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Child Trafficking in the Global Sports Industry The global commemoration of the 2020 International Human Rights Day focused on the area of building back better and more resilient societies post COVID-19. But at Mission 89 – a global sport anti-trafficking group – prioritising human rights in sport is the key to a strong, sustainable recovery. According to a statement issued… Read More

A new variant of the coronavirus has been detected in South Africa, the health Ministry announced Friday night. This could explain the speed of transmission of this second wave, which also affects younger patients. This “501.V2 variant” of the virus has been identified by South African researchers and reported to the World Health Organization, health minister, Zwelini Mkhize, said in… Read More

With the security levels deteriorating in the Central African Republic, some external forces have reportedly been deployed in the region to help stem out any possible violence in the upcoming general election. The government announced Monday that hundreds of Russian and Rwandan armies have been deployed after the recent aggression by three militia groups. “Russia has sent several hundred men… Read More

Debretsion Gebremichael, the deposed president and fugitive from the Ethiopian region of Tigray, spent his youth in the Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF), before rising through the ranks once the party was installed at the helm in Addis Ababa. On Friday, the Ethiopian army promised a reward of 10 million birrs (about $250,000) to anyone who could locate the leadership… Read More

Somalia’s break-away region of Somaliland has cancelled its first women’s tournament claiming it was un -Islamic and was violated the ethical aspects of the religion. The region’s director of sports at the ministry of youths and sports Abdirashid Aidid told Reuters that the move was arrived at following public outcry that the tournament fell out of the Islamic values. “We… Read More

Some security experts in Nigeria have aired their voices in support of allowing road safety officials in Nigeria to carry arms while on duty. According to a security expert Salah Bala based in the capital, Abuja the officers under the name Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) are exposed to criminality on a daily basis and hence, should be authorized to… Read More

Honouring Algeria’s Colonial Resistance Algerian President Abdelmadjid Tebboune was informed by French President Emmanuel Macron on Saturday that the report on the Algerian war and Colonisation memoir — initially announced for December, will now be “ready and delivered to the Elysée around mid-January.” The heads of state who both recovering from coronavirus infections, have each appointed expert historian Abdelmadjid Chikhi… Read More

The Locals are MMobilising in Northeast Nigeria A group of government-supported activists patrolled one of the main roads in north-eastern Nigeria on Sunday. The patrols are carried out on the Maiduguri-Damaturu highway in Borno state. After jihadists from the Islamic State of West Africa province or ISWAP ambushed a convoy of civilians on Friday afternoon, other fighters from the same… Read More

On the Brink of a Pre-Election Political Crisis Sunday saw the Coalition of the Democratic Opposition (COD-2020) i.e. a union of political oppositions parties in the Central African Republic, call for the postponement of presidential and legislative elections scheduled for Dec 27 until the re-establishment of peace and security.” This comes a day after the government accused the group’s former… Read More

Africa is Serious About Saving its Rhinos The economic impact of the global Covid-19 health crisis has in turn aggravated an already dire environmental crisis as far as the efforts of wildlife conservationists to save highly-poached black and white rhinos from extinction in Africa. Richard Vigne, Managing Director of Ol Pejeta Conservancy, outlines how the coronavirus pandemic has trickled down… Read More