The Nigerian Senator who inspired the series ‘Orange is the new black’ died of COVID
Former Nigerian senator and businessman believed to have inspired Piper Kerman’s popular Netflix series, “Orange is the New Black,” Buruji Kashamu is reportedly dead. A local Nigerian media outlet, The Premium Times, confirmed his demise by reporting that a close associate to the deceased Senator alleged that he died as a result of COVID-19. “I […]
Ghana: Opposition party drags government to the UN for tribal discrimination
The Secretary-General of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC), Johnson Asiedu Nketia, revealed in an interview on a local radio station, Kasapa FM, that his party has dragged the ruling government to the United Nations. The case was filed on grounds of ethnic profiling and discrimination by way of denying people of the ewe tribe, […]
78-year-old Ivorian President Announced a Third-term Bid, Reneging From His Previous Promise
Ivory Coast President Alassane Ouattara said he would run for third term after being nominated by his ruling party. This decision came after the death of his preferred successor, the country’s ex-Prime Minister who died in July. Mr Ouattara has been ruling Ivory Coast since 2011 after replacing the then-President Gbagbo. Getting him to power cost the country […]
We must free ourselves from economic arrangements designed by former colonial powers – President of Ghana
The President of Ghana earlier proposed legislation which was approved by parliament to set aside August 4th as Founders day with the day established as a public holiday to acknowledge the role played by successive generations of Ghanaians towards the liberation of the country from colonialism and imperialism. In a statement released to commemorate the […]
US-based Wildlife Organization apologizes for displaying a black man in a monkey zoo
The Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) has issued a statement rendering an apology for their inhumane act of displaying a black man in a Zoo they run in New York City as part of commitments to fight racial injustice in the United States. “We apologize for and condemn the treatment of a young Central African from […]
Why Should The EU Finance ECOWAS Security Operation In The Gambia?
On May 28, 1975, Lagos, Nigeria, West African countries met to form a regional body called The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS). The founding fathers had a dream of building a robust regional bloc to improve the living standard of its citizens, but forty-five years later, ECOWAS is a skimpy slice of what […]
Both US and EU always hold tech companies accountable; must the AU do same?
Today’s world has gone digital with many people depending on social and other online media platforms for almost everything; whilst some people use these platforms to do business by meeting potential customers, others use them for religious, educational, entertainment purposes by way of meeting new people, sharing information and having fun. Some equally depend on […]
Gambia’s Vice President Tests Positive for COVID-19; President Placed Under Isolation
The Vice President of The Gambia, Dr. Isatou Touray, has tested positive for Coronavirus the Gambia Government announced through its various social media sites Yesterday. “The Office of the President informs the public that Her Excellency, the Vice President, Dr. Isatou Touray, has been tested positive of COVID-19. Consequently, the President, Adama Barrow, will be […]
Zimbabwean government threaten to repatriate US ambassador
The ruling Zanu Party of the Republic of Zimbabwe has referred to the United State’s Ambassador to Zimbabwe, Brian Nicholas as a diplomatic “Thug” in a recent address with reporters in the country. The incumbent government believes the US ambassador is in a way supporting the opposition party and is behind plots to remove the […]
Zimbabwe Agreed to Compensate White Farmers $3.5 Billion
The Finance Minister, Mthuli Ncube and acting Agriculture Minister Oppah Muchinguri-Kashiri have on behalf of the government of Zimbabwe signed an agreement with white farmers union to pay the sum of $3.5 billion compensation to white farmers whose lands were seized by Robert Mugabe’s regime to resettle black families in the southern African nation. It could […]