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 ...
The Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (RMIT) has established the RMIT Blockchain Innovation Hub to explore the social science of blockchain technology. In an announcement today, RMIT unveiled details of the research center focused on blockchain technology, an innovation that the university believes will become “a core infrastructure for the global economy.” The hub is being proclaimed as the world’s first research center aimed at exploring the social science of blockchain technology. The research center will be led by Professor Jason Potts from RMIT’s School of Economics, Finance, and Marketing. Professor Ian Palmer, pro-vice chancellor business and vice-president at the university stated: The RMIT Blockchain Innovation Hub is the only full-service, research, learning and industry-linked blockchain body in the world. Blockchain, the underlying tech that powers cryptocurrencies like bitcoin, will ‘revolutionize businesses as we know it in the coming ye...
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