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Africa Investments 

New sanitation and wastewater management benchmark tool highlights opportunities to boost health and economic growth in Africa

Elwin Mandowa,
The African Development Bank, the UN Environment Programme (UNEP) and GRID-Arendal have released the inaugural Sanitation and Wastewater Atlas of Africa, a tool to benchmark and propel Africa’s progress towards Sustainable Development Goals on safe sanitation and wastewater management. The Atlas aims to help policymakers accelerate change and investment in the sector.   The result of four years of collaboration, the… Read More
Africa Southern Africa World Zimbabwe 

Zimbabwe: 3 female political activists arrested for insulting police

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– – Police in Zimbabwe have arrested three female opposition activists. Police said the trio was arrested on Monday after holding a demonstration outside a government building in the capital, Harare. They are also accused of using abusive and obscene language against police officers. In a statement, the Zimbabwean police confirmed the arrest of Joanna Mamombe , Netsai Marova and Cecilia… Read More
OP-ED Opinions 

Nigeria: Insecurity Will Begin To End Via The Constitutional Force Majeure By Ndidi Uwechue

Elwin Mandowa,
The day after Nigeria became a Disputed Project with the proclamation of a Constitutional Force Majeure (more on this later), the influential USA House of Representatives non-partisan Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission held an important hearing on “Conflict and Killings in Nigeria’s Middle Belt”. The hearing lasted for nearly four hours and a recording is available on the internet. The list… Read More
Africa East Africa World 

Kenyan MPs fight at a funeral over corruption tag

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– – There was drama at a Kenyan funeral after two Kenyan MPs exchanged blows. The fight broke out after one of the MPs accused the other of being corrupt. “We have several leaders here in the company of our deputy president who have a tainted life. These are fraudsters who should not be allowed to take up any leadership… Read More
Africa Eswatini Southern Africa World 

Covid-19: Hospitals in Eswatini ‘run out of body bags’

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– – Hospitals in Eswatini are reportedly running out of body bags due to a surge in COVID-19-deaths. The Times of Swaziland reported that a source at a hospital told the publication “that in the past two weeks, most of the bodies were wrapped in sheet-covers and put into plastic materials upon being confirmed dead.” The source was quoted as… Read More
Africa Nigeria News and Headlines West Africa World 

Judge left dazed as DNA test shows he isn’t father of his 3 kids

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– – A Nigerian judge at the Delta State High Court, Justice Anthony Ezonfade Okorodas has been left in a state of shock after DNA test showed that his first three children were not his. He had those kids with his first wife who he has since divorced. Judge Okorodas who made this news public said in a statement that… Read More
Africa Gambia West Africa World 

Gambia: President Barrow officially launches new political party

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– – Gambia’s President Adama Barrow has officially launched his National People’s Party (NPP) as he presses on for his re-election bid this year. The party was launched over the weekend as he pushed for support for his candidacy for the presidential election on December 4. He told his supporters in Bakau that the NPP “is the party of all… Read More
Africa Investments 

En Mauritanie, un projet soutenu par la Banque africaine de développement rend accessibles des latrines dans 140 localités rurales

Elwin Mandowa,
En l’espace d’une décennie environ, les conditions d’hygiène se sont nettement améliorées dans les zones rurales de la Mauritanie. Plus d’une centaine de localités ont notamment reçu la certification « Fin de défécation à l’air libre » (FDAL) après la mise en œuvre du Projet national intégré dans le secteur de l’eau en milieu rural (PNISER). Le projet mis en œuvre depuis… Read More
OP-ED Opinions 

Femi Falana Goofed! The Law Justifies Sunday Igboho To Defend His People By Bayo Oluwasanmi

Elwin Mandowa,
In Nigeria, the world’s leading colony of collapsed disorders, each day brings new madness. The new madness centers around the question: Is Igboho justified under the law to chase out Fulani herdsmen terrorists who kidnapped, raped, robbed, maimed, and killed innocent Igangan people?  Femi Falana (SAN), arguably the most revered Africa human rights attorney and constitutional lawyer, believes Igboho ran… Read More
Africa East Africa World 

Uganda’s Bobi Wine challenges Museveni win in court

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– – Ugandan opposition politician Bobi Wine has filed a legal challenge against the presidential election results of last month. Wine claims in his petition that the outcome of last month’s presidential election was rigged. His lawyers say the musician-turned politician who led the National Unity Platform in the election wants the poll to be re-run. Uganda’s Incumbent president Yoweri… Read More
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