Ethiopian Best African Airline

Ethiopian Airlines has been awarded the Passenger Choice Award for best airline in Africa at the Airline Passenger Experience which was held in California, United States.

More Surprises in Store as Tanzania Heads to Elections

Former prime minister Edward Lowassa recently joined Chadema, the opposition party who had for a long time called him corrupt.

Former Tanzania Prime Minister Joins Opposition Party

Tanzania's opposition coalition Ukawa has officially welcomed former Prime Minister Edward Lowassa into its ranks in a plan to reinforce their efforts to defeat the ruling party CCM in the October presidential elections.

In a strange turn of events, the coalition came out to defend Mr Lowassa at a press conference on Monday, terming him a person of integrity and claiming that there was no evidence linking him to corruption allegations.

They further said that they believed Mr Lowassa would have been prosecuted if the allegations against him were true.

Tanzania: Magufuli for Union President

Dodoma — CCM Union presidential candidate John Pombe Magufuli was on Sunday afternoon introduced to Dodoma residents, immediately sounding a strong warning against irresponsible and corrupt public servants should he clinch the top post of the land in the general elections in October.

"To all irresponsible leaders, thieves and corrupt officials; please be informed that I will deal with you in a very polite way," Dr Magufuli announced, sparking deafening applause from thousands of people who flocked the Jamhuri Stadium here to have a glance of the ruling party's candidate and his running mate, Ms Samia Suluhu Hassan.

The official introduction of the party's flag bearers was officiated by President Jakaya Kikwete, who described Dr Magufuli as "a no-nonsense man who would successfully move the country to the next stage".

"You have been claiming that I am so polite; so we are now giving you a very aggressive candidate. He is the right candidate for us," the party's National chairman said.

The CCM National Congress had earlier voted for Dr Magufuli, giving him a landslide victory for the presidential candidacy.

Earlier announcing the results, the Speaker of the National Assembly, Ms Anne Makinda, told delegates that Dr Magufuli carried the day after garnering 2,104 votes, equivalent to 87.1 per cent to beat his challengers -- Ambassador Amina Salum Ali who got 253 votes (10.5 per cent) and Dr Asha-Rose Migiro who polled 59 votes (2.4 per cent).

The total votes cast were 2,422 while six were spoiled. Dr Migiro and Ambassador Ali were both graceful in defeat and both pledged their full commitment and support to Dr Magufuli.

Ms Makinda and the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Pandu Ameir Kificho, oversaw the vote counting process. Upon the Speaker's announcement of the winner, the venue erupted into song and dance as delegates flocked to the stage to congratulate Dr Magufuli.

His wife, Janeth, could not control her emotions as tears were seen rolling down her cheeks. Dr Magufuli went through three hurdles -- first the Central Committee, which trimmed the candidates from 38 to five and then the National Executive Committee, which whittled down the number to three and onwards to the national congress, which picked his name.

Before the announcement of the presidential candidate, both the Union and Zanzibar governments gave their implementation reports in which they highlighted their successes in economy, politics and social aspects that had been recorded in the past decade in line with the party election manifesto.

Dr Magufuli declared that under his leadership, he would make sure that all people worked diligently for the country's development, insisting that "those unwilling to work won't eat".

 "Trust me; I am not going to let you down... trust me I will not fail you. I am only asking one thing from you... make sure you turn out in large numbers and vote in favour of CCM," the outspoken Works Minister said.

French Soldiers Accused of Sexual Abuse in CAR:

A leaked UN report say victims as young as eight were raped in exchange for food and money.

The report, titled 'Sexual Abuse on Children by International Armed Forces' details how French peacekeepers, raped and sodomised boys at a camp for the internally displaced in the capital Bangui.

French soldiers were sent to the country in early 2014 to provide protection to civilians as the nation fell deep into a civil war.

In March the UN was accused of ignoring a report that claimed sexual abuse was the biggest risk to peacekeeping on the planet.

After Colonizing the Country, Stealing Its Resources, the French Are Now Raping CAR's Children.

