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Feb

2024

By CHRISTIAN AKORLIE and MAXWELL AKALAARE ADOMBILA

Ghana president replaces finance minister in reshuffle

GHANA'S president has replaced finance minister Ken Ofori-Atta in a cabinet reshuffle after criticism of the ex-banker's leadership during the West African country's worst economic crisis in a generation. The office of President Nana Akufo-Addo said that Ofori-Atta would be replaced by Mohammed Amin Adam, currently the minister of state at the finance ministry and previously deputy energy minister responsible for the petroleum sector. It did not give a reason for the change. Ofori-Atta has been overseeing Ghana's debt restructuring efforts after the West African gold, oil and cocoa producer defaulted on most of its external debt in December 2022.…

Oct

2023

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Kenya President reshuffles cabinet, swaps foreign affairs minister

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KENYA'S President William Ruto reshuffled eight members of his cabinet and folded the foreign affairs ministry into the office of the chief minister. The changes were necessary, Ruto said, to "optimise performance and enhance delivery as set out in the administration's manifesto". Ruto has faced a series of nationwide protests over the high cost of living and tax hikes since he took power in August 2022. Foreign Minister Alfred Mutua was transferred to the Ministry of Tourism and Wildlife, while Trade Minister Moses Kiarie Kuria was moved to the Ministry of Public Service. The foreign ministry was brought under the…

Mar

2023

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Paul Mashatile, South Africa’s new deputy president, has a critical task: to bring back a sense of stability

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IN a recent cabinet reshuffle President Cyril Ramaphosa appointed Paul Mashatile, the deputy president of South Africa’s governing party, the African National Congress (ANC), as the country’s deputy president. The tradition in the ANC since democracy in 1994 has been for its elected deputy president to ascend first to the deputy presidency of the country, and eventually to become head of state. So Mashatile, an experienced politician, may also be destined for top office. Author SANDY AFRICA, Associate Professor, Political Sciences, and Deputy Dean Teaching and Learning (Humanities), University of Pretoria Ramaphosa’s cabinet reshuffle took place in a climate of…

Mar

2023

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SA president to reshuffle cabinet

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SOUTH African President Cyril Ramaphosa will announce changes to the national executive at 7:00 p.m. (1700 GMT) on Monday, presidential spokesman Vincent Magwenya said. A cabinet reshuffle has been widely expected since Ramaphosa was re-elected leader of the governing African National Congress (ANC) at a party leadership contest in December, paving the way for him to run for a second term in 2024. "The president is finalising his reconfiguration of the national executive," Magwenya said at a news briefing, adding that he was taking into account the swearing-in of some members of parliament before announcing the reshuffle. Ramaphosa is expected…

Sep

2021

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Buhari sacks power and farming ministers

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FELIX ONUAH NIGERIAN President Muhammadu Buhari sacked the ministers for power and agriculture, in a rare cabinet reshuffle, citing the need to improve economic management and the delivery of public services. Saleh Mamman was replaced as power minister by Abubakar Aliyu, the minister of state for works and housing, while Mohammed Sabo Nanono was replaced as agriculture minister by Mohammad Abubakar, his counterpart at the environment ministry. Buhari told a cabinet meeting the sackings were a result of a process of "independent and critical self-review", according to a statement from his spokesperson. "These significant review steps have helped to identify…

Aug

2021

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SA new cabinet ministers sworn in after reshuffle

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AFRICAN MIRROR REPORTER SOUTH African new Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana has been sworn in, along with several deputies. President Cyril Ramaphosa has fired his defence minister, appointed Godongwana as part of the 10 major changes to his cabinet and introduced a restructure of government departments. Godongwana, an ANC and SA Communist Party veteran was appointed as the new Finance Minister, to replace Tito Mboweni, who requested to be released from his position. After his swearing in, Godongwana said South Africa should be ready for some positive changes that he will introduce. Ramaphosa axed Defence and Military Veterans Minister Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula,…

Jul

2021

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Burkina Faso president takes on defence role amid security crisis

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BURKINA Faso's president Roch Kabore has taken over the role of defence minister in a cabinet reshuffle aimed at stopping a wave of jihadist attacks that has plagued the West Africa country in recent years, according to a presidential decree. Groups linked to al Qaeda and Islamic State originally based in neighbouring Mali have embedded themselves across north and eastern Burkina Faso, launching regular attacks on civilians, including one this month that killed more than 130 people, the worst in years. Pressure has increased on Kabore to win back control and end a humanitarian crisis in which more than 1…

May

2021

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Mali military stages 2nd coup

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B PAUL LORGERIE and TIEMOKO DIALLO MALI's interim vice president, Colonel Assimi Goita, has announced that he had seized power after the transitional president and prime minister failed to consult him about the formation of a new government. He said elections would be held next year as planned. President Bah Ndaw and Prime Minister Moctar Ouane were arrested and taken to a military base outside the capital on Monday evening, prompting swift condemnation from international powers, some of which called it an "attempted coup". The two men were in charge of a transitional government created after a military coup in…

Jan

2021

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Tunisia’s parliament approves Cabinet reshuffle amid protests

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TAREK AMARA and ANGUS McDOWALL TUNISIA’S parliament has approved a Cabinet reshuffle that deepened the conflict between the prime minister and the president, as hundreds protested outside the heavily barricaded parliament over social inequality and police abuses. Riot police turned water cannon on protesters outside the parliament earlier on Tuesday, trying to quell the largest rally since demonstrations began this month. Hundreds of protesters had marched from the Ettadhamen district of the capital, Tunis, where young people have clashed with police several nights this month, and were joined by hundreds more near the parliament. Prime Minister Hichem Mechichi named 11…

Jan

2021

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Tunisian PM appoints 12 new ministers

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TAREK AMARA TUNISIAN Prime Minister Hichem Mechichi has named 12 new ministers in a cabinet reshuffle he hopes will inject new blood into his government amid rising political tensions and an unprecedented economic crisis. Mechichi named Walid Dhabi as the new interior minister, having this month sacked Taoufik Charfeddine, who is close to President Kais Saied, a move underscoring tensions between the country's two most powerful leaders Saied and Mechichi are at odds over their respective powers and political alliances, jeopardising the stability required to push through much-needed reforms. Hedi Khairi was named health minister following criticism over the government's…