Hollywood star Lupita Nyong’o recently sneaked into the country for a series of investment meetings. The award winning actress, currently riding high on the success of the ‘Black Panther’ movie, managed to avoid media attention during the visit. It is understood she met a few local celebrities notably comedians Eric Omondi and Jalang’o. Various sources have told Nairobi News star… Read more »
Archaeologists have unearthed evidence that could add Kenya’s coast a new identity of Cradle of Mankind. For many years, archaeological excavations in the country were focused on the Rift Valley region after evidence of the Early Man’s life was found in Turkana. 78,000 YEARS However, results of a project by a team led by the German-based Max Planck Institute for… Read more »
These human rights parties may be right that it is inhumane to bring in refugee’s and then kick them out of their country but the fact is that if these Sudanese truly are criminals then they have all the reasons to send them out of there country. If it were my country I would most definitely not want 132 unregistered… Read more »
Niger has deported at least 132 Sudanese refugees and asylum seekers back to Libya, drawing criticism that it is flouting international law by sending them back to dangerous and inhumane conditions from which they recently escaped. The deportation, the first of asylum seekers from Niger’s migrant hub of Agadez, was confirmed by a high-ranking UN refugee agency (UNHCR) official, and… Read more »
Sure, I understand Buhari’s argument… BUT I think the real reason is that if the trade deal is signed, then Nigeria, and Buhari, won’t have as much control over what/how things are produced. It is globalization, which leads to purer democracy, which is for sure something that Nigeria is lacking. I think that the trade deal is not being pursued… Read more »
The export of charcoal from Somalia has been banned, both by a 2012 United Nations Security Council resolution and by the Somali Government, due to its destructive effect on the environment and its exacerbation of conflict and humanitarian crises. At the opening of a two-day, UN-supported conference on charcoal in Mogadishu, from 7th to 8th May 2018, the Federal Government… Read more »
President Muhammadu Buhari said Nigeria has been reluctant to sign the Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) among ECOWAS countries to protect her economy, especially the industries and small businesses currently providing jobs for majority Nigerians. He said signing the agreement would expose industries and small businesses to external pressures and competitions, which could lead to closures and job losses. The president… Read more »
NAMIBIA has put measures in place to make sure that it benefits rather than lose from signing the continental free trade area agreement, President Hage Geingob said yesterday. Geingob made the remarks when he met the visiting African Union chairperson, Moussa Faki Mahamat, at State House in Windhoek. Namibia is expected to sign the continental free trade agreement in July… Read more »
The Nelson Chamisa led faction of the Movement for Democratic Change (MDC-T) will soon release its list of members to represent the party in the parliamentary and local government elections amid indications that they have dumped primaries in favor of a consensus system where contestants will engage on their own and settle for the best candidate. Addressing a press briefing… Read more »
The Bank of Ghana (BoG) has appointed an Advisor to directly supervise operations of Sovereign Bank. Sources say the action took place around the time that the regulator appointed an administrator to take over the management of UNIBANK earlier this year. JOYBUSINESS understand the regulator took the action because it was not happy with the state of affairs at the Bank. Sovereign… Read more »