RAIS NKURUNZINZA APINDULIWA!!

Rais Pierre Nkurunzinza wa Burundi, aliyepinduliwa hivi punde toka madarakani

akiwa mazungumzoni nchini Tanzania.

Meja Jenerali Godefroid Niyombareh amewaambia waandishi wa habari mjini Bujumubura, kuwa kumeundwa kamati maalum ya kuiokoa Burundi itakayotawala taifa hilo kwa kipindi cha mpwito.

Kulingana na taarifa iliyopeperushwa na redio Isanganiro, serikali ya Nkurunziza imeon'golewa madarakani.

Meja Generali Niyombareh amesema wamechukua hatua hiyo baada ya watu wa Burundi kukataa rais huyo kugombea kwa  awamu ya tatu.

Jenerali huyo alitimuliwa na Nkurunziza mwezi februari anasema kuwa Nkurunziza alishindwa kuheshimu mwafaka wa amani mbali na sheria za kimataifa.

Kwa sasa rais Nkurunziza yuko nchini Tanzania alipokuwa anatarajiwa kujumuika na viongozi wa kanda hii ya Afrika Mashriki kutafuta suluhu ya mgogoro wa Burundi tangu Nkurunzinza atangaze nia yake ya kuwania awamu ya tatu.

UMOJA WA MATAIFA: KASI YA EBOLA INAZIDI JUHUDI ZA KUPAMBANA NAO

Mkuu wa kitengo cha Umoja wa Mataifa kinachoshughulikia wito

wa dharura kuhusu maradhi ya Ebola, Bw. Anthony Banbury

ACCRA, Ghana

MKUU wa kitengo cha Umoja wa Mataifa kinachoshughulikia wito wa dharura kuhusu maradhi ya Ebola, Anthony Banbury, amesema dunia haipigi hatua za haraka kudhibiti mlipuko wa ugonjwa huo.

Akilihutubia Baraza la Usalama la Umoja wa Mataifa, kupitia mawasiliano ya video kutoka mjini Accra, Ghana, Bw. Banbury amesema ugonjwa huo unakwenda kwa kasi kubwa kuliko inavyodhaniwa.

Kwa mujibu wa DW, Bw. Banbury amesema kasi za ugonjwa huo ni kubwa na unaonekana kuzishinda juhudi za kuudhibiti. Bw. Banbury amesema ili kuudhibiti ugonjwa wa ebola, hatua za haraka zinapaswa kuchukuliwa sasa, kwa sababu kila siku idadi ya wanaoambukizwa inazidi kupanda.

Wakati huohuo, shirika la afya duniani WHO kupitia naibu mkurugenzi mkuu, Bruce Aylward, limesema maambukizi ya ugonjwa wa ebola huenda yakafikia 5000 hadi 10,000 kila wiki kuanzia wiki ya kwanza ya mwezi wa Desemba.

Kwa mujibu wa DW, vifo vya hivi karibuni vilivyoripotiwa vimefikia watu 4,447.Nchi tatu zilizoathirika zaidi na ugonjwa wa ebola Afrika Magharibi ni Liberia, Sierra Leone na Guinea.

Kwa upande wake, Rais wa Marekani, Barrack Obama, anatarajiwa kuwa na mazungumzo kuhusu Ebola kwa njia ya video, na viongozi wa Ujerumani, Italia, Ufaransa na Uingereza.

SCOTLAND HAS VOTED TO STAY IN THE UNITED KINGDOM AFTER VOTERS DECISIVELY REJECTED INDEPENDENCE.

With the results in from all 32 council areas, the "No" side won with 2,001,926 votes over 1,617,989 for "Yes".

Scotland's First Minister Alex Salmond called for unity and urged the unionist parties to deliver on more powers.

Prime Minister David Cameron said he was delighted the UK would remain together and that commitments on extra powers would be honoured "in full".

Mr Cameron said the three main unionist parties at Westminster would now follow through with their pledge of more powers for the Scottish Parliament.

He announced that Lord Smith of Kelvin, who led Glasgow's staging of the Commonwealth Games, would oversee the process to take forward the commitments, with new powers over tax, spending and welfare to be agreed by November, and draft legislation published by January.

