President Muhammadu Buhari has won the 2019 presidential election polling 15,191,847 votes to defeat his closest challenger and former vice president, Atiku Abubakar of the Peoples Democratic Party. Mr Abubakar, who served as vice president between 1999 and 2007, polled 11,262,978 votes to finish as runner-up. Mahmood Yakubu, the chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), declared Mr Buhari… Read more »
South Africa recently discovered a large deposit of natural resources, specifically gas and oil. This discovery could be the equivalent of one billion barrels. This discovery comes at an interesting time whilst looking at the political situation of Venezuela. The United States has placed sanctions on Venezuela’s state-owned oil company. They have yet to determine how much oil there is… Read more »
Human Rights Watch (HRW) has accused Congolese police of summarily executing at least 27 people, some of whom were bound, strangled and mutilated in a crackdown on gangs in the capital Kinshasa last year. Police in the Democratic Republic of Congo denied the allegations that were in a report published on Thursday by the US-based rights group. The report, based on interviews… Read more »
Senegal’s presidential candidates are wrapping up their election campaigns on Friday, as rights groups call on authorities to make sure the vote is held in a climate free of violence and intimidation. More than six million Senegalese citizens have registered to take part in Sunday’s poll, the first since the West African country cut the presidential term from seven years to five in… Read more »
Kenya’s High Court has postponed a much-anticipated ruling on whether to scrap colonial-era laws which criminalise gay sex, citing a heavy caseload. Friday’s announcement of a delay was met with dismay by Kenya’s LGBT community and their allies, who have been anxiously awaiting a ruling on the petition, which was filed three years ago. “The files are above my height… we are still… Read more »
Millions of Senegalese citizens are preparing to head to polling stations across the West African country on Sunday for presidential elections. More than 6.5 million people have registered to take part in the vote, the first since a 2016 referendum reduced a president’s term in office from seven to five years. The change means a leader can now only serve… Read more »
MORE ON SUDAN Will Sudan’s protesters agree to negotiate with Omar al-Bashir?today Sudan’s al-Bashir cracks down on proteststoday Sudan’s Bashir reshuffles top team amid state of emergency4 days ago Sudan’s protests: Defying Bashir’s media blackoutlast week Sudan‘s President Omar al-Bashir banned public gatherings and protests in a series of emergency decrees issued on Monday as he faces the most sustained anti-government street unrest of his… Read more »
Abuja, Nigeria (CNN)Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari has been declared winner of the country’s elections, according to the electoral commission who said he polled 56 percent of the votes.Buhari, who first came to power in 2015 after defeating then-incumbent Goodluck Jonathan, defeated his main challenger Atiku Abubakar by a margin of nearly four million votes in results announced by the Independent… Read more »
CNN)Botswana, long considered a safe haven for elephants in Africa, has “a significant elephant-poaching problem,” according to a conservationist group that carried out an aerial wildlife survey in the country.Elephants Without Borders said it witnessed a spike in the number of elephant carcasses found in northern Botswana which show “obvious signs” of poaching, according to the final results of the… Read more »
Around 25-30 per cent of humans are currently infected with at least one parasitic worm species. The diseases they cause can be devastating. Worm infections can lead to diverse and chronic conditions such as scarring of the eyes and blindness, swelling of extremities and immobility, blockage of digestion and malnutrition, anaemia and tiredness. They can also increase an individual’s risk of developing cancer… Read more »