A visiting commission from the economic community of West African states, ECOWAS wants to save Guinea Bissau from recurrent outbreaks of political instability. The country is currently facing post-presidential election tension following the announcing of the official results by the National Electoral Commission. The former ruling party, the PAIGC contests the outcome. Umaro Sissoco Embalo […]
At the Blaise Diagne airport in Dakar Senegal, medical processes are in place to control passengers coming in and going out of the West African nation. A move occasioned by growing concerns over the spread of the deadly coronavirus to Africa. Airports across the continent are screening passengers especially those coming from the region of […]
The worst locust outbreak that parts of East Africa have seen in 70 years needs some $76 million to help control and the money is “required by, actually, now,” the United Nations said Thursday. So far just $15 million has been mobilized to help stop the outbreak that threatens to worsen an already poor hunger […]
Three African presidents were in Brazzaville, capital of Republic of Congo on Thursday when the 8th meeting of the African Union High Level Committee on Libya was held. Host president Denis Sassou-Nguesso was joined by his Djibouti counterpart Ismail Omar Guelleh and Mohamed Ould Ghazouani of Mauritania. The AU chief Moussa Faki Mahamat was also […]
Turkish military forces and a coalition of Turkey-backed Syrian armed groups have displayed a shameful disregard for civilian life, carrying out serious violations and war crimes, including summary killings and unlawful attacks that have killed and injured civilians, during the offensive into northeast Syria, said Amnesty International today. The organization gathered witness testimony between 12 […]
Turkey’s ruling party has begun a second attempt at introducing a law to grant rapists amnesty as long as they marry their victim, four years after a similar bill sparked outrage at home and internationally. The legislation, which was first debated by parliament on 16 January, would give men suspended sentences for child sex offences […]
If the law is a reflection of normative attitudes toward women, gender and family, then Turkey’s most recent “marry your rapist” bill accurately captures the situation women face globally. The bill — first debated on Jan. 16 — would provide an amnesty for men convicted of statutory rape, provided that they marry their victim. It […]
Super Eagles goalkeeper Daniel Akpeyi has signed a new two-year contract with Absa Premiership club Kaizer Chiefs. The 33-year-old Nigeria international who joined Amakhosi during the 2019 January transfer window on a one-year deal from Chippa United but after playing a vital role for Ernst Middendorp side run that has them topping the Absa Premiership […]
“No one tells Guinea what to do.” The words of Guinean President Alpha Condé, who has been facing a wave of opposition demonstrations for months. In remarks made on Wednesday, Conde warned against foreign intruders and meddling by the international community. Since mid-October, the Guinean opposition has been organizing demonstrations, sometimes harshly repressed, to block […]
Lawmakers in Nigeria’s lower chamber of parliament have called on the top brass of the army to resign, failure for which the president should relieve them of their posts. Members of the House of Representatives on Wednesday agreed at their plenary sitting to make the demand after debating over rising insecurity across the country. “Following […]
The coronavirus was confirmed in the Chinese city on January 7, 2020. Cases have since been confirmed in several other Asian countries, Europe and the United States. The World Health Organisation’s Africa emergency response program manager Michel Yao advised health ministers in the region to activate standard flu screening at airports for passengers coming from […]
A self-confessed Nigerian drug-dealer and cyber fraudster, Dan Aiyegbusi has been sentenced to five years in prison on Tuesday, 28 January, at Southwark Crown Court, London. Aiyegbusi, 23, who admitted to never working a day in his life and colluded with organised hackers to launder stolen money was jailed following a proactive investigation by the […]
Libya has been beset by chaos since Nato-backed forces overthrew long-serving ruler Col Muammar Gaddafi in October 2011. The oil-rich country, a key departure point for some of the thousands of migrants travelling to Europe, once had one of the highest standards of living in Africa, with free healthcare and free education. But the stability […]
The deteriorating relationship between Washington and Tehran has created harsh conditions for daily life in Iran. For the past twelve months, the average Iranian has struggled to access basic necessities like food and medicine. Iranians are fearful not only of war with and sanctions from the United States government, but also of persecution and murder […]
Officials in Turkey are set to convene for the proposed new law related to rape. However, before it could be fully discussed in the forum, people have already staged protests against the “Marry Your Rapist” bill. The Turkish parliament has not yet passed the bill but people are protesting and slamming the officials because, in […]
A Ghanaian secondary school student has managed to get the attention of Wyclef Jean after a video of him rapping in his school uniform went viral. In the video, the rapper is seen dropping bars while other students listened and cheered him on. The video was well viewed by Twitter users and when rapper Wyclef […]
The President of the Cameroon Football Federation, Seidou Mbombo Njoya has paid homage to legendary sports photographer, Maurice Ebanga who died Tuesday January 28, 2020 after a protracted illness. “It is with dismay that I learned the passing away of photo-journalist Ebanga today. Part of the imagery memory of the indomitable lions, FECAFOOT and football […]
Reports say seventy-seven Liberian students in China have reportedly been quarantined in the wake of the outbreak of the Coronavirus in that country.The acting Director General of the National Public Health Institute of Liberia (NPHIL), Dr. Mosoka Fallah, told Editors at a press conference Tuesday that Deputy Foreign Minister Henry Fahnbulleh made the disclosure during […]
Botswana’s court of appeal on Wednesday dismissed an opposition bid to challenge election results that enabled President Mokgweetsi Masisi to secure a five-year term. The ruling Botswana Democratic Party (BDP) swept to a crushing majority in the October 23 general elections, securing 38 out of 57 seats in parliament. Runner-up Umbrella for Democratic Change (UDC), […]
Fifteen people have been killed in the eastern DR Congo region of Beni, where hundreds have died in militia violence since November, a local official said Wednesday, giving a provisional toll. In the past 24 hours, “14 bodies have been found hacked to death,” while a pastor was killed in a separate attack, the administrator […]