Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari expressed his condolences and prayed for the safety of other Nigerians in Burkina Faso. At least 16 Nigerian Muslim pilgrims were recently killed in Burkina Faso on their way to Kaolak, Senegal. The pilgrims, members of the Islamic Tijaniyat sect, were allegedly on their way to their leader’s home country when […]
Outspoken legislator Temba Mliswa has expressed his dissatisfaction with the country’s judicial system, saying prison has become a place solely for the disadvantaged and political rivals to the ruling Zanu PF party. The Norton parliamentarian was reacting to the acquittal of Gokwe-Nembudziya legislator, Justice Mayor Wadyajena who was facing charges of defrauding Cottco of US$5.8 […]
The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) acting deputy executive director Sonja Leighton-Kone is visiting Zimbabwe this week, the world body has revealed. According to a statement from the UN agency, Leighton-Kone will be in Zimbabwe from February 6 to 11 2023. “The UN official will engage senior government officials on environmental opportunities and challenges especially […]
The Environmental Management Agency (EMA) has embarked on a massive clampdown on owners of vehicles producing hazardous exhaust emissions above regulated levels. Since the start of the operation in the Mashonaland West province Thursday last week, 1,319 vehicles have been inspected for vehicular emissions and the compliance level was 96, 4%. By the time of […]
Nairobi — Kenya is set to intensify the screening of refugees in a bid to support regional efforts to degrade Somali-based terror group Al-Shabaab. The revamped vetting regime will apply to refugees who have entered the country in the last few months from the neighboring Somalia, the Ministry of Interior and National Administration said on […]
El Geneina / Saraf Omra — Both West and North Darfur witnessed several robberies and other violent incidents in the past days that resulted in at least one death and multiple injuries and sparked complaints about the deteriorating security situation in both regions. A man was killed and three others were injured in an armed […]
Nairobi — A tribunal has recommended the removal of High Court Judge Justice Said Juma Chitembwe who was under investigation. Findings of the tribunal were presented to President William Ruto on Tuesday afternoon. A tribunal to investigate the judge was set up by former president Uhuru Kenyatta on the recommendation of the Judicial Service Commission […]
DIVERSIFIED conglomerate, CFI Holdings Limited has acknowledged that measures put in place by the government to contain inflationary pressures have managed to bring about relative stability on the back of a 39,4% revenue increase posted by the company. Last year authorities moved to hike interest rates which were recently reduced between 75% to 150% as […]
The pilot voter registration is continuing to run without upsets. With correspondents in six of the nine districts, the Bulletin has observed that the equipment used in the past elections is still fully functional, with just some minor problems. The pilot registration is voluntary. It is not the real registration, and it seeks to test […]
A former Ghana Black Stars player, Christian Atsu, has been found alive in the rubble of the residential building he was when earthquake caused it to collapse. The former Málaga, Porto and Newcastle player is one of the few survivors found alive among the rubble of the earthquake that hit Turkey and Syria, causing more […]
Geneva/Nairobi, 7 February 2023 – We are deeply concerned about the safety of journalists in Cameroon following the killing of a second journalist in the country in two weeks. Jean-Jacques Ola Bebe, a radio presenter and Orthodox priest, was found dead on 2 February near his home in the Mimboman district of the capital Yaoundé, apparently […]
Presidential hopeful and renowned human rights lawyer Cllr. Tiawan Saye Gongloe says verbal attacks between President George Manneh Weah and Nimba County Senator Prince Y. Johnson are early warning signs of conflict. Speaking Monday, 6 February 2023 on local broadcaster Truth FM, Cllr. Gongloe said he sees early warning signs of conflict if the Liberian […]
The Elections Coordinating Committee (ECC) has flagged the ruling Coalition for Democratic Change (CDC’s) alleged flagrant violation of the regulation on the conduct of political parties and coalitions. After the CDC petitioned incumbent President George Manneh Weah for his second term bid, the ECC said Monday, 6 February 2023 that the political rally organized by […]
Images of state security officers particularly agents of the Executive Protection Service (EPS) donning party paraphernalia, while heavily armed with high grade military weapons at the ruling party political rally have been described as embarrassing. On Saturday, February 4, heavily armed agents of the EPS were seen in party T-shirts of the ruling Congress of […]
CALEDONIA Mining Corporation Plc says its gold resource base has increased by 52% on the back of lucrative surging gold output as the miner’s productivity profile continues to surge. The company said it has boosted the gold resource base at its 64%-owned Blanket mine in Zimbabwe. The total measured and indicated resources estimate at Blanket, […]
Addis Abeba — The Addis Abeba Police said that “19 police leaders and officers sustained serious and light injuries” during a confrontation on Monday with a group of people who gathered at St. Lideta of the Orthodox Church, located in Philidoro, a location bordering Addis Abeba city and Oromia Regional State Special Zone Surrounding Finnfine. […]
GENEVA (6 February 2023) – UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk on Monday said he was deeply disturbed by the Malian authorities’ decision to declare the top UN Human Rights representative in the country as persona non grata. “I deeply regret the decision by the Malian authorities to declare my representative, Guillaume […]
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Namibia: 300 Oshana Flood Victims in Need
OSHANA chief regional officer Teopolina Hamutumua is appealing for help as flooding continues to affect the region and has rendered 300 people homeless. In a media statement on Monday evening, Hamutumua said 49 houses in the region have been destroyed by the flood. “The effects of the flood have left about 300 people with no […]