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The United Nations General Assembly discussed the ongoing effort to reform the U.N.’s most powerful organ, the Security Council. Debate centered on the discussion of expanding the number of member states in the council, the use of vetoes by permanent members and the efforts to transform the council to be more inclusive, with stronger representation from Africa and small states.… Read More

Soil is a diminishing resource, the more we abuse it the more we lose it when it plays a major role in CO2 sequestration. Climate change, drought, illegal logging, aggressive agricultural practices, and the over grazing of cattle is causing soil to erode at an alarming rate, creating a vicious cycle. The worst drought in over 40 years, along with… Read More

Abacha Muyam and Babakura Alhaji Isa, friends from Bama in the northern Nigerian state of Borno, both voted for President Muhammadu Buhari in their country’s elections in 2019. Now the 41-year-old and 27-year-old are at odds over who should succeed their champion in next February’s ballot. Their disagreement symbolises much of the fragmented opinion in Nigeria’s northern states — a… Read More

Multi-award winner artist John Legend says his music and his activism often go hand in hand. Speaking in Abu Dhabi, ahead of a recent performance to mark the fifth anniversary of the Louvre Abu Dhabi museum, the “All of Me” star said he has always believed pushing for positive change is part of a musician’s role. “I was always a… Read More

The election campaign is in full swing in Equatorial Guinea.  Voters are going to the polls this Sunday November 20th to elect a new President of the Republic. The candidate of the ruling party Teodoro Obiang Nguema will be running for a sixth term as head of state. He will face Buenaventura Monsuy, candidate of the Social Democratic Coalition party… Read More

Tonnes of coal waste are thrown away each year in Douala, the economic capital of Cameroon. The waste can pollute both the air and water supplies and is also a fire hazard. Eric Tankeu came up with a environmentally-friendly solution – recycling the charcoal and turning it into a usable “green gas”. Tankeu is no stranger to going green –… Read More

Feared by many, the Gule Wamkulu dancers of Zimbabwe are often described as a secretive and ritualistic society. The negative image goes hand in hand with a reputation for violence, something that the organiser of the first Gule Wamkulu festival in Harare wants to change. “We are celebrating our ancestors who brought the culture from Malawi but have since passed… Read More

Like most companies, technology companies this year have also been hit with the global economic crisis which many experts say is fuelled by the Russian-Ukraine war and the impact of covid 19. This has resulted in massive layoffs across the sector with a total of 1138 layoffs at tech companies globally, affecting 182,605 people, according to TrueUps tech layoff tracker.… Read More

The Belgian-Moroccan winger of Burnley (English D2) Anass Zaroury was summoned Wednesday to join the selection of Morocco for the World Cup in Qatar in replacement of the striker of Olympique de Marseille Amine Harit, seriously injured Sunday. The Atlas Lions coach Walid Regragui “has called up Anass Zaroury, a player playing in the English club Burnley FC to join… Read More

Leaders from Gulf of Guinea neighbor countries Benin, Ghana, Ivory Coast and Togo met Thursday (Nov. 17) in Accra. It was their first major talks on boosting collaboration. The nations which are part of the 2017 Accra Initiative seek to better coopeerate in order to fight the increased risks from terrorist organisations. The death toll of victims of the Islamic State-allied… Read More