Nigerians praise government and military efforts to fight violent extremism but report high levels of fear and personal experience of such violence, a recent Afrobarometer survey reveals. They see extremist groups as receiving support from a wide variety of sources in the government, military, and extremist organizations abroad, and they […]
Thousands of people have attended a memorial service in South Africa to commemorate the life of Winnie Madikizela-Mandela. The anti-apartheid campaigner and ex-wife of Nelson Mandela, South Africa’s first black president, died on 2 April.
A woman arrested last month in Florida with drugs in her possession blamed the wind for the cocaine found in her purse. 26-year-old Kennecia Posey was stopped by Fort Pierce police on 21st March whilst trying to swerve with another passenger in a car. www.local10.com reports that an officer who […]
Kosovo Prime Minister Ramush Haradinaj has paid a visit to the wives of six Turkish teachers who on March 29 were abducted and flown to Turkey by Turkey’s notorious National Intelligence Organisation (MİT) by collaborating with Kosovar groups in its intelligence units. Haradinaj reportedly expressed his regrets over the incident, […]
Kenyan opposition figure Miguna Miguna says he was beaten and drugged before being forcibly removed from the country for a second time. The deportation came hours after a court held top officials in contempt for failing to release him from the airport where he was being held. Kenyan officials have […]
A Nigerian lawmaker has been declared wanted by the police. The controversial Senator Dino Melaye described himself in part as a democratic evangelists and private investigator. He is wanted over a fake assassination case. According to police Melaye provided false information in relation to an attempt on his life in […]
There are over 80,000 ghost police officers in Nigeria, data from the office of the Accountant-General of the Federation has revealed. According to local media reports, the disclosure came after staff count and full integration of payrolls across the country’s 42 police commands and formations into a federal information structure. […]
GENEVA (20 March 2018) – Routine extensions of the state of emergency in Turkey have led to profound human rights violations against hundreds of thousands of people – from arbitrary deprivation of the right to work and to freedom of movement, to torture and other ill-treatment, arbitrary detentions and infringements […]
The Ghana chapter of the Nigerians In the Diaspora Association, NIDO, a Federal Government of Nigeria backed grouping of Nigerians resident abroad, has noted with deep concern the recent spate of violent armed robbery in Ghana. In particular, NIDO has taken note of widespread observations from among social commentators, that […]
Russia is to expel 23 British diplomats amid tensions over the nerve agent attack on a former spy and his daughter in the UK. The Russian foreign ministry said staff from the UK’s Moscow embassy would be expelled within a week. It also said it would close the British Council […]
