Refused to stand down during talks with senior officials from his ruling party. A meeting to discuss his future was held at his official residence in pretoria. Mr zuma, who is 75, is facing allegations of corruption. Hes previously survived several votes of no confidence in parliament. Andrew harding reports from johannesburg. Hes swamped by scandal. South africas president , jacob zuma, has already been found guilty of breaking his oath of office when he upgraded his private home lavishly at the taxpayers expense. More recently, his friendship with the controversial business family, the guptas, has fuelled allegations of massive corruption state capture, they call it here. During the zuma presidency, south africa has floundered. The economy is struggling and unemployment is soaring, amid a sense that senior officials could get away with anything. But in december, zuma and his allies lost control of the governing anc. The new man, cyril ramaphosa, promising to end impunity. Everyone ag
Refused to stand down during talks with senior officials from his ruling party. A meeting to discuss his future was held at his official residence in pretoria. Mr zuma, who is 75, is facing allegations of corruption. Hes previously survived several votes of no confidence in parliament. Andrew harding reports from johannesburg. Hes swamped by scandal. South africas president , jacob zuma, has already been found guilty of breaking his oath of office when he upgraded his private home lavishly at the taxpayers expense. More recently, his friendship with the controversial business family, the guptas, has fuelled allegations of massive corruption state capture, they call it here. During the zuma presidency, south africa has floundered. The economy is struggling and unemployment is soaring, amid a sense that senior officials could get away with anything. But in december, zuma and his allies lost control of the governing anc. The new man, Cyril Ramaphosa, promising to end impunity. Everyone ag
Greek Macedonian Border. Is ugandas president is celebrating his 5th election victory while his main opponent remains under house arrest. The 71yearold president won 60. 8 of the vote in thursdays election, allowing him to extend his 30year rule. His main rival has been detained one time since monday. He condemned the election as a sham. European union and commonwealth observers criticized the polls. Malcolm webb sent us this report. Police surrounded the house of Opposition Leader as the vote count was completed and the results announced. Two other keep opposition politicians were under what they called house arrest. Police called it a preventative arrangement. At the National Voting center, the result was announced. The Commission Declares the elected president after election held on 18th february, 2016. The chairman acknowledged some problems but said things had largely gone well. The opposition said it was fraudulent. Local observers said there was rigging and there has been strong
Voters . He calls it a closure of a chapter in u. S. History. Guantanamo bay was set up to detain and interrogate people that the u. S. Thought posed extreme danger. But many were held for years without charge. Obama said that the facility undermines American Values and closing it would save 80 million a year in operating costs. Obama, who is in his final year as president said that he did not want to pass on the guantanamo problem to his successor. He said they were already holding dangerous terrorists in the United States and was coping just fine. Patty culhane reports. With that it was one of his first promises in office, but now u. S. President barack obama is hoping in his last year he can accomplish it. Close the controversial detention junior in cuba. Are we going to linger on for another 15 years, 20 years, 30 years . For all that time dozens of men have been held in limbo. Many so desperate that they went on Hunger Strike only to be forcebly tied down and fed through a tube. T
And schools in zimbabwe are reviving traditional instruments like this. U. S. President , barack obama, has set out his plan for the final closure of the Guantanamo Bay. The plan calls for the transfer of the remaining detainees to the u. S. And so in one of my first acts as president , i took action to begin closing it. And because we had bipartisan support, i wanted to make sure that we did it right. I indicated that we would need to take our time to do it in a systematic way, and that we had examined all of the options. And unfortunately, during that period, where we were putting the pieces in place to close it, what had previously been bipartisan support, suddenly became a partisan issue. Suddenly, many who previously had said it should be closed backed off, because they were worried about the politics. Rosiland jordan joins us live now from washington, d. C. Hi, ros. Now obama in his speech said that guantanamo was a stain on the u. S. s record, but what else did he have to say in