U.S. TV Personality Greta Van Susteren Helps Transform Liberian Boy
For years, Greta Van Susteren has been a familiar face on US cable news network CNN and Fox. But it is what she recently accomplished in Liberia that has many singing her praise. The legal analyst who was a regular feature during the OJ Simpson trial first came in interest in the case of a […]
French President Macron Pledges to Be Tough On Terrorism During Mali Visit
French president Emmanuel Macron reinforced his commitment to fighting armed Islamists in Africa during a speech made at the French military base in Gao, northern Mali, while also calling on more support from Germany and other European countries. The trip – his first outside of Europe – sent strong signals at the start to his […]
Student Arrested Over Lord’s Resistance Army Leader ‘Joseph Kony Letter’
Police in Pallisa District have arrested a student of St Paul Secondary School over allegations that he was found in possession of a letter purported to have been written by the Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) commander, Joseph Kony, warning of more atrocities. Security officials said the suspect is a resident of Bulyambwa village, Butebo Sub-county […]
Albino Children Abandon School Due to Stigma in Uganda
Two primary school pupils with albinism were forced to abandon education for one year due to unending stigma by fellow pupils. Daniel Rubangakene, 13, and his sister Rebecca Masala, 14, could not stand the endless taunts by fellow pupils and decided to drop out of school. The duo were studying from one of the schools […]
GERD 12,000 Mega Watt – Continuation of Ethiopia’s Energy Progress
It is an internationally recognized fact that Ethiopia has managed to register all rounded political and economic development which has laid the foundation to become a lower middle income country in the near future. Huge foreign and local investments in various key areas like vast manufacturing and industry sectors are booming consistently. The First and […]
Akon Lightening Africa Changes Livelihoods in Gambia’s Sara Pateh
The people of Sare Pateh have hailed the Akon Lighting Africa project, three weeks after the Kombo North village became the first beneficiary of a project that aims to reach every home without a light and create over 1000 jobs in the country. The pilot project seeks to reach at least 15000 homes, officials disclosed. […]
UN peacekeeping mission says at least 16 people were killed and 10 wounded in South Sudan’s Wau
At least 16 civilians were killed on Monday in the South Sudanese city of Wau, according to the United Nations’ peacekeeping mission in the country (UNMISS), with witnesses reporting that government-aligned militia were targeting residents based on their ethnic group. The violence stemmed from an ambush on Sunday of government troops near Wau, leading to […]
Pope apologises for Catholic church being close to Hutu-led govt in 1994 Rwanda genocide when 800,000 mostly Tutsis were killed
Pope Francis has plead for forgiveness for “the sins and failings of the Church and its members” implicated in the 1994 Rwanda genocide that killed about 800,000 people. The pontiff “conveyed his profound sadness, and that of the Holy See and of the Church, for the genocide against the Tutsi”, the Vatican said in a […]
Your ‘Rabidly Intolerant Regime Is a Dismal Failure’, Swazi’s King Mswati III Told
Civil society groups have demanded that Swaziland’s absolute monarch repeal a 44 year decree banning political parties. The decree which was passed in 1973 by the father to the current King Mswati III, “outlawed political parties, dissolved parliament and placed legislative, executive and judicial powers in the hands of the king”. In a joint memorandum,the […]
Protest Threatened at Entry Points Over ‘Rabidly Intolerant’ Mswati Regime
A civil society group has threatened to stage a go slow protest at Swaziland’s entry points to put pressure on King Mswati III to end what they say is a “rabidly intolerant regime” in that country. In an interview with News24, Swaziland Solidarity Network (SSN) spokesperson Lucky Lukhele said the protest was set for April […]
