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The inhabitants of north-central Nigeria are still in shock. On Sunday, around 100 children were kidnapped from a village Koranic school. The gunmen killed one resident and wounded another before abducting a large number of pupils from the Salihu Tanko Islamic school. The children were taken hostage along with passengers on a bus. The families of the kidnapped students are… Read More

For the second day in a row in Midrand, Johannesburg, Leadership elections for the Pan-African Parliament once again saw lawmakers butt heads over the approach to choosing the presidency i.e. whether the presidency should be rotated by region. In light of the unproductive disagreements, the sitting was suspended, lights were turned off, and the members of parliament were asked to… Read More

The head of the Polisario Front and the self-declared Sahrawi Democratic Arab Republic Brahim Ghali testified on Tuesday via videoconference before an investigating magistrate in Madrid. The leader of a pro-independence from Morocco movement in Western Saharan is in hospital in Spain where he was admitted last month for covid-19. Manuel Ollé, Ghali’s attorney: “It has been demonstrated during his… Read More

The World Health Organisation (WHO) on Monday introduced a new system to name coronavirus variants in a bid to do away with labels associated with countries, places or people. The system is based on the letters of the Greek alphabet. The United Kingdom variant, called by scientists B.1.1.7, will now be Alpha. B.1.351, the South Africa variant, will now be… Read More

Mixed reactions after ECOWAS imposed sanctions on Mal in reaction to the second coup in nine months i.e. Colonel Assimi Goita assuming control of the West African nation. Sunday, the regional organisation suspended the country from its authorities. Youssouf Coulibaly, the legal adviser to the junta leader, is circumspect about this decision. “ECOWAS hides behind the application of the protocol… Read More

President Joe Biden will take part in a remembrance of one of the nation’s darkest — and largely forgotten — moments of racial violence when he helps commemorate the 100th anniversary of the destruction of a thriving Black community in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Biden’s visit Tuesday, in which he will grieve for the hundreds of Black people killed by a white… Read More

Attackers opened fire at a vehicle carrying General Katumba Wamala, Uganda’s former army commander, killing his daughter and driver. The attack happened on Tuesday morning in Kisaasi, a suburb of the capital, Kampala. Wamala sustained injuries in both his shoulders, doctors said. “I have survived. God has given me a second chance,” Wamala said from his hospital bed in a… Read More

In light of the decision of the United Kingdom’s government to cut foreign aid spending, many in South Sudan are concerned as Pibor in the northeast — on the brink of famine, is at the heart of a humanitarian crisis. Janet Kirakoo, an internationally Displaced Person (IDP), captures the desperation of the situation. “I don’t know how long I can… Read More

In a bid to help household owners and Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) in Nigeria overcome the adverse effects caused by the Corona virus, the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), through NIRSAL Microfinance Bank, has announced the reopening of its portal for Micro Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) and households affected by COVID-19 to access up to $70,000. Chairman, Nigeria… Read More

With long queues reported at some polling stations, voters as young as 15 in the self-declared republic of Somaliland cast their ballots on Monday in the capital Hargeisa. In the elections — voters were tasked with choosing from nearly 250 candidates running for 82 parliamentary seats, and about 1,000 contesting 249 councillor posts. This is the first time national and… Read More