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The Electoral Commission of Sierra Leone (ECSL) has approved President Julius Maada Bio’s candidacy for the June general elections as he seeks a second term. The ECSL on Tuesday also approved the main opposition party’s nominee Samura Kamara, the runner-up in the last presidential vote in 2018. He lost to Bio, a former military ruler […]
Thousands of avoidable deaths have been attributed to delays in the introduction of a vaccination against pediatric pneumonia in four of the world’s poorest nations. The pneumococcal conjugate vaccination (PCV), one of the most effective treatments for pediatric pneumonia, is still not available in South Sudan, Somalia, Guinea, and Chad. Estimates from the Global Burden […]
The Japanese Prime Minister, Kishida Fumio and Ghanian President Nana Akufo-Addo have pushed for the United Nations Security Council reforms. Fumio arrived in Ghana as part of his African tour, where he met with Akufo-Addo. The two leaders expressed their commitment to pursuing reforms at the United Nations Security Council. Both Japan and Ghana currently […]
Arab League permanent members have held an emergency meeting in Cairo, Egypt, to address the ongoing fighting in Sudan. Egypt’s deputy permanent representative presented a draft resolution aimed at halting the conflict in the neighboring country. Obaida el-Dandarawy, Egypt’s deputy permanent representative, outlined the key points of the resolution, which called for an immediate and […]
Former Sudanese prime minister Abdalla Hamdok has raised a red flag over the ongoing conflict, warning that if it continues, it could turn into one of the bloodiest civil wars ever experienced, comparable to that in Syria and Libya. The former premier is now calling for a truce between the warring generals from both the […]
The final group of South Africans trapped in a war-torn Sudan have successfully landed. According to report at OR Tambo International Airport, family, friends, and government representatives greeted the 51 nationals with feelings of excitement and relief.Naledi Pandor, minister of international relations, acknowledged her delight. A ministerial delegation headed by South Africa’s international relations minister […]
Tunisia’s International Book Fair in Tunis has become the center of controversy over possible censorship as an essay critical of President Kais Saied was withdrawn and the stand of the publishing house was closed. The book in question, titled “The Tunisian Frankenstein,” featured a caricature of President Saied. After a temporary closure, the publishing house […]
UN special rapporteurs have criticised the German and Namibian governments for violating the rights of Herero and Nama ethnic minorities by excluding them from talks over reparations for colonial crimes against their ancestors. Publishing their communication with both governments, the seven UN representatives urged Germany to take responsibility for all its colonial crimes in Namibia […]
Tunisian coastguards have retrieved 41 bodies from Tunisian waters, a national guard official has said, raising the number of victims of refugee shipwrecks off the country’s coast to 210 in 10 days. The bodies were in a decomposed state, suggesting they had been in the water for several days, Houssem Eddine Jebabli told the Reuters […]
11 female opposition lawmakers have been arrested in Uganda during a protest over what they allege is police brutality. The legislators took to the streets Thursday to voice their dissatisfaction over what they are calling a violation of the rights of women and a threat to their lives, which they say also violates the Constitution. […]
The Ugandan president has asked parliamentarians to “reconsider” a controversial anti-LGBT+ law in a letter read out Wednesday in parliament, urging them to keep the criminalization of same-sex sexual relations but not of “being homosexual. The bill, which was passed on March 21 and provides for stiff penalties for those involved in same-sex relationships, has […]
Ethiopia’s federal government and a rebel group from the country’s Oromia region have opened peace talks on Tuesday in the Tanzanian island archipelago of Zanzibar, according to a spokesperson for the militants. Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed announced the talks with the Oromo Liberation Army, or OLA, on Sunday at an event to celebrate a cease-fire, […]
The Ministry of Higher Education, Research, Science and Technology (MOHERST) has announced a scholarship for graduates in biology. This was disclosed in a statement on Wednesday April 26, 2023. According to the statement, MOHERST is establishing a Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) Centre on Fisheries. MOHERST explained that the scholarship aims at contributing […]
The Lagos State House of Assembly has commended the Inspector-General of Police and other members of the Nigeria Police Force for excellent performance during the conduct of the 2023 general elections in the state. In its letter dated 4th April, 2023 and signed by the Clerk of the House, the Lagos State House of Assembly […]
International Open University (IOU) has conferred an honorary doctorate degree ‘Honoris Causa’ on The Gambian President, Adama Barrow. This was disclosed by Prof Cherno Omar Barry, the vice-chancellor of the institution. According a report, at the ninth convocation ceremony held on 28 February, Barrow was conferred the award of a doctorate degree Honoris Causa by […]
Essa Mbye Faal, a Gambian lawyer has emphasized the importance of religious tolerance and economic measures. In his address to the nation on the occasion of Ramadan Eid, he emphasized the importance of religious tolerance and measures to alleviate economic hardship in the country. Speaking to members of the Islamic Ummah, the lawyer extended Eid […]
President Cyril Ramaphosa has said the governing African National Congress (ANC) party had resolved that South Africa should quit the International Criminal Court, which last month issued an arrest warrant against Russian President Vladimir Putin. The ICC issued an arrest warrant against Putin in March meaning Pretoria, due to host the Brazil, Russia, India, China […]
South Africa says it has begun evacuating dozens of its citizens trapped in conflict-hit Sudan. “I can confirm that the operation to evacuate South Africans in Sudan and the staff at the South African embassy there is currently under way. They are being taken to a neighbouring country for safety,” foreign ministry spokesman Clayson Monyela […]
The world’s largest rhino conservation farm is going up for auction in South Africa. “I have been expending money on this population of rhinos for thirty years and I have finally run out of money” says its owner John Humes. The future for these rhinos in the north west province (South Africa) depends on the […]
The former prime minister of Burundi, Alain Guillaume, has been arrested, the country’s justice ministry said in a statement on Sunday. Alain Guillaume Bunyoni was prime minister from June 2020 to September 2022, when he was sacked after the president accused unnamed people of planning a coup against him. “Alain Guillaume Bunyoni is currently in […]