Burundi’s Gen. Evariste Ndayishimiye was on Sunday confirmed as the ruling party’s candidate in the May presidential elections. The national conference for the ruling CNDD- FDD party in the rural province of Gitega is the latest proof that the country’s president Pierre Nkurunziza will now retire after serving three terms. Nkurunziza will retire after presiding […]
The lagoon waters at the port entrance to Lagos, Nigeria’s economic capital, are usually teeming with small fishing boats.But the bustling waterfront slums of Lagos are now quiet after the navy evicted tens of thousands of residents from their homes in recent weeks.The evictions are highlighting tensions over real estate in the megalopolis of 20 […]
A few hours after the Berlin summit ended with a long, final document, a Moskovsky Komsomolets headline said “Erdogan freaked out leaving the conference on Libya in Berlin.” The paper wrote that Russian President “Vladimir Putin can breathe freely: The participants in the Berlin conference on Libya did not support Erdogan’s proposal for military intervention […]
United Nations member states have called upon Qatar to reform its domestic workers’ rights policy and ban capital punishment. Qatar is one of the 14 states currently undergoing a Human Rights Council assessment, a UN-led process known as Universal Periodic Review (UPR) involving all 193 member states. Since its last review in 2014, the Gulf […]
On the eve of International Holocaust Remembrance Day, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu again drew a parallel between the Nazi genocide of Jews and Iran’s nuclear program. “So we now have the capacity to defend ourselves, and I think the lesson of Auschwitz is: One, stop bad things when they’re small, and Iran is a very […]
At least 21 people have died in Madagascar following almost a week of torrential rain in the north-west of the island, the government said on Friday. The tropical Indian Ocean nation is in the midst of an intense six-month rainy season that often leads to casualties and widespread damage. Flooding in the districts of Mitsinjo […]
Zimbabwe’s vice president Constantino Chiwenga and the military were on Friday criticised for abusing state resources, when soldiers were used in a divorce-related dispute. Judge Christopher Dube-Banda handed out a scathing ruling saying the military’s involvement was ‘frightening’ and ordering that Chiwenga’s wife should regain custody of their children and be allowed to access the […]
The outgoing United States ambassador to Uganda, Deborah Malac says a discussion on transition in the East African nation is inevitable, adding that it goes beyond politics. Malac told journalists in Uganda on Thursday the future of the country has to be discussed by all groups, especially the youth. “It is about how the majority […]
Qatar came under further international pressure Wednesday over a “repressive” new law claiming to tackle fake news. Human Rights Watch and the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) both condemned the move to impose tough prison sentences and fines for spreading false information. Their comments come after Amnesty International said on Monday that the law would […]
For 40 years American presidents have pondered a fundamental question about Iran, best summed up by Henry Kissinger: Is it a country or a cause? On Thursday evening, Donald Trump gave his answer: Iran is a cause, a terrorist cause, and it will be treated as such. That could be the lasting implication of the […]
Turkey will not leave Libyan Prime Minister Fayez al-Sarraj alone, and it is “determined to provide as much support as it can,” Turkish president said Friday, Anadolu Agency reported. Speaking in a joint press conference with German Chancellor Angela Merkel in Istanbul, Recep Tayyip Erdogan said, “We are determined not to leave Libyan brothers alone […]
Billions of locusts swarming through East Africa are the result of extreme weather swings and could prove catastrophic for a region still reeling from drought and deadly floods, experts said Friday. Dense clouds of the ravenous insects have spread from Ethiopia and Somalia into Kenya, in the region’s worse infestation in decades. The UN’s Food […]
Democratic Republic of Congo’s president Felix Tshisekedi marks one year in office on Friday, and while the country’s first peaceful transfer of power was historic, the journey thereafter has been bumpy. On January 24 2019, after election results that rivals bitterly contested, opposition leader Felix Tshisekedi succeeded President Joseph Kabila, who stepped down after 18 […]
In the latest immigration control measure, the United States said Thursday it would no longer issue temporary visitor visas to pregnant women seeking to enter the country for so-called “birth tourism.” In announcing the rule change, which takes effect Friday, the White House said foreigners were using the visas “to secure automatic and permanent American […]
Uganda’s Ministry of Health has confirmed an outbreak of Yellow Fever in Moyo District in West Nile region and Buliisa District in Hoima region.In Moyo District, there are two confirmed cases, both are males aged 18 and 21 years. According to Uganda’s minister of health Dr. Jane Ruth Aceng the two cases were dealing with […]
The frequently flown airlines by Nigerian drug traffickers in 2019 were Ethiopian and South African airways, both coming in and going out, the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) revealed today. Garba Ahmadu, the NDLEA Commander at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA) Command made the disclosure today as he reeled out statistics for the […]
President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s approach to Libya has the hallmark of his general approach to foreign policy. Some seasoned diplomats call this a “jump first, think later” approach. As was the case in Syria, his current Libya policy carries the risk of producing fewer long-term gains than expected, whatever the short-term gains may be. For […]
Turkey again carried out a targeted assassination of Yazidi members of a far-left group in Sinjar in northern Iraq on Wednesday, according to local reports. It is one of several airstrikes Turkey has carried out in the area where members of the Yazidi minority live. The impoverished Yazidi community survived ISIS genocidal attacks but have […]
Nigeria’s Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Dr. Isa Pantami, has urged the 36 states of Nigeria to key into the nation’s policy of national digital economy and strategy designed to fast-track growth.President Muhammadu Buhari had unveiled the National Digital Economy Policy on November 29, 2019 under the Ministry of Communications. The policy is part […]
After ending off 2019 on a sour note with her ex-boyfriend, musician Sjava, Lady Zamar seems to have found happiness in the arms of a new bae – and they’re currently enjoying some time out in Angola. Taking to her Instagram page, the Collide singer shared loved-up snaps of the two while on holiday in […]