Former Nigerian president, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo on Saturday received a doctorate from the country’s National Open University (NOUN). Obasanjo, who has twice governed Nigeria as a military ruler and democratic president, was among 14,769 graduands on the day. He received a doctorate in Christian Theology having defended his thesis months back. The University during its […]
When Washington is this broken, it’s always the most vulnerable who get hurt. Political careers may be made and lost Friday as President Donald Trump and Republicans and Democrats in Congress trade blame while the government races toward a midnight shutdown deadline. But while Washington fixates over the partisan stakes of the funding drama, the […]
Rabbi Shanna Potter-Jaffee, an American Civil Rights Activist has urged Americans to honour the legacy of Martin Rev Luther King Junior by sharing the hope for humanity and to shun what divided them. Americans should look out for what connected them to bring out the beauty of humanity for a brighter future, she noted when […]
Ghanaian Peacekeepers serving with the United Nations Mission in South Sudan has organized “fun-day” for displaced children in a protection site in Bentiu. The Ghanaian Peacekeepers took this nimble and playful, yet robust initiative to engage with hundreds of boys and girls as a way of encouraging healthy social interaction. A statement to the Ghana […]
Citizens in the Gambia are enjoying freedom after over two decades of highhanded reign by former president Yahya Jammeh. According to a recent report released by U.S. based pro democracy outlet Freedom House, The Gambia had moved from the status of ‘not free’ to partially free.’ They pinned the change squarely on the exit of […]
Ethiopian opposition leader Merera Gudina has been freed after more than a year in detention. Merera becomes the first ‘political prisoner’ to be released since Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn announced on 3 January that the government will pardon several convicted politicians and those with cases in court in a bid to foster national cohesion. Prison […]
Today is the first day of fasting and praying for God’s intervention in the ongoing cholera epidemic in Zambia, and many on social media are not amused. The one week prayer and fasting period was declared by Zambia’s minister of Religion and National Guidance, with a stern warning that ‘the occasion must be taken serious […]
George Charamba, former spokesperson for Robert Mugabe says there was fear that Mugabe’s last days will be like that of ex – Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi, a Zimbabwe news portal, Daily News reported over the weekend. According to him, at the height of the mediation effort to get Mugabe to step down, it dawned on […]
The new leader of South Africa’s ruling African National Congress (ANC) party, Cyril Ramaphosa, has said the question of whether President Jacob Zuma should step down would be addressed “as time goes on”. There has been widespread speculation that Ramaphosa and his allies are lobbying ANC members to oust Zuma as head of state in […]
Liberia’s ruling Unity Party has expelled the country’s outgoing president, Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, who is accused by party leaders of meddling in last year’s presidential elections in which its candidate suffered a bruising defeat. Johnson Sirleaf, a Nobel Peace Prize laureate who has been in power for 12 years, denies the party’s allegations that she […]