Togo: Emmanuel Adebayor Fights Back - How My Mother, Siblings 'Ruined' Me

Obviously all is not well with the Adebayor family as Togo and Tottenham Hotspur striker, Emmanuel Adebayor continues his family story series.

The Togolese striker on Sunday again took to a social media platform (Facebook) to tell his story, following accusations by his relatives that he is under a spell by an 'alfa'

Read Adebayor's full text below. He starts his stories with his initials SEA (Seyi Emmanuel Adebayor)

SEA, here is another part of the story I have kept inside since. Today I feel the constant need to let it out. If I share my stories, it is because I believe every story comes with a lesson. And the lesson is for anyone that is reading this. This is about a brother who keeps saying today that I am not a good support for our family. His name is Rotimi Adebayor. At the age of 13, he did something very bad. He and I know what he did. Because of that our parents had to send him to a village far from the big city.

When I started to be successful in football and I went to Togo for vacation; at that time one of my mother's friend came from the village to visit us. As she explained how Rotimi was suffering in the village, I immediately asked them to bring him back into the city. As soon as he came back, I made sure I put him in school. For me that is normal.

In 2002, I went to play the AFCON in Mali and I had the huge privilege to swap my shirt with Marc-Vivien Foé. May his soul rest in peace. When I got back to Togo, I put that shirt in a secure place. My brother found a way to steal that shirt and sold it.

When I moved from Metz to Monaco, we reached an advanced stage in the Champions League and we played against Real Madrid. It was one of most beautiful day of my life because I was lucky enough to get a signed shirt from the football legend Zinedine Zidane. As I brought that shirt back to Togo, my brother still found a way to steal that shirt and sold it.

When I was in Metz, I was earning about €15,000 a month. I wanted to get something unique for my mom to thank her for all she did for me. I wanted to make her happy. So I decided to take an amount worth 3 months of my wages and I bought her a Cartier neckless for about €45,000. Rotimi and his friends Akim(@Yam Freedom) and Tao (@Sao Tao Oyawole) made a plan and stole that precious neckless. They sold it for about €800.

When my mom and I found out, my mother asked me not to bother because he is the younger brother. Despite the situation, I would like to take this same occasion to wish all the mothers out there a Happy Mother's Day!

In my house, I have a storage room where I keep some of my belongings when I travel back to Europe. I am the only one with that key but my brother managed to get a master key that was able to open every single door in the house. He frequently stole drinks and other items from that room.

After all this we kept saying "blood is thicker than water" and we moved on. Therefore, I decided to take him where I started my football in France. I brought him to a great football academy in France. You already know how this story ended. He stole cellphones from many of his teammates and they sacked him from the football academy.

By the way, after I published the first story about him, he called me to say that he did not steal exactly 21 phones. He claimed that the number was lower than that. Still... Is that acceptable? He also added that I should be happy that he stole drinks and other items from my storage room. I asked him why and he replied: "Because I am your brother".

Jacques Songo'o who is now a retired Cameroonian footballer also had his son in the academy and he was a good friend of Rotimi. Let me add that he was part of my development as a footballer and he always gave me good advices. I was in Togo on my days off when Songo'ocalled me; he sounded very angry. He explained to me how my brother stole his son's PSP.

When I asked my brother why he did that, he argued that he forgot it in his bag. How can you forget someone else's device in your bag and travel with it from France to Togo? Since that day, my relationship with Songo'o changed and he has become pretty distant with me and my family.

I was still in Monaco when I decided to collect all football boots from my teammates so I could give them to people in Africa. I had a huge bag full of shoes. I brought that bag to Togo. A few days after when I decided to give the boots out to the people in need, I noticed the bag full of boots disappeared. Later on, I found out that my brother was the one who stole the bag and went to sell the shoes in Hedzranawoé (famous public market in Togo).

One day, my mom called me early in the morning when I was still in bed. She told me that Rotimi has gotten a Visa to go to Dubai so he can play football out there. He had to leave that day with his friend Kodjovi (@Denilson de Souza) who was in the same situation. It was either they went that day or the Visa would be suspended.

