In a bid to defend our oceans and to ensure sustainable livelihoods for coastal communities, The Green Connection and Natural Justice have approached the High Court in the interests of protecting the coastal environment and the communities who rely on it for their livelihoods. Today, the organisations announce their joint legal challenge against the decision to grant […]
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Warning: This article contains references to suicide and graphic descriptions of dead bodies that some readers may find upsetting. It’s day one of the Forensic DNA Symposium, recently held in Cape Town as Professor Ryan Blumenthal relates anecdotes on his life as a senior specialist forensic pathologist at the University of Pretoria. “Let me tell […]
The 68th session of the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW68) delivered today robust commitments by UN Member States to strengthen financing and institutions to eradicate women’s and girls’ poverty. Globally, 10.3 per cent of women live in extreme poverty today, according to the report presented by the UN Secretary-General to the Commission, and […]
The House of Representatives, yesterday, asked the Joint Admission and Matriculation Board, JAMB, to lift the three-year ban on Miss Ejikeme Mmesoma, a candidate of the 2023 Unified Tartary Matriculation Examination, UTME, for alleged manipulation of her result. It also, at plenary, set up an ad hoc committee, chaired by Sada Soli, to investigate the […]
South Africa is in the middle of a deep electricity crisis. In 2023 the public, many of whom are voters, experienced the worst loadshedding to date, losing power for an average of five hours a day. The power shortages were largely due to excessive breakdowns in the country’s coal power plant fleet, which generates over […]
The UN mission’s withdrawal opens the door for assertive political leadership by ECOWAS and the AU. On 30 June the United Nations (UN) Security Council voted unanimously to end the UN Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in Mali (MINUSMA) as of 31 December 2023. The vote follows a request by Mali’s transitional government for the mission […]
The privately-led quintupling of rooftop solar in 2 years takes some pressure off the grid but, without planning, risks deepening energy apartheid. At the tick of the hour, the whole neighbourhood turns dark. Residents scramble to turn on flashlights and candles. In supermarkets, shoppers stop in their tracks, patiently waiting for generators to get into […]
The Centre for Human Rights (CHR) and the Centre for Sexualities, AIDS, and Gender at the University Pretoria together with the Center for Gender Studies and Feminist Futures and the Center for Conflict Studies at the Philipps-University Marburg launched the second edition of the Pretoria-Marburg Queer Conversations. The conversations emanate from a convergence of interests in […]
CONTROVERSIAL businessman, Wicknell Chivhayo has taken his extravagance side-show to another level, donating a whooping US$1million to the Zion Christian Church (ZCC) Mbungo led by President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s top ally. The supposedly philanthropic gesture has left observers speculating that this could be rewarding the church’s leader, Bishop Nehemiah Mutendi, for rallying his multitudes of followers […]
Life, they say, is full of surprises. Cyrille Bahmou, a business consultant, had a taste of these surprises early on in his life. His story is not just another grass-to-grace tale; it has a unique ring that sets it apart. Bahmou experienced the heights of wealth, and the depths of poverty and then rose like […]
President Joseph Nyuma Boakai has said he did not come to the presidency for the colorful trappings, the prestige, or the mere title. He stressed that he is here with the commitment and conviction to build a good country that will serve the Liberian people. The President underscored his dedication to serving the Liberian people […]
Following the harmonisation of the exchange rates in the country by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), the total inflows into the Importers & Exporters (I&E) Window increased by about $270 million to close the month of June 2023 at $1.41billion. This made it the second consecutive month of growth, rising by 23.8 per cent […]
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Rwanda: Genocide Archives Released
Human Rights Watch announced today that it is releasing a series of archives highlighting the extraordinary efforts of human rights defenders in Rwanda and abroad, to warn about the planned 1994 genocide and attempt to stop the killings. The documents painfully illustrate leading international actors’ refusal to acknowledge the slaughter of more than half a […]
The new set of appointments is the third major one by Mr Tinubu since his inauguration on 29 May. President Bola Tinubu has hired 20 new aides, about three weeks after he made the last set of major appointments, PREMIUM TIMES can authoritatively report. The new appointments include those of senior special assistants (SSAs), personal […]
Lagos — Twenty-three years after the famous Abuja declaration to improve health services in Africa, Nigeria has yet to meet its commitment to ensure 15 per cent of its budget goes to the sector. At the 2001 African summit on HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis and other related infectious diseases held in the Nigerian capital, regional leaders pondered […]
Mr Yahaya says the sustained peace in Gombe is largely because the diverse ethnic and religious groups in the state co-exist cordially. Governor Inuwa Yahaya of Gombe State says he will work to foster collaboration between the Northern Governors’ Forum and the federal government in solving the security challenges in the North-east. Mr Yahaya spoke […]
As the polydrug kush — also known as K2 — increasingly threatens the public health of young Sierra Leoneans, religious and development leaders want the government to take the crisis more seriously. Scores of young people in Sierra Leone have become addicted to kush, a drug that threatens the lives of its users and others […]
As the frequency of DNA paternity tests surges, an Umbrella Human Rights Organization (CLADHO) has issued a stark warning, highlighting the potential risks faced by children in the absence of adequate protective measures. A recently released report from the Rwanda Forensic Laboratory reveals a significant increase in the number of paternity tests conducted, soaring from […]