he Zimbabwe government has banned all public gatherings in the capital of Harare after declaring a cholera outbreak. Some 20 people have died and 2,000 have been infected in the outbreak, which health minister Obadiah Moyo blamed on burst sewers which contaminated drinking wells and boreholes. Zimbabwe’s infrastructure suffered years of neglect under ousted president Robert Mugabe. “We are declaring an… Read more »
Warring factions in Libya’s capital have signed onto a shaky ceasefire aimed at ending 10 days of fighting that has left dozens dead and displaced thousands. The deal came hours after Libya’s UN envoy, Ghassam Salame, swooped into Tripoli and summoned politicians and warlords for an emergency meeting to end fighting that had plunged the city of one million into a fresh round of… Read more »
Guest lecturers, members of the Foundation-Liberia branch and leaders of various Muslim organizations posed shortly after the symposium ended. A two-day symposium, held at the Monrovia City Hall under the theme, “the Values of Tolerance in Islam, Moderation of Islam, and its Impact on Global Peace,” ended yesterday, September 11, in Monrovia, with participants resolving to fight extremism as well… Read more »
Celebrating their dramatic diplomatic thaw, the leaders of Ethiopia and Eritrea on Tuesday officially opened the border where a bloody war and ensuing tensions had divided them for decades. Ethiopia’s reformist new prime minister, Abiy Ahmed, and long-time Eritrean president, Isaias Afwerki, visited the Bure Front along with members of their militaries to mark the Ethiopian new year, Mr Abiy’s chief of staff Fitsum Arega said in… Read more »
As more and more poor quality petroleum products get rejected from around the world, including a majority of African nations, the more and more they flood the Nigerian fuel market, making Nigeria a homeward front for dirty fuels. This is because of a lack of effort from the Nigerian government not even attempting regulations for cleaner fuel as well as… Read more »
Ugandan opposition leader Bobi Wine has confronted Uganda’s ambassador to the United States about Wine’s recent arrest and alleged torture, but many Ugandans did not get to see the interview because of a power outage. VOA’s Straight Talk Africa radio program on Wednesday featured the pop star-turned-politician, whose given name is Robert Kyagulanyi, and Ugandan Ambassador to the United States Mull Sebujja Katende…. Read more »
The countries of Senegal and the Democratic Republic of the Congo are each undergoing a similar issues within their respective political spheres. Each country is approaching a presidential election, the former in December, and the latter in February, and two major candidates have been banned in each of these countries. Jean-Pierre Bemba is the first we’ll be looking into. Bemba… Read more »
Slightly over a month ago in South Sudan a cease-fire peace agreement was signed, by both the President, Salva Kiir, and the leader of the opposition Riek Machar who also used to be the Presidents deputy. This peace agreement has finally put to rest a long civil war that has been plaguing the country for the last 5 years. In… Read more »
By Vincent Lali Dozens of representatives from various rural and township organisations from across the country protested outside Parliament on Tuesday over land redistribution. They included farm workers, labour tenants, restitution claimants, people from mining-affected communities, people living under the Ingonyama Trust, members of the inner-city occupations in Cape Town, and others
By Michael Eboh The United States, yesterday, disclosed that Nigeria’s inability to eliminate subsidy on petroleum products and failure to hands off the fixing of electricity tariffs is hampering the provision of critical social infrastructure in the country. Speaking at the 10th anniversary colloquium of the Nigerian Development Finance Forum, organized by Financial Nigeria Magazine, the US Ambassador to Nigeria,… Read more »