https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/africa/israel-deportation-african-asylum-seekers-cruel-and-unlawful-amnesty-international-a8403501.html Israel’s deportation of Eritrean and Sudanese asylum-seekers is “cruel and unlawful”, Amnesty International has said in a report calling for an end to the practice. The study, published on Monday, says the African migrants are being sent to Uganda, which Israel has an agreement with. A similar agreement with Rwanda recently collapsed. It claims immigration officials routinely offer an… Read more »
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/politics/ethiopia-prime-minister-abiy-ahmed-cabinet-appointments-women-a8586876.html Ethiopia’s Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed has announced a political reshuffle which means women ministers now make up a record 50 percent of the new cabinet. The sweeping changes saw 10 of the 20 positions going to women. It included the appointment of Aisha Mohammed as defence minister-the first woman to hold that position in the country. What is behind… Read more »
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has declared war on banks reportedly linked to a cartel behind illegal currency activities and the chaos in the economy, it has been learnt. BY RICHARD CHIDZA Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) governor John Mangudya on Monday suspended four senior officials on suspicion that they were behind the flooding of foreign currency and ordinarily cash on the… Read more »
South Sudan government on Tuesday said all the opposition leaders that signed the revitalised peace agreement in Ethiopia were expected to attend peace day celebration scheduled for October 30. Tut Galuak, Chairman of the Organising Committee, said that main opposition leader, Riek Machar along with other opposition groups would participate in the celebrations in Juba as a good gesture for… Read more »
Ben Keane DE IR Analysis Post Sub-Saharan Africa notoriously has some of the highest infant mortality rates in the world. In this article titled, “Twins in sub-Saharan Africa ‘more likely to die’ in early childhood” we see that it is even harder for infants to survive when born as a twin. The article presents the statistics of infant mortality… Read more »
Europe is the leading continent in the world when it comes to refugees. Most of those refugees are coming from Africa. The instability in Africa has lead to africans crossing the sahara and the mediterranean. Recently Europe is sending back Africans back to african soil The President of Ghana Nana Akufor recently released a statement saying “we owe it to… Read more »
Recently in the Democratic Republic of the Congo there is an election coming up in December. The ballot was just released, two big heavy weight opposition leaders were not on it. former warlord Jean-Pierre Bemba and regional baron Moise Katumbi. It gave other opposition figures like Felix Tshisekedi and Vital Kamerhe, as well as to Emmanuel Ramazani Shadary, a hardline… Read more »
The Lancet Infectious Diseases study is the first to analyse death rates among twins in the region. The report suggests improvements in survival for twins is lagging far behind other children. The death rate among single-born children aged under-five halved between 1995 and 2014. For twins, the rate came down by a third. ‘Poor fate’ Giving birth to twins is… Read more »
The Democratic Republic of Congo has signed a $14bn (£10bn) deal for what is billed as the world’s largest hydro-electric project with a consortium of Chinese and Spanish companies. The Inga 3 Dam will generate 11,000 megawatts of electricity when complete but progress has stalled for decades. This is not the final green light to build the mega project to… Read more »
British authorities are expected to resume efforts to confiscate tens of millions of dollars’ worth of assets belonging to former Nigerian state governor James Ibori after he lost an appeal against his conviction. Mr Ibori was jailed in the UK after pleading guilty to laundering nearly $65m (£50m) in 2012. He was released in December 2016 and deported to Nigeria… Read more »
