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OP-ED Opinions 

Buhari, Sleeping At The Wheels Is Not An Option By Azu Ishiekwene

Elwin Mandowa,
If you were on a holiday to Nigeria from Mars last week, you would almost certainly cut short your stay to avoid what looked like a coming Armageddon.  Rotimi Akeredolu, the governor of Ondo, one of the six South-western states, had issued an ultimatum to herders, mostly of the Fulani tribe, to vacate the state’s forest reserves within one week.… Read More
Africa Investments 

African Development Bank’s Adaptation Benefits Mechanism helps to climate-proof Ivorian smallholder farms’ cocoa yields

Elwin Mandowa,
Help is on the way for the global cocoa supply chain, severely threatened by climate change. A new project by the African Development Bank and the International Agroforestry Agency (ICRAF) would bring relief to two Ivorian smallholder cocoa farmers’ communities in Soubre and Vavoua currently grappling with declining yields caused by climate change and worsened by the COVID-19 pandemic. Without… Read More
Africa Investments 

NEPAD affirms close ties to the African Development Bank as it assesses achievements and challenges after two decades

Elwin Mandowa,
African leaders and representatives from the development community, civil society and private sector came together on Thursday for a symposium to celebrate two decades of the New Partnership for Africa’s Development (NEPAD), a flagship program of the African Union. Participants commended the African Development Bank highly for its role in financing infrastructure and agricultural programs on the continent. NEPAD has… Read More
Africa World 

Climate change remains a global emergency despite Covid-19

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– – Results of a new survey conducted on the impact of climate change has revealed that many people around the world believe that the current Covid-19 pandemic isn’t the number one global emergency. For many climate change still remains the biggest global emergency requiring serious action to save lives. The Peoples’ Climate Vote, the world’s biggest ever survey of… Read More
Africa Featured World 

The 20 finalists for Commonwealth Youth Awards 2021

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– – Twenty extraordinary young individuals including inventors, activists and entrepreneurs from 18 countries have been announced as finalists for this year’s Commonwealth Youth Awards. The awards recognise outstanding Commonwealth young people whose projects are transforming lives in their communities and helping to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). More than 1,000 entries from 43 Commonwealth countries were received last year.… Read More
Africa Central Africa World 

Former CAR rebel leader to appear before ICC for war crimes

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– – Former Central African Republic militia commander, Mahamat Said Abdel Kani will appear before the International Criminal Court (ICC) on Thursday. He is to face charges of war crimes and crimes against humanity after he was handed over to the ICC on Sunday. The ICC issued a warrant for the arrest of Mohamat Said Abdel Kani on 7 January 2019.… Read More
Africa South Africa Southern Africa World 

South Africa lifts ban on use of hijab in the military

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– – Female military officers in South Africa can now wear their hijabs with their military uniforms. It follows a review of the dress code of the South African military after a rights organisation challenged the policy in court. A Muslim woman, Maj Fatima Isaacs has waged a two year battle against the dress policy after she was charged with disobeying… Read More
Africa Business World 

Workshop 17 Wins Global Startup Award

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– – The winners of the 2019 season of the Global Startup Awards (GSA) have been announced at the Global Grand Finale Day. Bringing home an Award to Africa was Workshop17, which scooped Best Coworking Space in the world’s largest independent startup ecosystem competition. On outshining the other finalists from around the world, Paul Keursten, Co-Founder and CEO of Workshop17… Read More
OP-ED Opinions 

The Fulanis In Yorubaland By Ozodinukwe Okenwa

Elwin Mandowa,
The Executive Governor of Ondo State, Rotimi Akeredolu, had stirred the hornet’s nest penultimate week when he issued a seven-day ultimatum to the Fulanis living as herders inside the forests and settlements in the state to vacate their abodes and leave the state. Since he gave out this quit notice reactions, positive and negative, had trailed the surprising move at… Read More
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