Human trafficking in Africa is a serious problem. Just like pirating and terrorism this isn’t the first occasion. Trafficking in Africa isn’t for feeding families though. Trafficking is used either to sell people to other rich people or to enslave people. This again seems to be a problem in Africa that could be fixed. It seems to start with the… Read more »
The legendary Kenyan gold medalist, Kipchoge Keino, who inspired a generation of athletes in his country, has handed himself in to police in Nairobi to face a corruption charge.
Two people have been arrested in Uganda on human-trafficking charges following the death of a Ugandan woman in Jordan, apparently after her kidneys were removed, police are quoted by local media as saying. Juliet Nakiyimba, said to be a 31-year-old mother of five, died in Jordan’s capital, Amman, on 4 September, and her body was repatriated to Uganda on 24… Read more »
A former Nigerian pharmaceuticals executive who was implicated in a BBC investigation into the illegal sale of addictive opioids has been arrested. Chukwunonye Madubuike was detained west of Lagos, close to the border with Benin, police said. He went on the run in May after he was filmed illegally selling codeine syrup to an undercover BBC reporter.
An Egyptian court has sentenced an activist to two years in jail over a video she posted on social media criticising the government for failing to protect women against sexual harassment and over poor living conditions, her lawyer said. Amal Fathy, a member of the now banned April 6 youth movement which played a role in 2011 protests that forced… Read more »
Nigeria has had a constant problem with pirates. Last year over 60 people were taking capture off the waters of Nigeria because of pirates. After reading about this incident alone it starts to make me upset that innocent men and women are just being pride off these ships while just trying to do their job. Then it hits you that… Read more »
Uganda’s army has launched its own brand of condoms, named after the Swahili word for “protection”, to help prevent soldiers contract HIV.
Cameroonian rail operator Camrail and eleven other defendants were found guilty of involuntary manslaughter on Wednesday in connection with a train derailment that killed 79 people and wounded over 600 in October 2016. The packed train operated by Camrail, a unit of French industrial group Bollore, came off the tracks in the town of Eseka en route from the capital Yaounde to… Read more »
A Kenyan court on Friday overturned a ban on Wanuri Kahiu’s “Rafiki” – though for seven days only – allowing the film about a lesbian romance to be considered for the Academy Awards. Kahiu brought the court action after the Kenya Film Classification Board banned Rafiki for “promoting lesbianism”, effectively barring it from the Oscars competition.
A gang of pirates took hostage 12 crew members from a Swiss cargo ship they attacked in Nigerian waters, the vessel’s operator has said. Massoel Shipping said its bulk carrier MV Glarus, with 19 crew, came under attack early Saturday morning as it transported bulk wheat from Nigeria‘s commercial capital Lagos to the southern oil hub of Port Harcourt.