Link to article: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/3/15/kenya-boycotts-world-court-hearing-on-somalia-sea-boundary-row In 2014, Somalia filed a case with the World Court, formally known as the International Court of Justice (ICJ), concerning a maritime boundary dispute between itself and Kenya. The ICJ is the highest court in the United Nations. Its rulings are final, although there is no avenue through which rulings can be enforced. Kenya is refusing… Read more »
Article Link The Ethiopian-planned dam in the Nile river has created disputes between countries that depend on the water from the Nile. Ethiopia and the DR Congo in particular are in an ongoing dispute over the dam. Ethiopia sees the dam as a vital key in their electricity production, which in turn will create better economical development. Both Egypt and… Read more »
Link: https://allafrica.com/stories/202103030808.html Last Thursday six Islamist terrorist were killed by Mozambican defense and security forces in Luneke Village. The conflict happened after the forces tracked twenty terrorists that killed four people in the village. A source says that the Mozambican forces arrived on the scene late because they were checking to make sure the people of the village had masks…. Read more »
link to article Saturday, a gunmen released 42 people including 27 students who were kidnapped from their boarding school last week in the north-central state of Niger. The students release comes a day after a separate raid on another school in Nigeria where a gunmen seized more than 300 girls. Kidnappings are typically done for ransom by armed groups whom… Read more »
link to article Ousmane Sonko Senegal opposition chief is set to report to court over possible rape allegations brought against him. He has agreed to go to court as Senegals parliament voted last week to strip Sonko of his legal immunity. By stripping his legal immunity ist allows police to investigate the case. Controversy started when Sonko went to a… Read more »
Article Link The UK mining giant, Vedanta, is compensating local Zambian villagers due to claims of hazardous pollution that occurred back in 2015. The Nchanga Copper mine had spread toxic and harmful pollutants into the waterways that greatly affected the farmlands and health of local villagers. The communities of Hippo Pool, Kakosa, Shimulala and Hellen said that the Mushishima stream… Read more »
Article Link Monday afternoon, March 1st, eight police officers were arrested for supposedly torturing and killing a suspect that they had in custody for an unregistered firearm. During questioning, the suspect fell under seizure and unfortunately passed away. These police officers were a part of the Soweto Crime Intelligence Gathering Unit. After the incident, the officers took the remaining suspects… Read more »
Link to article-https://allafrica.com/stories/202102250026.html Ghana received 600,000 doses of the COVID vaccine through the World Health Organization’s global vaccine-sharing scheme. This is the first of many deliveries that will be going out to low and middle income countries across the world. This effort made through COVAX is backed by the United Nations to ensure fair access to vaccines for all and… Read more »
Link to article- https://allafrica.com/stories/202102260229.html Members of Kenya’s Parliament have refused to sign on a trade agreement with the UK based on accusations that officials have been sneaking in documents that had not been seen before. This agreement is known as the Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA), and lawmakers are saying that they will not ratify the agreement until they are presented… Read more »
link to article Tuesday Nigeria received 4 million doses of the COVAX vaccine. Nigeria is only the third country to receive the vaccines and with 200 million people in the country it will be difficult to decide who gets the vaccine first. Healthcare and front-line workers are supposed to be the first ones to get the vaccine. Emirates who is… Read more »
