Florida Governor Ron DeSantis issued a proclamation on December 9th wherein he made both the Council on American Islamic Relations (CAIR) and the Muslim Brotherhood foreign terrorist organizations in Florida. The Governor’s announcement was made via social media (X, previously Twitter) and comes on the heels of increasing scrutiny by the United States toward organizations […]
In Africa, gender pay equality is becoming a force with governments, activists and organisations demanding to bridge the perennial gap between men and women in terms of wages. Although women contribute to national economies to a great extent, especially in such areas as the health care industry, education, and agriculture, unequal pay is still observed. […]
Senator Lawrence Ewhrudjakpo: was his NYSC certificate fake? Was Bayelsa deputy-governor, Lawrence Ewhrudjakpo using a forged discharge certificate of the National Youth Service Corps? An Abuja Area Court has ordered the Department of State Services (DSS) to wade into the matter by investigating the alleged forgery. An APC chieftain from Bayelsa State, Benjamin Youdiowei, had […]
South Africa will not send its Olympic football team to Japan to play a friendly in March because of concerns over the coronavirus outbreak. The two teams were due to play in Sanga on 27 March, four months before the start of the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. There have been 85 confirmed cases of coronavirus in […]
Around a year ago, on 22 February 2019, Algerians thronged the streets to protest against then-President Abdelaziz Bouteflika’s bid for a fifth term after nearly 20 years in power. Mr Bouteflika stood down in April. But Algerians kept on protesting. By this time, the protests had a name – the Hirak (movement). Ten months into […]
Togo’s president Faure Gnassingbe is confident of securing victory in Saturday’s elections, telling Knowafrika and Le Monde on Thursday that he is not a dictator. Gnassingbe is aiming to extend his family’s decades-long domination over the West African nation by claiming a fourth term in power. The country of 8 million goes to the polls […]
The Tunisian parliament has set Wednesday a date to vote over Elias Fakhfakh’s government, which will see three new ministerial portfolios. The new cabinet will be composed of 30 ministers and a secretary of state. Fakhfakh announced that after months of consultations an agreement was reached with political parties, on top of them Ennahda Movement, […]
Cape Town – EFF leader Julius Malema has apologised to President Cyril Ramaphosa for making allegations that he abused his late wife Nomazizi Mtshotshisa. This comes after the president extended an olive branch to the leader of the red berets and apologised to him and his family, following allegations by ANC MP Boy Mamabolo that […]
All Progressives Congress (APC) deputy governorship candidate in the Bayelsa State governorship election in Bayelsa State, Senator Biobarakuma Degi-Eremienyo has debunked the premise which the Supreme Court based its stunning verdict of 13 February, nullifying his election, along with the governorship candidate, David Lyon. The Supreme Court held that Degi-Eremienyo presented forged certificates to the […]
Imo State Governor, Hope Uzodinma on Thursday visited President Muhammadu Buhari at the State House, Abuja to demand refund of N32 billion which the state spent on repair of federal roads. Uzodinma told State House Correspondents after the meeting that the state was in serious financial distress, saying that if the fund was released, it […]
SOUTH SUDAN President Salva Kiir and rebel leader Riek Machar agreed on Thursday to form a unity government, a long-delayed step towards ending more than six years of war. The rivals have overseen a conflict that has left at least 380,000 dead and forced four million from their homes. “We have agreed to form the […]
Namibia has become the first African country to export red meat to the US, after nearly two decades of negotiations. The state-owned Meatco’s first shipment of meat, 25 tonnes of beef, set off towards Philadelphia on Wednesday, news agency Reuters reports. Minister of International Relations,Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah was pleased that the southern African country was able […]
Lesotho’s Prime Minister Thomas Thabane, 80, is to be charged with the murder of his estranged wife Lipolelo Thabane, police have said. Mr Thabane announced he would be stepping down in July because of old age, without commenting about the case. His current wife Maesaiah Thabane has already been charged with the murder. He would […]
A combined research paper published by a leading team of European and American scientists has analysed the countries most at rist of coronavirus across Africa. Sadly, South Africa ranks pretty highly. The paper – published by Lancet – assesses each country’s vulnerability based on State Party Self-Assessment Annual Reporting, otherwise known as a “SPAR” indicator. […]
Tunisian Prime Minister-elect Elyes Fakhfakh met with Tunisian President Kais Saied on Thursday and then announced his government team, composed of 29 ministers, two undersecretaries, and a special minister for large projects, distributed among party members and independents. The composition is a slightly revised and corrected version of the one presented last Saturday. Some parties […]
There’s an upsurge in armed attacks in Cameroon’s far north region, security officers said. The village of Ouzal is the target of a spate of Boko Haram attacks this week, which left 3 civilians dead. “Everything was burned, the consulting room, the pharmacy, the head office and the treatment room, excluding the hospital ward”, a […]
At least 10 Somali government soldiers and 16 militants were killed Wednesday when Islamist group al-Shabab attacked two military bases in Somalia’s Lower Shabelle region. The first attack at Qoryooley town, about 95 km south of Mogadishu, started when the militants used an explosives-laden vehicle driven by a suicide bomber to target a military base […]
Kwara state command of Nigerian Customs Service(NCS) has seized forty weight sacks of 3,593kg of Cannabis Saliva popularly called Marijuana worth N448M and other illegal items along with Bukuru town in Baruten local government council area of Kwara state. The State Controller of the Nigeria Customs Service, Mr. Hussain Ahmed disclosed this to journalists in […]
