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Middle East OP-ED 

The disunity of Israel’s opposition parties is serving the occupation

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Israel will, on June 5th, reach the grim milestone of fifty years of occupation of the West Bank. Many Israelis have become complacent, and succumbed to the government’s argument that the continuing occupation is necessary to safeguard Israel’s national security. Others are lamenting the day, as they view the occupation not only as a gross violation of Palestinian human rights,… Read More
Kenya Solar Energy East Africa 

Low-income earners in Kenya can now access Solar energy through d.light Partnership with Microfinance Institutions

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Microfinance institutions remove the cost barrier by extending credit to customers to acquire a solar home system, which they then pay back over time through mobile money.   10 May 2017, San Francisco, CA; Nairobi, Kenya; New Delhi, India. Off-grid solar solutions provider d.light has signed a new partnership with micro lender Musoni to enable low-income consumers in Kenya to… Read More
Peter Mutharika Malawi Southern Africa 

Malawi Leader Mutharika says Pan-African Parliament crucial

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BLANTYRE-— President of the Republic of Malawi, Professor Arthur Peter Mutharika on Wednesday, described the Pan-African Parliament as crucial because it brings together 55 African countries to advance economic integration, youth and women empowerment, peace, and unity, among other benefits. Speaking in a press conference on arrival at Kamuzu International Airport in Lilongwe, President Mutharika said the 4th Ordinary Session… Read More
Ivory Malawi Southern Africa 

Malawi: Two South Koreans fined MK2.2 million for attempting to export ivory

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LILONGWE- Lilongwe Senior Resident Magistrate Yona on Wednesday, convicted and fined two South Koreans with MK2.2 million, and in default, two years in jail, with hard labor each, for the illegal possession and attempting to export ivory. The two convicts, identified as Hyun Ku Kim, 60, and Lee Sang Yong aged 65, were on Tuesday arrested at Kamuzu International Airport… Read More
Raising women in Africa Africa OP-ED 

How African Parents Teach Girls To Be Gender Slaves!

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African parenting culture, doesn’t exactly seem to be bosom friends with the feminine gender. A girl child in Africa, is widely considered a future property of her potential suitor, so the need to prepare her (at least marketable enough) for marriage, becomes inherent! Let’s tarry a bit on gender responsibility, as required by the average African society. A man is… Read More
Stella Nyanzi East Africa 

Uganda: Stella Nyanzi free but ludicrous charges must be dropped

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Responding to news that outspoken feminist academic Stella Nyanzi has been released on bail after four weeks in prison, Sarah Jackson, Amnesty International’s Deputy Regional Director for East Africa, the Horn and the Great Lakes, said: “It is a great relief that Stella Nyanzi is no longer behind bars, as she should never have been arrested in the first place.… Read More
Hakainde Hichilema Southern Africa Zambia 

​​​Zambia must Drop trumped-up treason charges against Hakainde Hichilema immediately

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Zambian authorities must drop trumped-up treason charges against main opposition leader Hakainde Hichilema and his five employees and release them unconditionally, Amnesty International said today ahead of his bail hearing. The six were arrested on 11 April after they allegedly failed to give way to a Presidential convoy. They claim they were beaten, teargassed and pepper sprayed on their genitals… Read More
Diane Shima Rwigara Central Africa Rwanda 

Nude photos of Diane Shima Rwigara threaten to derail her bid to unsit Incumbant Paul Kagame

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35-year-old Diane Shima Rwigara is about to find out how hard running for President of Rwanda can be. On Friday, May 5, 2017, the nude photos of Rwanda’s leading female presidential candidate leaked on the Internet. As we went to press, there are no strong leads on how the pictures surfaced online but there are whispers that it was a… Read More
Thabo Mbeki former President of South Africa Ex-Presidents Leaders 

Thabo Mbeki tells MPs that the will of the people must come first

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The following is an article written by former president Thabo Mbeki‚ published in The Star on Tuesday. OBLIGATIONS OF MEMBERS OF PARLIAMENT. Recently the question has been raised publicly whether ANC Members of the National Assembly (ANC MPs) can support a Motion of No Confidence in the President of the Republic as proposed by Members of the Opposition Parties (Opposition… Read More
Joshua Nigeria News and Headlines West Africa 

National Israeli Station Airs Documentary on Nigerian Pastor TB Joshua

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Preparations for Prophet T.B. Joshua’s relocation to Israel seem to be heating up with the airing of a documentary on national Israeli television about the impending arrival of the Nigerian cleric. Reshet TV, one of the most successful television networks in Israel, aired an 11-minute feature on Joshua in Hebrew, detailing his recent visits to Israel and meetings with government… Read More
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