Lagos: Nigeria’s leisure scene is changing a lot because video games are quickly becoming more popular than regular TV and are becoming a billion-dollar industry. Because Nigerians are young, smartphones are becoming cheaper, and internet access is growing, gaming is changing how Nigerians have fun and pass the time. How and why linear TV is […]
Monday saw a very strange chemical spill event which occurred in an industrial site area of Cape Town. The release of a thick orange gas cloud over Montague Gardens created a very disturbing situation for residents and emergency workers. The unexpected reaction was an event that transformed the afternoon into a dramatic crisis for public […]
Hundreds of demonstrators marched through central Tunis on Saturday, demanding a restoration to parliamentary democracy following President Kais Saied’s power grab in July. Journalists claimed that security officers on the ground and an interior ministry surveillance drone hovered over the march. The majority of the demonstrators were followers of the Islamist-inspired Ennahdha party, which had […]
Africa will be one of the first regions to be impacted by Climate Change. This is majorly due to the tons of natural bodies, resources in the country that make it more susceptible to climate change practices. However, it is now looking to work towards proper planning to tackle the issue while moving towards economic […]
Yesterday Somalia’s president, Mohamed Farmajo announced that he was suspending the executive powers of his prime minister, Mohamed Roble due to the twist in a feud that has plunged the country into a deep political crisis. On an immediate basis, he has suspended the powers of the prime minister to hire and fire government officials […]
ECOWAS, who are known as leaders from the Western Africa Bloc met Accra yesterday to discuss the political crisis in Guinea. The situation has been described by the chairman of the group as a burning issue in the region. After effective rounds of discussion, it was said that they will begin to impose penalties on […]
Angola’s former president, Jose Eduardo dos Santos, arrived in the country on Tuesday from Spain, marking the first time he has gone home since leaving office, according to the country’s national press agency. The former president, Dos Santos, left the nation in 2019 after turning over the reins to President Joao Lourenco the year before. […]
Ethiopia, on Thursday, said rebellious forces from the troubled Tigray region had been defeated in the neighbouring Afar region and had withdrawn. The Tigrayan forces, on the other hand, said they had just shifted troops to neighbouring Amhara as a part of their strategy. “The TPLF force has fled from Afar,” foreign ministry spokesperson Dina […]
The Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions (ZCTU) has taken the government and six companies to court for asking thousands of workers to get vaccinated with one of the Covid-19 vaccines else be prepared to get sacked. The ZCTU, which is an amalgamation of 35 labor unions in the African country, is representing 189,000 workers who […]
After the government failed to compensate a young man injured in Tunisia’s 2011 revolution, he burned himself alive. The self-immolation of 26-year-old Neji Hefiane harkens back to the death of Mohamed Bouazizi, a street vendor whose suicide by fire on December 17, 2010, sparked the Tunisian revolution, eventually toppling President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali […]
The former president of South Africa, Jacob Zuma, has been freed on medical parole – two months after he was imprisoned due to contempt charges. It was revealed by the government’s department of correctional services on Sunday that Zuma’s parole had been “induced by a medical report”. No details, however, were given about the nature […]
Forces from Ethiopia’s Tigray region looted warehouses, in recent weeks, belonging to a US humanitarian agency in the Amhara region – said USAID’s mission director, Sean Jones, in Ethiopia on Tuesday. “Rebels in the war-torn Tigray region have been looting aid warehouses, and the alleged thefts are a huge concern for humanitarians.” Jones said, “We […]
The Nigerian military claims that approximately 6,000 Boko Haram members have surrendered to authorities in the previous several weeks, including commanders, fighters, and their families. Hundreds of Boko Haram members have reportedly surrendered in Cameroon. According to the army, terrorists in Nigeria have surrendered in large numbers as a result of a fierce military onslaught […]
Leading human rights groups, including Amnesty International, Human Rights Watch, Access Now, Mnemonic have called on social media platforms to preserve and archive all content relevant to provide evidence of incidents of human rights abuses in Afghanistan in view of ongoing crisis in the landlocked country. Issuing a statement, international human rights organizations have asked […]
African leaders gathered in Germany for a summit renewed their calls for Covid-19 vaccine patent waivers, claiming that the decision would provide countries with more affordable vaccines. Africa has received the fewest vaccines of any continent, despite the fact that some of the wealthier countries have vaccinated nearly their entire adult population. The majority of […]
After gunmen freed them from forest hideouts, nearly 100 Nigerian school children kidnapped three months ago from an Islamic seminary were reunited with their parents on Friday. The tegina seminary abduction in northwest Niger State has been one of Nigeria’s longest-running mass kidnappings since December when criminal gangs began targeting students and pupils. In Niger […]
The former ruler of Chad, Hissène Habré is dead at 79 years due to coronavirus infection while serving a life sentence for crimes against humanity. In 2016, Habré was found guilty of crimes against humanity while he was the president of African country from 1982 to 1990. The landmark trial in Senegal resulted in a […]
Paul Rusesabagina, the “Hotel Rwanda” hero turned government critic, was denied access to the Kigali prison where his client is being held awaiting the outcome of his terrorism trial and deported to Belgium. Rwandan authorities deported Vincent Lurquin and declared him persona non grata for violating immigration laws. The Rwanda Bar Association filed a complaint […]
Libya is grappling with a major water crisis in the wake of increasing heatwaves across the African nation caused by the impact of climate change. Millions of Libyans are struggling to access basic amenities such as essential goods and healthcare due to frequent power cuts and rapidly spreading the COVID-19 virus. Justin Brady, UNOCHA (United […]
