Escalating Discrimination Against People With Albinism In Zimbabwe
Mberengwa — As a teacher, she has had very few associates. Back home, visiting relatives whisper behind her back apparently disgusted by her condition of albinism. Now, 43-year old Lindani...
Education crisis: Surge in armed insurgents’ in Kenya’s arid north push education system to...
Nairobi February 26, 2020 - Abdulkarim Adan has lived in one of Kenya’s harshest environments in the northern arid and semi-arid region for 52 years. He has seen many...
Africa’s Coup Governments: When Elections Become An Exhausted Idea Confirming Democratic Fatigue
The trending successful military coups in West Africa today indicate the continuation of political processes and leadership by another method. Their executions have been systematic; citizens protest against the...
Zimbabwe’s Abducted Opposition Activists Denied Bail
Harare, June 15 — Zimbabwe’s youngest parliamentarian, 27-year old Joana Mamombe along with her other female opposition Movement for Democratic Change Alliance activists, Netsai Marova and Cecilia Chimbiri were...
It Is Not Yet Dawn For Zimbabwe’s Informal Economies As Government Extends Lockdown ‘Indefinitely’
Mutare, May 23 — A medium build 35-year old Blaster Chemugaira is seated in a chair just outside the gate of a house he rents in Chikanga, a high-density...
Nigeria Sees Rising Coronavirus Cases But Fears Of Underreporting Linger
Abuja, June 10 — The Nigerian government in late May adopted an unusual protocol for sending treated Coronavirus patients home. Instead of two consecutive negative tests recommended by the...
Soldiers Kill In Nigerian Town After Anti-police Protests
Nnamdi Okorie said in late October, after the widespread protests against police brutality in Nigeria resulted in days of tumult in Oyigbo, a crowded suburb of the oil hub...
Uganda Oil Companies Shrug Off Environmental Concerns To Advance $10 Billion Oil Project
KAMPALA, Uganda — The Ugandan government, backed by French and Chinese investors recently announced a final investment decision to kick start the long-delayed development of Uganda’s vast crude oil...
Press Advocacy Body Implores UN To Investigate Cameroonian Journalist’s Death
Three United Nations special rapporteurs on extrajudicial executions, freedom of opinion, and torture have been called upon to investigate and expose the true circumstances leading to the death of...
Sankara’s Murder Verdict: Is The Life Sentencing Of Absent Blaise Compaoré Enough?
Thomas Sankara’s murder verdict was announced on Wednesday, April 6 by the military tribunal which sentenced former President Blaise Compaoré and his former colleagues, Hyacinthe Kafando and Gilbert Diendéré,...
Tanzania’s New President Vows To Sustain Magufuli’s Legacy
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania — In his maiden budget speech in June 2016, Tanzania’s finance minister, Philip Mpango described foreign aid as “toxic.”
Amidst thunderous applause from packed legislators, Mpango said...
Fear Of Terrorism Spillage In Southern Africa Region
Harare — There are growing fears that Mozambique’s terrorism insurgents could spill into several countries across Southern Africa.
In Zimbabwe, many fear terrorists operating in the northern province of Cabo Delgado,...
Perception May Be Trumping Reason As Tensions Build Around Nigerian Retailers In Ghana
On a calm Sunday in the business hub around the Nkrumah Interchange in Accra, a Nigerian immigrant, Junior Izuwu, has crept out into the open with his tabletop where...
As Taxes Soar Amid COVID-19, Kenyans Groan
The taxes imposed by the government have only made this worse, as businesses pass down costs to their customers so that they can stay afloat. Among those taxed include...
Labour Party And The Future Of Radical Politics In Nigeria
Needless to say, the 2023 elections happened amid overwhelming disillusionment with the system and popular discontent with the major establishment political parties—the ruling All Progressives Congress and the People's...
Feared Zimbabwe Regime Dishes TV Broadcasting Licenses
Harare — In a move that has been taken with a pinch of salt by local pro-democracy activists, the Zimbabwean regime on November 20 announced that it had dished out...
Economic Freedom In Our Lifetime
A packed FNB stadium with over one hundred thousand supporters demonstrated the mass appeal of the Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) amongst South African voters at the party’s ten-year anniversary...
One Dies, Two Injured In Zimbabwe’s Freight Train Disaster
Nyazura, Zimbabwe — With Zimbabwe’s railroad network in a massive state of disrepair, a goods train killed the driver and injured three crew members last week, 9th March, after it...
U.S Expresses Concern Over Tanzania’s Newspaper Ban
Dar es Salaam, June 25 — The United States has expressed concern over recent actions by the government of Tanzania to revoke media license of an opposition party newspaper...
Africa Could See Spike In Illicit Financial Flows Amid COVID-19 Onslaught
Nairobi, August 1 — With COVID-19 proving to be the most adverse peacetime shock to the global economy, tax advocates have raised concern over a possible rise in the...
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Organization Of African First Ladies For Development
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"I am confident that I am leaving office with Nigeria better in 2023 than in 2015." President Buhari ended his farewell speech with this...
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