Dar es Salaam, Tanzania – Tanzania’s main opposition leader Tundu Lissu said Thursday that President John Magufuli had died from the coronavirus, calling his death “poetic justice” after the strongman leader downplayed the severity of the virus. The country’s vice-president announced late Wednesday that Magufuli, who had not been seen in public for nearly three…
By Femi Amogunla As the world struggles to manage its waste, residents of Ibadan present alternative ways to recycle. If you peer into the gutters of any big Nigerian city, a filthy sight awaits you: Floating cans, nylon water sachets, empty bottles and other waste materials discarded by humans, swept there by rain, gathering and…
By Tom Peyre-Costa Renewed violence across the CAR following December elections has led to a growing humanitarian crisis. Siriri’s gaze darts around and his voice trembles as he speaks about his experiences, how he was shot in the throat and traumatised. Out of seven of his friends recruited by armed groups, only two came back. He…
Tanzanians on the street speak with sadness on the death of President John Magufuli. The head of state died Wednesday aged 61 from a heart condition, his vice president said, after more than five years of divisive, authoritarian rule capped by his refusal to take COVID-19 seriously. Authorities have cracked down on free speech, leaving…
MOSCOW (Sputnik) – Dutch company De Poli Shipmanagement whose vessel faced a pirate attack in the Gulf of Guinea last week has established contact with the kidnapped crew members and is aware that they feel fine, company spokesman Cor Radings told Sputnik on Wednesday. A De Poli vessel experienced a pirate attack on 11 March, around 210 nautical…
NAIROBI– Ugandan authorities should take immediate steps to end the ongoing abductions by suspected state agents and cease the unlawful detention without trial of opposition supporters, Human Rights Watch said in a statement issued Thursday, March 11. HRW says in its statement that on March 4, 2021, Internal Affairs minister Jeje Odongo presented a list…
By Fredrick Nwabufo In the tome of liberation struggles, a few names resonate infinitely. One name that rings trenchant to this day is Ernesto ‘’Che’’ Guevara. ‘’Che’’ envisioned a world as recreated in the dialectics of Karl Marx – where those in the lowest rung of the social strata can command their destiny. Che fantasised…
By Ernest Nwokolo, Abeokuta The two kidnapped female students of the Ayetoro Campus of the Onabisi Onabanjo University (OOU), Ogun State have regained freedom. They got their freedom last night, few hours after Governor Dapo Abiodun directed security agencies to ensure the rescue of the two students unhurt. He also ordered the arrest of their…
President Abdelmadjid Tebboune on Thursday issued a decree setting June 12 for early legislative elections, after dissolving parliament last month. Thousands demonstrated in Algiers on Friday, rejecting the early legislative elections announced the day before, as weekly rallies by the resurgent Hirak pro-democracy movement gain momentum. “To safeguard itself, the system says: legislative (elections),” one…
The meeting touched on the opportunities available to boost Belarusian tourism to Egypt so that it would expand to include cultural and environmental aspects. Assistant Foreign Minister for European Affairs Badr Abdel-Aati discussed on Monday with a Belarusian tourism delegation, currently on a visit to Egypt, means of fostering bilateral relations in the field of…