Since Mohammed Yusuf’s death in 2009, Boko Haram has launched a violent campaign against the state of Nigeria. They’ve gone as far as kidnapping children, burning down villages, and going on killing sprees. Their motive is to create an islamic state out of Nigeria, but they do not have many… Read more »
In the English speaking region of Cameroon right now the people are protesting their rights, because they believe they are being discriminated upon by the French speaking region. The beginning of this issue started after World War 1 when these two regions gained their independence from Britain and France and then merged into Cameroon in 1961. The English speaking region is also protesting the 35 year rule… Read more »
Since gaining its independence, South Sudan has not been off to a good start, as it commenced a civil war in 2013, just two years after separating from Sudan. The world’s youngest nation, South Sudan, fell into turmoil when the Vice President, Reik Machar, repeatedly accused the President, Salva Kiir, as behaving and ruling too dictator-like. After these allegations, Machar… Read more »
In the United States and the modern western world, we have long held the fundamental governmental principles of governmental integrity and basic human rights. As we have always known a world where these values are ensured, we don’t often think about how vitally important they really are. However in less developed countries, like many in Africa, these principles are often… Read more »
http://www.france24.com/en/20170916-36-burundi-refugees-killed-clashes-dr-congo-forces On Saturday, 9/16, the United Nations envoy to the Democratic Republic of Congo confirmed that at least 36 Burundian refugees have been killed by Congolese security forces during a protest due to the expulsion of four refugees out of the Congo. Though the event that has taken place is awful in its own right, a bigger problem emerges in… Read more »
The road infrastructure in Nigeria is rather poor and is currently being upgraded. The GDP in that sector was negative in Q2 2015 and finally turned positive Q1 2017 and continued to grow in Q2 as well. The country believes that roads are a key thing to have upgraded and I personally agree. I think a well designed road system… Read more »
[embeddoc url=”http://www.news24.com/Africa/News/18-dead-in-nigeria-boat-accidents-emergency-services-20170919″ download=”all”] Eighteen people drowned in boat accidents last weekend, nearly a week after 50 died when an overloaded boat capsized. Twelve people lost their lives on saturday when their boat capsized after all the heavy rainfall on the River Kaduna. Another 18 from the same boat were fortunately rescued by marine police. On Sunday, 6 farmers died when… Read more »
I believe it is very tragic what is currently going on in Burundi, (a small country south of Rwanda) and how flawed the justice system and government is. President Pierre Nkurunziza ran for a third term of office, something that was unconstitutional, and won. This started many protests and as many as 2000 people were killed because of it and over 400,000 people have fled the… Read more »
Everyone knows what Ebola is and what it did to some unfortunate countries in Africa. After the outbreak in 2014, we all thought that the disease was under control but what we didn’t know is that it isn’t under control and it comes at a cost for many people. What Alfred Jusson and many other people alongside him are doing,… Read more »
I think it is interesting how the media can put pressure on the president to disclose his health. It is also illustrative of how little privacy the president has.