Month: June 2019

Separatist groups active in the English-speaking regions of Cameroon have been accused of torture and abuses against civilians. These allegations were made by Human Rights Watch NGO on Monday criticizing the acts in a statement. The organization claims to have watched a video, filmed in mid-May, showing “armed separatists torturing a man in an abandoned school in the north-western region… Read More

Chinese development projects in Africa must be sustainable, the government’s top diplomat told senior African ministers on Tuesday, as he denounced “outside forces” who seek to vilify cooperation by accusing China of creating debt-traps. Chinese State Councillor Wang Yi told foreign and other ministers from some 50 African countries at a forum in Beijing his country does not pursue selfish… Read More

Zimbabwe President Emmerson Mnangagwa has defended the latest economic move in the country with the ban on use of foreign currencies as announced by the finance minister on Monday (June 24). According to him, the measure was a sign that the country was reverting to normalcy after what he said was a state of abnormality – referring to the multi-currency… Read More

Five critically endangered eastern black rhinos from wildlife parks in three European countries were transported to Rwanda’s Akagera National Park on Monday. Two male and three female eastern black rhinoceroses were released into protective enclosures and will eventually be introduced into open plains to increase the genetic diversity of the park’s rhino population, said officials. The eastern black rhino is… Read More

A new hope for people suffering heart failure. In China’s Fuwai hospital, the transplant of an artificial heart has gotten one man out of his bed. 29 year old He Xin suffered heart failure with frequent weaknesses. But now thanks to the artificial heart pump, he’s living life. Director of the Fuwai hospital, Hu Shengshou, who performed the surgery told… Read More

International rights group, Human Rights Watch, HRW; says the United Nations must maintain considerable pressure on Eritrea to work on its ongoing human rights infractions. They aver that despite a July 2018 peace deal with Ethiopia and improved relations with neighbours across the Horn of Africa region, Eritrea continues with policies that enforce rights abuses. HRW’s statement of June 24… Read More

Eritrean-American rapper Nipsey Hussle who was killed in March this year, was one of the big winners at the Black Entertainment Television (BET) awards over the weekend. Nipsey, who was shot dead in March at the age of 33, won the awards for Best Male Hip-Hop artist, and the Humanitarian award. “Nipsey is such an important part of our community,… Read More