I asked one of my guys at the time (@Agui Mozino) to go find tickets for my brother and his friend. We could not find any economy class ticket on that day so I had to get them both first class tickets. After all, it was an opportunity for him to make his own career in Dubai.

Only 4days later, Rotimi went back home. He explained how the lifestyle in Dubai was not made for him. He said he wasn't free to do what he wanted to do because it is a strictly Muslim place. He couldn't drink, party as much as he wanted or kiss girls in public.

The part 3 is coming out soon and it will be about the man that calls himself the father of the family @Kola Adebayor A.K.A Lion of Judah.

Here is the first part of Tuesday, May 5

SEA, I have kept these stories for a long time but I think today it is worth sharing some of them with you. It's true that family matters should be solved internally and not in public but I am doing this so that hopefully all families can learn from what happened in mine. Also keep in mind that none of this is about money.

At the age of 17, with my first wages as a footballer, I built a house for my family and made sure they are safe. As you all know, I have received the trophy of African Player of the Year in 2008. I also brought my mother on stage with me to thank her for everything. In that same year, I brought her to London for various medical check ups.

When my daughter was born, we contacted my mum to inform her but she immediately hung up the phone and didn't wanna know hear about it. Reading your recent comments, some people said my family and I should consult T.B Joshua.

In 2013, I gave my mother money so she could consult him in Nigeria. She was supposed to stay for 1 week; but 2 days into her stay, I received a call saying she left. Apart from all that l also gave my mother a great amount of money to start a business of cookies and different items. Naturally, I allowed them to put my name and picture on them so they can sell more. What else can a son do in his power to support his family?

A couple years ago, I bought a house in East Lagon (Ghana) for $1.2 million. I found it normal to let my older sister, Yabo Adebayor stay in that house. I also allowed my half brother (Daniel) to stay in the same house. A few months later, I was on vacation and decided to go to that house. At my surprise, I saw many cars in the driveway. In fact, my sister decided to rent out the house without me knowing. She also kicked Daniel out of that house.

Note that the house had about 15 rooms. When I called her and asked for explanation, she took about 30 minutes to abuse and insult me over the phone. I called my mother to explain the situation and she did the same as my sister. This same sister says I am ungrateful. Ask her about the car she is driving or anything she is selling today?

My brother Kola Adebayor, has now been in Germany for 25 years. He travelled back home about 4 times, at my expense. I fully cover the cost of his children's education. When I was in Monaco, he came to me and asked for money to start a business. Only God knows how much I gave him. Where is that business today?

When our brother Peter passed away, I sent Kola a great amount of money so he could fly back home. He never showed up at the burial. And today that same brother (Kola) is telling people that I am involved in Peter's death. How? He is the same brother who went and told inaccurate stories about our family to "The Sun" in other to take some money. They also sent a letter to my Club when I was in Madrid so I could get fired.

When I was in Monaco I thought it would be good to have a family of footballers. So I made sure my brother Rotimi gets into a football academy in France. Within a few months; out of 27 players, he stole 21 phones.

I would not say any anything about my brother Peter Adebayor because he is not here today. May his soul rest in peace.

My sister Lucia Adebayor keeps telling people that my dad told me to bring her to Europe. But what would be the purpose to bring her to Europe ? Everyone is here for a reason.

I was in Ghana when I received the news about my brother Peter being seriously ill. I drove the fastest I could to Togo in order to meet him and help. When I arrived, my mother said I could not see him and I should just give the money and she would solve everything. Only God knows how much I gave her that day. People are saying I didn't do anything to save my brother, Peter. Am I a fool to drive 2 hours to Togo for nothing?

I organized a meeting in 2005 to solve our family issues. When I asked them about their opinion, they said I should build each family member a house and give each of them a monthly wage.

Today I am still alive and they have already shared all my goods, just in case I die.

For all these reasons, it took very long for me to set up my foundation in Africa. Every time I try to help the people in need, they had to question me and all of them thought it was a bad idea.

If I am writing this, the main purpose is not to expose my family members. I just want other African families to learn from this. Thank you.

It is nice to know were you are from.

It is nice to know were you are from.