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Feb

2024

Niger names new ministers of mining and energy in reshuffle

NIGER'S military government has named new ministers of mining and energy in a government reshuffle, splitting up the previous ministry of mines, petrol and energy into three posts, it said. Mahaman Moustapha Barke Bako, previously minister of mines, petrol, and energy, will now be minister of petrol. Professor Amadou Haoua was named the new minister of energy and Colonel Ousmane Abarchi was named minister of mines, according to a decree read out on state television, that did not give a reason for the reshuffle. All three are strategically important sectors for the West African country, where military officers overthrew the…

Feb

2024

By CHRISTIAN AKORLIE and MAXWELL AKALAARE ADOMBILA

Ghana president replaces finance minister in reshuffle

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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.…

Nov

2023

By ELIZABETH PIPER

UK’s Sunak brings back Cameron, sacks Braverman

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BRITISH Prime Minister Rishi Sunak brought back former leader David Cameron as foreign minister in a reshuffle triggered by his firing of interior minister Suella Braverman after her criticism of police threatened his authority. It was the latest reset for a prime minister whose Conservative Party is badly lagging the Labour Party before an election expected next year. Cameron's return suggested Sunak wanted to bring in a more centrist, experienced hand rather than appease the populist right of his party which backed Braverman. It also reawakens divisive debate over Brexit: Cameron held the referendum on European Union membership in 2016…

Jun

2023

By The African Mirror

Nigeria’s Tinubu forces security chiefs out in reshuffle

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NIGERIA'S President Bola Tinubu forced out the country's security chiefs and the head of police on Monday and replaced them with new appointments, in a major reshuffle of the country's defence forces. Tinubu, who was sworn into office on May 29, has named new commanders of the defence forces, army, and navy air force with immediate effect, the secretary to the government of the federation said in a statement. Nigeria's military has been fighting Islamist insurgents in the northeast for more than a decade, and banditry and kidnappings in the northwest as insecurity has spread to most parts of the…

Aug

2020

By The African Mirror

Ethiopia PM fires defence minister, a one-time ally, in major reshuffle

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DAWIT ENDESHAW\ PRIME Minister Abiy Ahmed on Tuesday replaced the defence minister, his former ally Lemma Megersa, as part of a reshuffle ahead of elections in the heavily divided nation next year. Lemma was replaced by Kenea Yadeta, the former security chief of Oromiya region, Abiy's office said on Twitter. Nine other top officials were also replaced, including the attorney general, his deputy and the mining minister. Abiy has promised to hold the first free and fair elections in Africa's second most populous nation next year, but his democratic reforms have also unleashed ethnic divisions that frequently spill into violence.…

Jul

2020

By The African Mirror

Congo replaces sanctioned army chief with deputy

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DEMOCRATIC Republic of Congo President Felix Tshisekedi has appointed a new head of the army to replace General John Numbi, according to state television. Both Numbi and his designated successor, General Gabriel Amisi Kumba, are under U.S. and European Union sanctions for repression and abuses directed against opposition figures and protesters under former president Joseph Kabila. Tshisekedi's office did not give a reason for the reshuffle. The last month has seen rising tensions in the ruling coalition between supporters of Tshisekedi and those of Kabila, who maintains extensive power through his parliamentary majority, control of most cabinet ministries, and influence…