The prime minister also acknowledged that the people of England, Wales and Northern Ireland must have a bigger say over their affairs.

And he promised a solution to the West Lothian question - the fact that Scottish MPs can vote on English issues at Westminster, and not the other way round.

In other developments:

• Share prices rose as Scotland voted against independence.
• Polling officials said they were investigating 10 cases of suspected electoral fraud at polling stations in Glasgow.
• Royal Bank of Scotland said it would keep its headquarters in Scotland following the "No" vote.
• Wales's First Minister Carwyn Jones said he was pleased Scotland voted to stay in the Union, adding: "Together we will shape a new constitutional future for the UK."
• Northern Ireland First Minister Peter Robinson said he was "delighted" Scotland would remain in the Union and he would hold talks with his Welsh counterpart to discuss the wider implications.
• Scotland rejected independence by 55% to 45%. For latest results and full coverage, go to bbc.co.uk/scotland-decides.

The result became a mathematical certainty at 06:08, as the returning officer in Fife announced a comfortable No vote.

Shortly afterwards, Mr Salmond said he accepted the defeat and called for national unity.

He said the referendum and the high turnout (nearly 85%) had been a "triumph for the democratic process" and promised to keep his pledge in the Edinburgh Agreement which paved the way for the referendum to respect the result.

He told supporters: "The unionist parties made vows late in the campaign to devolve more powers to Scotland.

Scotland's First Minister Alex Salmond

"Scotland will expect these to be honoured in rapid course - as a reminder, we have been promised a second reading of a Scotland Bill by March 27 next year.

And the first minister said: "Whatever else we can say about this referendum campaign, we have touched sections of the community who have never before been touched by politics, these sections of the community have touched us and touched the political process."

In a rallying call to his supporters, Mr Salmond urged the Yes voters to reflect on how far they had come.

"I don't think any of us, whenever we entered politics, would have thought such a thing to be either credible or possible," he said.

He also claimed the campaign had put "a scare and a fear of enormous proportions" at the heart of the Westminster establishment. 

"Today of all days as we bring Scotland together, let us not dwell on the distance we have fallen short, let us dwell on the distance we have travelled and have confidence the movement is abroad in Scotland that will take this nation forward," he added.

OBAMAS LIST ASSETS BETWEEN $1.8M AND $7M!

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama reported assets worth between $1.8 million and $7 million for last year, little changed from their previous year's holdings, according to financial disclosure forms released Thursday.

The forms, required by law, permit public officials to list their assets in broad ranges. As a result, a precise net worth is difficult to ascertain.

The forms show the largest jointly owned assets by the president and the first lady were Treasury notes worth between $1 million and $5 million. While the value of their assets is certainly higher than that of most Americans, their mix reflects the financial demands of a 50-something couple with two daughters. Their assets include Vanguard retirement funds and college savings plans.

Royalties in 2013 from Obama's books, "Dreams From My Father," ''The Audacity of Hope" and "Of Thee I Sing," totaled between $70,000 and $165,000. In 2011, they totaled between $250,000 and $2.1 million.

The Obamas also have a 30-year mortgage on their Chicago home worth between $500,000 and $1 million with an interest rate of 5.625 percent.

Vice President Joe Biden reported 2013 assets of between $276,000 and $940,000, including a rental property owned jointly with his wife, Jill, in Wilmington, Delaware.

Unlike the Obamas, Biden has taken advantage of lower mortgage rates and refinanced his mortgage last year. He listed a 30-year mortgage on his principal residence and his rental property worth between $500,000 and $1 million with an interest rate of 3.375 percent.

Biden also reported making $25,000 donations to each of two Pennsylvania anti-domestic violence groups. The $50,000 came from an award Biden received from the Pennsylvania Society, which honored Biden last year with its gold medal for distinguished achievement,

Last month, the Obamas released their 2013 tax returns and reported paying $98,169 in taxes on $481,098 in adjusted income.

The Bidens reported paying $96,378 in federal taxes last year on adjusted gross income of $407,009.

Source: AFP