The President of Mali, Ibrahim Boubacar Keita was seized and detained with his Prime Minister Boubou Cisse by the military yesterday. Initial reports indicate that what started as a mutiny [Read more]
Alpha Conde, the president of Guinea recently received an endorsement from his RPG governing party to run for the 3rd time in the forthcoming Presidential elections. This was a man [Read more]
To ask whether Africa needs term-timed Presidential democracy is bound to linger on the absurd. However, if Africa is to adopt, promote and remain democratically stable, it is worth looking [Read more]
It is regrettable but unfortunately true that Africa seems to be a synonym for a lot of life’s undesirables. The continent has been described along the lines of diseases, poverty, [Read more]
An investigation by BBC Africa Eye has uncovered shocking evidence that torture is being used by multiple branches of the Nigerian police and armed forces. Images from social media show [Read more]
Liberian Deferred Enforced Departure (DED) holders are heaving a sigh of relief. Following the enactment of the Liberian Refugee Immigration Fairness Act (LRIFA) the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services [Read more]
Human Rights and Uganda Journalists Association attorney Eron Kizza was a no show Wednesday at Kibuli Police Criminal Investigations Directorate (CID) where he was ordered for an interview and record [Read more]
Notwithstanding the fact that Zimbabweans are protesting poor public services, high cost of living, daily power cuts, delays in civil servants salary payments and suppression of freedom of expression, Zimbabwe’s [Read more]
Africa is unquestionably a beautiful continent, with wonderful landscapes, good climate and all the beauty that nature has to offer. Sadly, the continent is more often than not remembered for [Read more]
One of the best known confessions in the history of mankind was made by Martin Niemöller, and this could be found in the United States Holocaust Museum; First they came [Read more]
The gunshots started raining down the streets of Harare on 14th November, 2017, and by the 21st, Emmerson Mnangagwa, the then former Vice President and former trench mate of [Read more]
It is no secret that Africa is set to become the next global battle ground for western commercial interests. Many people have translated this new economic genre that is about [Read more]
When a “few good men” sat around a big round oak table in Berlin, to carve out Africa and its destiny in 1884-1885, many historians would have thought that this [Read more]
Former Arsenal football manager Arsène Wenger was the guest of honour in Liberia last week; at the invitation of President George Weah. Liberia’s President George Weah lavishly praised former Arsenal [Read more]
Lomé, Togo, Tuesday, 31st July 2018 – His Excellency President Julius Maada Bio received ovation at the opening ceremony of the 53rd Ordinary Session of the Authority of Heads of [Read more]
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