Tanzania’s ruling party, Chama Cha Mapinduzi (CCM), has dismissed fresh calls for amendments to the country’s constitution. The opposition camp and other activists have been calling for constitutional reforms that would allow for the formation of an Independent Electoral Commission so as to level the political playing ground. Shaka Hamdu Shaka, CCM’s new ideology and […]
The coach was kidnapped on Tuesday while travelling on the Enugu-Port Harcourt Expressway. The Head Coach of Rivers United Football Club, Stanley Eguma, has been released by his abductors. This was confirmed by Okey Kpalukwu, the general manager of the club, on Friday. Mr Eguma was allegedly kidnapped along the Enugu-Port Harcourt Expressway at about […]
A lawyer has applied to President Museveni, seeking to be considered for the job of Justice Minister that was not filled in the Cabinet appointments. Mr John Jackson Ntwatwa, in his June 16 letter to President Museveni, states that in the recently released Cabinet list, the docket of Justice Minister was left blank and that […]
JUST before he was hospitalised, founding Zambian leader President Kenneth Kaunda, who died yesterday at the age of 97, penned an emotional letter to President Mnangagwa whom he affectionately referred to as his “nephew” wishing him heavenly blessings in everything that he does for Zimbabwe and its people. However, after falling sick, the late veteran […]
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Tanzania’s President Samia Hassan Suluhu has joined other African leaders in mourning the fallen Zambia first President, Kenneth Kaunda, who passed away on the 17th of June, this year. The Head of State posted on her twitter official account on Thursday saying the Africa has lost a true patriot who fought for liberation of the […]
President Uhuru Kenyatta has sent a message of condolence to Zambian President Edgar Lungu, following the death of former President Kenneth Kaunda. The 97-year-old’s death was announced Thursday by his son, Kambarage Kaunda. “On behalf of the government and the people of Kenya, and on my own behalf, I wish to convey our deepest sympathies […]
President Muhammadu Buhari has described Zambia’s founding President and liberation hero, Kenneth Kaunda, as one of the greatest African and world leaders of all time who loved his country and people profoundly. The president’s spokesman, Garba Shehu, in a statement Thursday, quoted Buhari as stating this in his reacting to Kaunda’s death. The News Agency […]
Mr Farinloye said the explosion threw the environment into panic due to the huge fire caused by the incident. No fewer than 13 persons sustained various degrees of injuries on Thursday night following a Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) tanker explosion at Mobolaji Bank Anthony Way, opposite Sheraton Hotels and Towers, Ikeja. About 25 cars were […]
President Cyril Ramaphosa has learned with great sadness of the passing of Kenneth “KK” Kaunda, Founding President of a post-colonial Republic of Zambia and unwavering champion of South Africa’s own liberation . On behalf of the government and people of South Africa, President Ramaphosa extends his condolences to the Kaunda Family and the government and […]
President Muhammadu Buhari and two of his predecessors, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo and Dr. Goodluck Jonathan, have mourned the founding father of Zambia, Dr. Kenneth Kaunda. Kaunda, the first president of Zambia, died yesterday at the age of 97. He ruled for 27 years from 1964 after Zambia gained independence from Britain. Kaunda was said to […]
Until March 20 when he suddenly announced that he had taken his first jab, Femi Fani-Kayode was at the forefront of the campaign in Nigeria against COVID-19 vaccines. On March 30, a former Nigerian minister announced on Twitter that he had taken the COVID-19 vaccine. Strange news! For over a year since the virus was […]
Gunmen have kidnapped at least six senior civil servants in Cameroon, authorities said. The abductions happened in Prime Minister Joseph Dion Ngute’s native Ndian Division in the English speaking South West region of the country on Tuesday. The Senior Divisional Officer (SDO) for Ndian, Lawrence Forwang confirmed the abductions which took place Tuesday by kidnappers […]
The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has called on the traditional institution to facilitate the safeguarding of children both at home and schools, saying the rate of kidnapping of school children was alarming. Chief of Kano Field Office, UNICEF Nigeria, Mr Maulid Warfa, made the call Thursday when he visited Katsina and Daura Emirates to […]
The African Union (AU) has launched an inquiry into human rights violations in Tigray, northern Ethiopia, becoming the first continental effort to investigate the conflict that began in November 4 when Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed ordered a military offensive against its regional forces. A statement from the AU headquarters in Addis Ababa said the team […]
Addis Abeba — Ethiopia’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs said it is “regrettable to note that the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights made a unilateral announcement on the establishment of a “Commission of Inquiry” and said it was “completely outside the scope of the invitation by the government and lacks legal basis.” On June […]
Addis Ababa — Passersby called the raucous campaigns this week in Addis Ababa “beautiful,” with many noting they had never seen political discourse like this before in Ethiopia. “Life has gotten expensive, and people have died in violence, but I hope elections can make this right,” said Melat Tesfaye, a 29-year-old mother of two, on […]
Johannesburg — Surge in State-Sponsored Harassment Ghana’s attorney general should drop charges against 21 human rights defenders who face ongoing judicial harassment after attending a paralegal training session, Human Rights Watch said today. The activists were charged with “unlawful assembly” for attending a meeting on how to document and report human rights violations against lesbian, […]