The launch of the election campaign season for Nigeria’s 2027 presidential election begins this week. The president of Nigeria, Bola Ahmed Tinubu, is running for re-election, although the Nigerian president has come under attack due to his inability to solve problems of the economy, an increase in living costs, and insecurity in the country. Voters […]
An estimated number of at least 24 people lost their lives as gunmen raided the Bin-Per community located in Mangu Local Government Area in Plateau State of Nigeria, with women and children being amongst those who were killed in the attacks. The gunmen attacked the community when the people in the community were asleep and […]
Tunisia – On Sunday, tens of thousands of Tunisians gathered in the capital to protest President Kais Saied’s “exceptional measures.” The latest measures have been dubbed a “coup” by government critics. Kais Saied’s dismissed the Prime Minister and froze parliament at the end of July. Many consider the president’s recent actions to be a return […]
Nigeria – In Nigeria’s 206 million population, seven million doses of the Covid-19 vaccine have been administered. A religious leader, Alhaji Lubisalah, praised the government’s efforts to combat the virus, but said the authorities should focus more on the continent’s battle against malaria, which he claims kills more people than COVID-19. After Friday prayers at […]
Sierra Leone – Sierra Leone’s president signed a bill abolishing the death sentence on Friday, claiming that the country has “exorcised ghosts of a harsh past” as a result of a long struggle to abolish the death penalty. Following the ratification of the legislation by parliament, President Julius Maada Bio signed the abolition bill during […]
Guinea – Colonel Mamady Doumbouya, who took power in Guinea after a military coup on September 5, named development veteran Mohamed Beavogui as prime minister in a proclamation read on national television on Wednesday. Beavogui, 68, has a distinguished career with international organizations such as the United Nations, but no experience in the national government, […]
More than 5,000 people demonstrated in Tunisia on Sunday in support of President Kais Saied, whose power grab has sparked controversy in the Arab Spring’s birthplace. The pro-Saied throng in Tunis, estimated at 3,000 people, outnumbered those who had assembled a week earlier to oppose him. “The people want parliament to be dissolved,” The crowd […]
Sub-Saharan Africa – Child labour in Africa is surging at all-time high. With thousands of children being forced into child labour every day, leading child rights activists called for a global social protection fund to stem the loss of a generation to COVID-19. As the pandemic has pushed many countries, including the US and Rwanda […]
Tunisia – In a first for the Arab world, the Tunisian president announces Najla Bouden Ramadhane to be the next Prime Minister of the country. Amid the turbulent situation in the country, president Kais Saied had sacked the previous government and two months later announced Bouden to hold the office. The president was seen acknowledging […]
Uganda – Zikulabe Isaac is a local farmer who owns a 3-acre onion, cotton, and coffee farm that shares the park’s fence. They used to sleep outside their homes guarding the crops against game before it was built in 2018, unsure of their harvests, but now he can bank on predictable profits from his produce. […]
– Africa. President Cyril Ramaphosa initiated the Climate Commission in March this year to set a more ambitious emissions reduction target in the leadup to a United Nations climate conference in November. The commission’s first set of recommendations deals with South Africa’s Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC). It will be country’s commitment to address climate change, […]
Tunisian President Kais Saied announced during a speech that new head of government will be appointed in Tunisia. Tunisian President Kais Saied announced during a speech that new head of government will be appointed in Tunisia, where the exceptional measures decreed on July 25 will be maintained. As crowd of people chanted that they want […]
After what his supporters called a politically orchestrated show trial, Paul Rusesabagina, the “Hotel Rwanda“ hero who became a fiercely outspoken government critic, was sentenced to 25 years in prison on terrorism charges on Monday. A Kigali high court found him guilty of creating a rebel group that was responsible for deadly gun, grenade, and […]
Former Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika, who fought for independence from France, brought his conflict-torn country together, and was deposed in 2019 by pro-democracy protestors after two decades in power, has died at the age of 84, according to state television. The local channel’s broadcast did not explain the cause of death or provide specifics on […]
Local Ethiopian officials claimed on Wednesday that Tigray forces have killed over 120 civilians in recent days as a result of battlefield losses, in what would be one of the deadliest massacres of Ethiopia’s 10-month war. Forces in Tigray have denied killing civilians. According to Sewunet Wubalem, the administrator for the Dabat district in Ethiopia’s […]
Libyan authorities announced on Tuesday that a senior member of the Islamic State (IS) was apprehended in a raid south of Tripoli. The capture of Embarak al-Khazimi was “a great success for our security forces,” according to the interim government of the North African country’s Prime Minister Abdul Hamid Dbeibah. A warrant for Khazimi’s arrest […]
Tanzanian authorities have arrested numerous members of the country’s largest opposition Chadema party, marking the country’s latest crackdown on a group advocating constitutional reform. It came after President Samia Suluhu Hassan’s government detained Chadema leader Freeman Mbowe on “terrorist” accusations, which his party described as an attempt by President Samia Suluhu Hassan’s government to silence […]
Gunmen kidnapped 73 students in yet another school attack in northern Nigeria on Wednesday, prompting authorities in Zamfara state to close all primary and secondary schools. The new kidnappings occurred just days after three other groups of hostages were reportedly freed after large ransom payments, raising hopes that other captives will be released soon. According […]
Tanzania’s main opposition leader appeared in court on Tuesday to face terrorism charges in a case his party described as a politically motivated attempt to suppress dissent. Police allegedly tortured Chadema party chairman Freeman Mbowe in custody to force him to make a statement in the trial, which began under tight security with most journalists […]
On Monday, the son of Mozambique’s ex-president, Armando Guebuza, denied taking bribes to facilitate a $2 billion secret government loan that plunged the country into a financial crisis. Ndambi Guebuza, Guebuza’s eldest son, is one of 19 high-profile defendants on trial in Maputo’s high-security prison for alleged ties to a 2013 corruption case known as […]