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OP-ED Opinions 

The First 11 Days Of 2021: Assault, Detention And Injustice In Nigeria By Sanyaolu Juwon And Manthan Pathak

Elwin Mandowa,
Since 8 October 2020, ordinary Nigerians have been taking to the streets, peacefully demanding an end to police brutality, extrajudicial executions and extortion by the Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS) unit of the Nigerian police tasked with fighting violent crimes.  They have been met with excessive, brutal use of force by the army and police forces. On October 20th 2021, an… Read More
OP-ED Opinions 

Opinon: The MTV MAMAs Shouldn’t Be Happening In Uganda By Dr Vincent Magombe

Elwin Mandowa,
Last week, MTV officially announced that its 2021 Africa Music Awards, the MAMAs, would be held in Uganda on February 20. The event, which has been planned in coordination with Uganda’s tourism ministry, is being advertised alongside the hashtag #VisitUganda. If Uganda were free, it would be welcome news.  But just as the MTV announcement was made, Uganda’s most popular politician,… Read More
OP-ED Opinions 

(Dis)Service Chiefs: Farewell To Mediocrity! By Ozodinukwe Okenwa

Elwin Mandowa,
Some days ago President Muhammadu Buhari relieved the national security Service Chiefs of their appointments. Reports online had it that they had resigned and that the Commander-in-Chief of the federal Armed Forces had accepted their long-overdue resignations. Buhari proceeded to appoint their replacements. Whether they wilfully resigned in the face of their incompetence and failure or sacked what is important… Read More
OP-ED Opinions 

The National Question And The Quest For Restructuring In Nigeria By Chido Onumah

Elwin Mandowa,
Introduction To paraphrase the historian, mathematician, journalist, and public intellectual, Edwin Madunagu, every political history has its significant dates, landmarks or turning points. In Nigeria’s political history, for instance, landmarks would include October 1, 1960, (the day Nigeria gained independence from Britain), January 15, 1966, (when the first of what would become a tradition of military coups occurred), July 6,… Read More
Africa Investments 

Climate Adaptation Summit 2021: “Whole systems” approach to public-private cooperation for climate-resilient infrastructure in Africa urged

Elwin Mandowa,
Governments and the private sector must adopt a ‘whole systems approach’ to urgently deliver the climate-resilient and clean infrastructure that Africa needs, panelists at the 2021 Climate Adaptation Summit said on Tuesday. Scaled up infrastructure, partnerships, integrating gender, de-risking and mobilizing private sector finance are all essential to long-term progress towards the Sustainable Development Goals, participants heard. Speaking on the… Read More
Africa East Africa Rwanda World 

Rwanda ranks best in managing Covid-19 pandemic in Africa

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– – Rwanda has been ranked first in Africa in managing the Covid-19 pandemic. The country also ranked high globally in making information on the pandemic accessible to the public. The Australian think tank Lowy Institute that released the rating, ranked a total of 98 countries globally. The ranking was done according to the institute based on average performance in managing the… Read More
Africa Central Africa Featured World 

DR Congo’s Prime Minister Sylvestre Ilunga resigns

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– – DR Congo’s prime minister, Sylvestre Ilunga Ilunkamba, resigned on Friday, the presidency said, a move enabling President Felix Tshisekedi to appoint his own premier supported by a new parliamentary majority. Presidency spokesman Giscard Kusema told AFP that Illunga “said he had drawn the consequences of the developing political situation. Ilunga, a close ally to former president Joseph Kabila… Read More
Africa Southern Africa World Zimbabwe 

Zimbabwe arrests couple for claiming Mnangagwa died of Covid-19

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– – Authorities in Zimbabwe have arrested and detained a Zimbabwean couple reported to have sent a message on WhatsApp claiming that President Emmerson Mnangagwa had died from Covid-19. Devine Panashe Maregere (20) and wife Vongai Nomatter Chiminya (20) were arrested and detained as part of a crackdown by the government. The two were arraigned with the court denying them… Read More
Muhammadu Buhari Africa Nigeria News and Headlines West Africa World 

Nigeria repatriates hundreds of stranded citizens from Saudi Arabia

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– – Nigeria on Thursday repatriated nearly 400 of its citizens stranded by the Covid-19 pandemic for months in Saudi Arabia, flying them back to the capital, Abuja, an aviation ministry official said. The Nigerians were economic migrants stuck in Saudi Arabia after being caught up in the Covid-19 restrictions and needed assistance returning home. The repatriation came after one group… Read More
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