On Tuesday 25 September 2018, on the sides of the United Nations General Assembly meetings, Melinda Gates handed over the co-chairmanship of an all women led philanthropy group, Maverick Collective, to South African businesswoman and philanthropist, Dr Precious Moloi-Motsepe at a special gathering in New York City (NYC). “It makes […]
Corrupt Sierra Leonean officials have been selling fraudulent service and diplomatic passports for thousands of dollars to individuals hoping to use them to enter the United States, the country’s anti-corruption commissioner told Reuters. Africa has a thriving black market for illegal passports, prompting the United States, Britain and others to […]
At least 35 people were killed on Monday and hundreds injured when a gas tanker exploded in the northern Nigerian state of Nasarawa and started a blaze, the state emergency agency said. “We are trying to ascertain and liaise with other stakeholders, to get an accurate figure of what […]
Nigerian president Muhammadu Buhari returned to the country on Saturday evening after a 10 working day vacation to the United Kingdom. His plane landed at the Abuja airport where he was received by top officials of government. In his first interview after returning, Buhari addressed the issue of corruption and […]
Militia violence in the Democratic Republic of Congo has prevented aid workers from reaching some potential cases in an outbreak of Ebola that has so far killed 44 people, the World Health Organization said on Friday. At least 1,500 people have been potentially exposed to the deadly virus in North […]
The United States has formally commented on the political situation in Zimbabwe noting that the historic process should be challenged via legal channels. But of more importance that the July 30 polls should spur leaders on to plan and execute much needed reforms for the southern African nation affected negatively […]
A Russian helicopter has crash-landed in Krasnoyarsk Territory, with reports saying at least 18 people have died. Russia’s emergencies ministry said the MI-8 went down at 10:20 local time (03:20 GMT), about 180km (112 miles) from the town of Igarka. The ministry provided no further details. Russian media quoted sources […]
A Turkish educator in Mongolia was briefly abducted on Friday, in what appeared to be the latest episode of a global campaign by Turkey’s president to capture suspected allies of the exiled cleric accused of plotting a 2016 coup attempt. The educator, Veysel Akcay, runs a network of international […]
Whoever said Africa was not capable of managing its own affairs had yet to encounter the Ecowas Youth Volunteer Scheme. To ECOWAS insiders, it’s the de facto “Marshall Plan” of ECOWAS that seeks to uplift the Mano River Union countries embedded within ECOWAS — Liberia; Sierra Leone; Guinea-Bissau — from […]
A US governor has spared a convicted killer sentenced to die after a juror said that his childhood abuse had not been properly detailed at trial. Ohio Governor John Kasich commuted Raymond Tibbetts’ sentence to life in jail due to “fundamental flaws” in his sentencing. Juror Ross Geiger found evidence […]
