The Cinema Exhibitors Association of Nigeria (CEAN), the country’s premier Film Trade Association Body, has announced good news for cinema lovers on the occasion of the International Cinema Day. Opeyemi Ajayi, the chairman of the…
Breaking: Hotel Rwanda’ hero calls on international community…
The family of Paul Rusesabagina, the former hotelier portrayed as a hero in a film about Rwanda’s 1994 genocide, has called on the international community to appeal for his release from prison. Rusesabagina, a political…
Zimbabwe corruption exposing journalist freed from jail
Zimbabwe's investigative journalist Hopewell Chin’ono was released from prison on Wednesday. He used to be arrested six weeks in the past for inciting public violence for tweeting his support for an anti-government protest. He had…
Entertainment: “I need my freedom” – Cubana Chief…
Popular celebrity barman, Cubana Chief Priest has ended his business partnership with his boss and chairman of Cubana Group, Obi Cubana. The self styled celebrity barman revealed this on his official Instagram page today, September…
Mali’s coup leaders want military rule for three…
The junta that seized strength in Mali wants a military-led transitional physique to rule for three years and has agreed to release ousted president Ibrahim Boubacar Keita, a supply in a travelling West African delegation…
The World: U.S. refugee agreement breaches freedoms in…
One of Canada's top courts ruled Wednesday that an agreement with Washington barring humans from searching for asylum if they arrive from U.S. soil is invalid due to the fact it violates migrants' rights. The…
Abducted in Kenya, freed in Somali: Italian flies…
Wearing a surgical mask, disposable gloves and booties to guard against COVID-19, a young Italian woman returned to her homeland Sunday after 18 months as a hostage in eastern Africa. Silvia Romano lowered her mask…
Morocco set to free over 5000 prisoners to…
King Mohammed VI on Sunday pardoned more than 5,000 inmates to prevent the new coronavirus from contaminating Moroccan prisons, the Justice Ministry announced. The monarch “granted a pardon to 5,654 inmates and ordered to take…
Coronavirus combat: Ethiopia to free over 4,000 prisoners
Ethiopia has announced it would free thousands of inmates from the country’s overcrowded prisons as part of efforts to curb the spread of the coronavirus. Attorney General Adanech Abebe told state media the measure would…
Ethiopia to free political prisoners ‘for the national…
Ethiopia on Wednesday said it would release dozens of high-profile prisoners from jail, including opposition activists held over an alleged coup and other high-ranking government critics. A spokesman for the attorney general’s office said investigations…
#Don’tForgetSowore: Timeline Of An Activist’s 90 Days In…
Nigeria's vocal pro-democracy activist, Omoyele Sowore, has been in the detention of the Nigerian government since his abduction by operatives of the Department of State Services on the midnight of August 3, 2019. Sowore had…
Liberia blocks internet amidst anti-Weah protests
Authorities in Liberia have blocked the internet, in what is perceived to be a move to suppress ongoing anti-government protests in the capital, Monrovia. Netblocks, an organisation that monitors internet disruptions and shutdowns confirmed the…
