By Lennart Dodoo Monrovia — The Supreme Court of Liberia has ordered the National Elections Commission (NEC) to stay any and all actions in the pending runoff election scheduled for November 7, 2017 in line with the Writ for Prohibition prayed for by the Liberty Party. The Liberty Party requested the Writ of Prohibition and […]
A government-led plan to restore the home of the parents of Afro music legend Fela Anikulapo-Kuti and turn it into a museum has cheered and excited Fela’s many fans and followers. The colonial era one-story building was built by the late Israel Ransome-Kuti, Fela’s father, and his wife, Funmilayo, over a century ago. Mr. and
Burundi became the first country to pull out from the International Criminal Court after a one-year withdrawal process comes to an end. The country notified former UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon of its intent to leave the court on October 27, 2016, as one of three countries – along with South Africa and The Gambia –
Amina Yuguda, a journalist from north-eastern Nigeria has won this year’s BBC World News Komla Dumor Award. Miss Yuguda is a news presenter on the local Gotel Television and has reported on high-profile news stories, chief among them, the Boko Haram insurgency. This is the third in a series of an awards programme instituted by
KAMPALA – All hell broke lose in Uganda’s parliament for a second day, Wednesday over President Yoweri Museveni’s proposal to tweak the country’s constitution to enable him run for another term. Museveni, 73 is seeking a re-write of the law that pegs the maximum age of presidential aspirants at 75. Members of Parliament traded fierce
A British public relations firm that stoked racial tensions in South Africa has collapsed after its sordid work on behalf of corporate and government clients came to light. Bell Pottinger (BP), according to published findings, led a campaign that “was potentially racially divisive and/or potentially offensive and created in breach of relevant ethical principles.”
Protestors hit the streets, Wednesday in the Guinean capital Conakry to protest several issues. According to reports, the protest, which was relatively peaceful compared to previous ones where security forces have turned up to suppress it and people have died in the process, was primarily staged to coax the government of President Alpha Conde
The President of Ghana, Nana Akufo-Addo has said President Muhammadu Buhari’s illness created a volume of anxiety within the rank and file of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS). Akufo-Addo who made this remark while answering questions from State House correspondents in the Presidential Villa after visiting Buhari, said he was very glad to
Ugandan High Court Judge Susan Okalany was on Thursday bestowed Prosecutor of the Year award in Beijing, China by the International Association of Prosecutors (IAP) to recognise her distinguished role in the prosecution of the 2010 Kampala bombing suspects. Justice Okalany, currently based at the High Court in Mbale, led a team of prosecutors, guided
Floods in Africa in August killed 25 times more people than Hurricane Harvey did.” That was the headline of a recent story in Quartz online by Lagos-based writer Yomi Kazeem. “Like severe floods in southern Asia, the disasters in Africa have been largely under-reported compared to similar events in Houston where Hurricane Harvey, a once
