facilitating what the UN calls an “entirely man-made catastrophe” in Yemen, which has killed over 1,000. Saudi Arabia has angrily rejected a UN report condemning its involvement in Yemen’s devastating civil war. In an exclusive interview with Sky News, the country's foreign minister Adel al Jubeir has accused the UN Human Rights Office of bias in compiling the report. For two and a half years Saudi Arabia has led a coalition fighting Iranian backed Houthi rebels in Yemen. Image: A Yemeni child receives treatment for suspected cholera at a hospital in Sanaa Its airstrikes have caused devastation in the country. The UN report blames the coalition for much of the civilian death toll, in particular the thousand plus children who have died. Adel al Jubeir is unrepentant saying their report's authors have refused to seek the Saudi side of the story. He said: "We invited the United Nations to come and discuss it with us. We invited ...
Bitcoin price has now dropped 20% toward $4,000, three days after hitting an unprecedented record high of $5,000 over the weekend. The price of bitcoin hits a two-week low in a decline following China’s ban on initial coin offerings (ICOs), a radical new form of fundraising where digital tokens are exchanged for cryptocurrencies like bitcoin and Ethereum. The early hours of Tuesday saw bitcoin value drop near $4,000, trading at figures unseen since August 22 nd . At Bitstamp, bitcoin’s value dropped to $4001.9 during the fall while a global average between exchanges leveled around the $4,050 figure. Chinese exchanges experienced more dramatic falls with trading on ‘big three’ exchange OKCoin falling to a low of CNY22,550, roughly $3,400. Data from CoinmarketCap reveals a significant sell-off in multiple markets around the world At the time of publishing, bitcoin prices are showing an upward recovery in trading above $4,300. Over the last...
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