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. […]
Zimbabwe Fashion Showcase has always been a place of effortless style, class and an overflow of talent, and this year was no different. The tradeshow, which ran under the theme #ThisIsAfrica, yet again redefined what a fashion show can be when you step outside of the norm. The organisers captured the audience with their out […]
Ethiopia’s capital Addis Ababa will on Saturday host the annual Irrecha thanksgiving festival, that is expected to bring together millions of Oromos from all over the country. The country’s prime minister, biy Ahmed, urged all Ethiopians to celebrate the festival as a symbol of peace and unity. Abiy said he believes Irrecha can help strengthen […]
Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday denounced recent xenophobic violence in South Africa as an “embarrassment” for the continent, as he wrapped up a state visit. Buhari’s trip was overshadowed by a spate of recent attacks against foreign workers in South Africa, where the unemployment rate stands at 29 percent. Mobs descended on foreign-owned stores […]
Ethiopia continues to struggle with inter-ethnic clashes, with the latest round of violence between regional special forces and a minority ethnic group killing at least 20 people in the past five days in the northern state of Amhara. The clashes are another headache for Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed, whose political and economic reforms in what […]
The Comptroller-General of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Col. Hameed Ali (rtd), on Thursday said 90 per cent of cars in the country were smuggled into the country by unscrupulous elements. Ali, who said this while addressing newsmen in Abuja, alleged that many vehicles on display for sale in auto shops across the country were […]
The Major National Dialogue wraps up today at the Yaounde Conference Centre with the reading and adoption of the final resolutions. The event comes to a close after days of work from delegates all over the country and the diaspora to seek ways to solve the crisis in the North West and South West Regions […]
Government has announced a new producer price of cocoa for the 2019/2020 crop season from GH¢7,640 to GH¢8,240 per tonne. The increment represents 8.42 per cent meaning that a bag (64kg) of cocoa beans would now be sold at GH¢515. Previously, a bag of cocoa was sold at GH¢475. The Minister of State in charge […]
President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday in Pretoria, South Africa, called for more tolerance, vigilance and heightened security in countries to ensure safety of citizens, noting that competition heralded by globalization, especially with ease in migration, will only get more intense for businesses. He was responding to questions during a press conference at the Union Building, […]
Passengers making the five-hour trip between the capital Nairobi and the seaside city of Mombasa have to either contend with hunger or pay exorbitant prices for the food offered on board trains. This follows a directive that has barred travellers from bring food and drinks to the trains. On Wednesday, the Kenya Railways issued a […]
The federal government has concluded designs for the return of toll plazas on federal roads, Minister of Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola, has said. Mr Fashola disclosed this while briefing State House correspondents after the Federal Executive Council (FEC) meeting presided over by President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. The minister […]
The eight Commissions of the Major National Dialogue are expected to submit their proposals and recommendations on how to restore peace in Cameroon’s two English speaking regions today to be adopted by Prime Minister Joseph Dion Ngute, chairperson of the National event. Going by today’s programme at the Major National Dialogue, the restitution of the […]
Barrister Agbor Balla has insisted the form of the State should be looked into at the ongoing Major National Dialogue for things to return to normalcy in the two crisis-hit Anglophone regions of the country. He was speaking yesterday at the Yaounde Conference Centre during the working session of the Decentralisation and the local Development […]
Following the death of Zimbabwe’s founding father, Cde Robert Mugabe, the President, Cde Emmerson Mnangagwa has made a commitment to transfer the properties of the late national hero to the family. Permanent Secretary for the Ministry of Information, Publicity and Broadcasting Services, Mr Nick Mangwana, confirmed that President Mnangagwa will keep his promise and transfer […]
The Akasha brothers would still be walking free on our streets and recruiting more Kenyans into their business if Americans had not charged them, Interior CS Fred Matiang’i has said. Baktash and Ibrahim Akasha have been convicted of drug trafficking charges in the US courts. “I was asking the DCI how many times they were […]
The Katsina State government has rescued 31 victims of human trafficking, sold in Benin Republic and taken to Burkina Faso. The Director General, Media and publicity to the state government, Abdu Labaran Malumfashi, in a statement, said the victims were expected back in Katsina State today Tuesday. According to him, the victims, seven of whom […]
Uganda’s popular opposition lawmaker and presidential hopeful Bobi Wine has denounced the government’s banning of civilian use of red berets, a symbol of his “People Power” movement. The government this month gazetted the red beret and other pieces of military wear as “property of the state.” It warned people who wear or sell them that […]
Nigeria’s government is under pressure to regulate the activities of Islamic schools, following the raid and rescue of over 300 boys and men from a building that purported to be an Islamic school in the northern part of the country. Islamic schools, known as Almajiris, are common across the mostly Muslim north of Nigeria, and […]
The Kenya Ferry Services (KFS) has been on the receiving end of social media backlash over an insensitive Tweet it posted on Monday morning. “We are serving you with four ferries at the Likoni channel and one at the Mtongwe channel. We wish you a blessed and fruitful day.” Reads part of the Tweet. This […]