Women in Kenya stormed the streets yesterday to protest the lack of men in the country to impregnate them. They accuse the men of spending all their time in drinking bars and beer parlours, usually returning home at night, weak and drunk and unable to perform. They want President Uhuru Kenyatta and his government to […]
Civil society, native doctors, communities and electricity consumers came together in their numbers to protest in Benin city, Edo state against the purported plan to renew the operational license of Benin Electricity Distribution Company (BEDC). The Public Relations Officer of the Edo State Civil Society Organizations (EDOSCO), Osaze Edigin said the peaceful demonstration which will […]
Human rights lawyer Meaza Ashenafi was sworn in Thursday as the head of Ethiopia’s Supreme Court by the country’s parliament in a wave of appointments for women in top government positions. Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed nominated Meaza, the country’s chief of staff announced. The Ethiopian leader has pushed for more female representation in his Cabinet. “She […]
The body of the missing army general, Retired Major-General Idris Alkali has been found. General Alkali’s remains were discovered in an abandoned well in a mining village, Guchwet in Shen of Jos South LGA of Plateau on Wednesday. The leader of the search and rescue operation, Brigadier General Umar Mohammed, while announcing the development, told […]
Kampala Archbishop Cyprian Kizito Lwanga has fronted a controversial proposal that seeks to have the central government deduct 10% from people’s monthly salary and forwarded to the church. Speaking at Saint Mary’s Cathedral Rubaga during mass, the Catholic Archbishop said many Christians don’t tithe and this affects projects by the church. “Whenever we ask for […]
The brilliant lawyer Michele Ndoki who spoke at the post-election hearing in the Constitutional Court in Cameroon has been beaten mercilessly by Cameroon forces in Douala. Ms. Ndoki was brutalized for her role as one of the legal team members for the opposition in that country yesterday, during a protest march against what the opposition […]
Over 70 presidential candidates out of 91 political parties that will participate in the 2019 Presidential elections have started presenting their credentials to the Independent National Electoral Commission reports from Nigeria reveal. But key contender in the election and incumbent president Muhamadu Buhari is yet to comply with the requirement as he has been accused […]
President Uhuru Kenyatta has said that Kenya will not be pressured to legalise same-sex marriages as a condition to receive donor funding. Speaking in Nandi County on Sunday, President Uhuru Kenyatta said Kenya needs to be more self-reliant so as to avoid being pressured into passing non-biblical laws for the sake of funding. According to Uhuru, we would […]
The pace of change in Ethiopia has been so fast since Abiy Ahmed became prime minister in April that it is almost like observing a different country. The reforms he has introduced were unthinkable not so long ago. The government seemed impervious to criticism from human rights groups that the state stifled free expression, sidelined and imprisoned […]
The son of the late Libyan leader Col Muammar Gaddafi is to run as a candidate in the country’s presidential elections this year, according to local media reports. Saif al-Islam Gaddafi was once the heir apparent to his father’s regime but is now wanted by the International Criminal Court for crimes against humanity during his father’s brutal […]
The Cross River State Government in partnership with the Federal Neuro Psychiatric Hospital, Calabar, have come to the aid of a family of 5–Ogoja mad couple, that were earlier reported to be mentally unstable, alongside their children. The family of Mr. & Mrs. Ben Ogar popularly known as the Ogoja mentally deranged couple has been […]
The President, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, says the objective of an integrated Africa cannot be achieved without peace and stability on the continent. “Efforts at integration of the continent will be negatively affected if African countries continue to battle with the human security challenges which confront their peoples. No country would want to integrate with […]
