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. […]
Africans seeking asylum at a United Nations office in South Africa have been forcibly removed by police stating that their action amounted to tresspassing. On Wednesday, a court order was granted instructing the 300 refugees camping there since 7 October, to vacate the area within three days, local media outlets reported. Hundreds of asylum seekers […]
South African post office worker Luyanda Botha has been handed three life sentences after admitting to the rape and murder of 19-year-old student Uyinene Mrwetyana. Her killing in August sparked large protests over the high levels of violence against women in the country. The Duchess of Sussex, Meghan Markle, tied a ribbon at a memorial […]
Zimbabwe’s Minister of Finance and Economic Development, Professor Mthuli Ncube has today projected that the 2020 Growth Domestic Product (GDP) will be at 3%. The new projection marks a sharp departure from his earlier projection of 4.6%. His remarks come when the country’s economy is rapidly deteriorating due to power cuts, drought, cyclone Idai, inflation […]
Celebrity Photographer, Busola Dakolo says she will appeal the judgment which nullified her suit against Pastor Biodun Fatoyinbo of the Commonwealth of Zion Assembly, COZA. Justice Oathman A. Musa of the High Court, Abuja, had earlier in the day nullified Dakolo’s suit against Fatoyinbo and awarded N1 million against her, saying that the matter amounted […]
Two Namibian ministers resigned on Wednesday following a Wikileaks report exposing alleged corruption in the fishing industry, released as the country readies for a presidential election later this month. Iceland-based multinational fishing company Samherji is suspected of bribing senior Namibian officials for continued access to the country’s shores, according to documents published by Wikileaks on […]
At least eight houses have been destroyed in another landslide that occurred Sunday November 10, 2019 in Njinka, Noun Division of the West region of Cameroon, triggered by heavy downpour, reports have confirmed. The population of Njinka in the Noun Division of Cameroon’s West region have called on the Government to address the issue of […]
A new report by United Nations special investigators says Kenya’s military was responsible for five attacks on telecommunications masts in neighbouring Somalia, including strikes that killed two civilians. The Kenya Defence Forces (KDF) attacked communications towers in Somalia between 2017 and 2019, in a possible effort to stop al-Shabaab using mobile signals to detonate bombs, […]
Sixty-seven people arrested by police in a Kampala bar popular with gays were charged with “common nuisance” on Tuesday, but rights activists said it was a bid to intimidate the LGBT community. The police raided the Ram Bar in the heart of the Ugandan capital on Sunday and arrested 125 people, 58 of whom were […]
105 people have been killed in machete wars in mining areas surrounding Kadoma over the past three months. This was disclosed in a report by the Zimbabwe Peace Project (ZPP) titled “Who will protect citizens from their ‘supposed’ protectors?”. The report says: Mining gangs are fighting a brutal war against each other and citizens are […]
The illegitimate government intends to spend $US88 million in scarce foreign currency on the Political Actors Dialogue (POLAD) platform while the nation starves and the slow genocide in the nation’s hospitals is getting worse every day. POLAD is a talk show of fringe politicians who agree with Mr Mnangagwa and the broke government will spend […]
Zimbabwe’s wildlife agency said on Monday it would move hundreds of elephants and other animals in a dramatic bid to save them from a lethal drought. At least 120 elephants have already died over the past two months as the country grapples with one of the worst droughts in its history. “We are moving 600 […]
Ethiopia’s Council of Ministers over the weekend approved a bill drafted by the Attorney General to combat fake news and hate speech, the state-run Fana broadcasting corporate reports. The bill’s official name is the Computer Crime proclamation. Despite approval by the council, the bill will be sent to parliament, the House of Peoples’ Representatives (HoPR) […]
The governor of zamfara State, Hon. Bello Mohammed Matawalle has revealed that the American government has exempted Zamfara from among terrorists states. Speaking in Gusau Government House while receiving thousands of All Progressives Congress (APC) supporters who had embraced the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on Sunday, at the state Government House in Gusau, the state […]
The small west African nation of The Gambia has filed a lawsuit at the UN’s top court formally accusing Myanmar of genocide against Rohingya Muslims. It was filed at the International Court of Justice (ICJ), which normally rules on disputes between states. Last year, the UN issued a damning report into the violence in Myanmar, […]
A Nigerian born-woman Temitope Ayoni Olaiya, a.k.a Tammy Olaiya, faces on 28 February, 2020 a mandatory minimum sentence of 10 years in prison over the importation of 7kg of cocaine into the United States. The 40 year-old woman also faces sentencing for her role in a bank fraud scheme, and to making false statements relating […]
Pope Francis has urged the leaders of South Sudan to overcome their divisions and to find consensus for the good of the country. Speaking at his weekly blessing in the Vatican, the Pope said he hoped to visit South Sudan next year. South Sudan declared independence from Sudan in 2011 but has been crippled by […]
