I posted an article post about this topic earlier but I thought it seemed like an interesting topic to write an analysis post on. Last week Boko Haram attacked a small city up in Northeastern Nigeria where 18 people were killed and nearly 100 people were injured. Although attacks like this seem to be occurring at least once a month… Read more »
Losing candidate in Sierra Leone’s presidential run-off election, Samura Kamara, has said his party, the All People’s Congress will challenge Julius Maada Bio presidential win in court. Kamara in a live broadcast by state media alleged the March 31 run-off poll was marred by “massive ballot stuffing, over-voting” and other electoral irregularities. “We are challenging the results,” Kamara said. “We… Read more »
Just recently Sudan’s president Omar Al-Bashir has announced that he will release all political prisoners. The amount of political prisoners is apparently quite large but the official number of prisoners is still unreleased. The announcement is coming after both the U.S and European Embassies in Sudan have pressured the Sudanese government to release the prisoners after allegations that they were… Read more »
Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari will seek a second term in February 2019 elections, the presidency announced on Twitter on Monday. The governor of Kaduna state had earlier tweeted that Buhari told the ruling party’s National Executive Committee of his intention to contest in the 2019 presidential elections. Kaduna’s governor, Nasir El-Rufai, is one of Buhari’s key allies. The 75-year-old took… Read more »
With 44 of 55 AU countries signing a free trade agreement, intra-continental trade within Africa is expected to flourish. With bureaucratic red tape removed from the trading process it should theoretically allow the process of trade to be less expensive; it should specifically give lesser developed African nations a more even chance to compete in the global market. what makes… Read more »
Lagos, Nigeria (CNN)A gun attack by the terror group Boko Haram in northeastern Nigeria on Sunday night left 18 people dead and 84 wounded after clashes with soldiers, according to state emergency officials The attack, on the outskirts of Maiduguri city, came days after the government acknowledged it was holding ceasefire talks with the Islamist militant group, which pledges allegiance… Read more »
Nairobi, Kenya (CNN)Officials in Nigeria and Kenya are looking into whether data-crunching firm Cambridge Analytica tried to interfere with elections in their countries by organizing rallies and orchestrating whole campaigns to sway public opinion away from certain candidates. Leaders in both nations vowed to drag the data-crunching firm into court if evidence supports their claims. Their tough talk adds to… Read more »
Lagos, Nigeria (CNN)Losing candidate in Sierra Leone’s presidential run-off election, Samura Kamara, has said his party, the All People’s Congress will challenge Julius Maada Bio presidential win in court. Kamara in a live broadcast by state media alleged the March 31 run-off poll was marred by “massive ballot stuffing, over-voting” and other electoral irregularities. “We are challenging the results,” Kamara… Read more »
A clock ticking in a deserted dorm room. A solitary slipper strewn across the red earth. A girl’s headscarf on the grass, rippling in the breeze. These hastily discarded belongings are poignant reminders of the 110 girls who were abducted after armed Boko Haram militants stormed their school in Dapchi, northeastern Nigeria, last week. There were more than 900 girls… Read more »
In the capital, Freetown, long queues could be seen at polling stations even before dawn. President Ernest Bai Koroma is stepping down after serving two five-year terms. His chosen successor, Samura Kamara, is being challenged by 15 other candidates – many of them promising to tackle endemic corruption and poverty. Presidential hopefuls include a former military leader, a female former… Read more »