3 yr. ago
Britain to fly asylum seekers to Rwanda for processing
14 Apr
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson will seek to move on from the uproar caused by his Covid-19 lockdown fine by announcing a plan to fly asylum seekers to Rwanda to be processed.
#britain #borisjohnson
14 Apr
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson will seek to move on from the uproar caused by his Covid-19 lockdown fine by announcing a plan to fly asylum seekers to Rwanda to be processed.
#britain #borisjohnson
3 yr. ago
South Sudan food insecurity likely to rise, UN agency says
Intensified intercommunal clashes in the Abyei Administrative Area (AAA) in South Sudan between February and March led to the displacement of up to 100 000 people, the United Nations Central Emergency Response Fund (CERF) has said.
#southsudan #un
Intensified intercommunal clashes in the Abyei Administrative Area (AAA) in South Sudan between February and March led to the displacement of up to 100 000 people, the United Nations Central Emergency Response Fund (CERF) has said.
#southsudan #un
3 yr. ago
Zimbabwe deports DRC refugees who allegedly looted food at refugee camp
The Zimbabwean government deported about 70 refugees back to the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) in violation of international humanitarian law, the United States Embassy in Harare said. Officials rounded up 80 refugees who were alleged to have looted food rations from the Tongorara Refugee Camps warehouse and put them in a Harare prison. Ten were found not guilty and the rest were deported.
#harare #tongorara
The Zimbabwean government deported about 70 refugees back to the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) in violation of international humanitarian law, the United States Embassy in Harare said. Officials rounded up 80 refugees who were alleged to have looted food rations from the Tongorara Refugee Camps warehouse and put them in a Harare prison. Ten were found not guilty and the rest were deported.
#harare #tongorara
3 yr. ago
Botswana to translocate 500 elephants to Mozambique
Two years after pledging 500 elephants to Mozambique as a gift, Botswana says the animals are set to be translocated in the near future. This was revealed by President Mokgweetsi Masisi during a three-day state visit by Mozambiques President Filipe Nyusi that ends on Good Friday.
#botswana #filipenyusi
Two years after pledging 500 elephants to Mozambique as a gift, Botswana says the animals are set to be translocated in the near future. This was revealed by President Mokgweetsi Masisi during a three-day state visit by Mozambiques President Filipe Nyusi that ends on Good Friday.
#botswana #filipenyusi
3 yr. ago
Ivory Coast PM and government resign
Ivory Coasts prime minister resigned on Wednesday and a new "streamlined" government will take shape next week, President Alassane Ouattara announced. Speaking at the opening of outgoing Prime Minister Patrick Achis last cabinet meeting, Ouattara said he had accepted the governments resignation and would "from next week appoint a new prime minister who will come to me to propose a streamlined government."
Ivory Coasts prime minister resigned on Wednesday and a new "streamlined" government will take shape next week, President Alassane Ouattara announced. Speaking at the opening of outgoing Prime Minister Patrick Achis last cabinet meeting, Ouattara said he had accepted the governments resignation and would "from next week appoint a new prime minister who will come to me to propose a streamlined government."
3 yr. ago
Namibias youngest MP challenges the president to take a salary cut
The youngest parliamentarian in Namibia, Inna Koviao Hengari, 26, has challenged President Hage Gottfried Geingob, 80, and other African leaders to take salary cuts or go without, like some of their peers on the continent.
#namibia #innakoviao #hagegottfried
The youngest parliamentarian in Namibia, Inna Koviao Hengari, 26, has challenged President Hage Gottfried Geingob, 80, and other African leaders to take salary cuts or go without, like some of their peers on the continent.
#namibia #innakoviao #hagegottfried
3 yr. ago
Forces are disrupting insurgency in Mozambique - but fight is not over, says SANDF chief
South Africas military chief said Wednesday that multinational forces had been able to "disrupt" jihadist rebels in northern Mozambique since their deployment there last year.
#southafrica #mozambique
South Africas military chief said Wednesday that multinational forces had been able to "disrupt" jihadist rebels in northern Mozambique since their deployment there last year.
#southafrica #mozambique
3 yr. ago
Seven police officers, 4 soldiers die in Niger attacks
Seven Niger police officers and four soldiers were killed on Tuesday in two separate attacks near the countrys borders with Burkina Faso and Libya, the government said Wednesday.
#niger #libya #burkinafaso
Seven Niger police officers and four soldiers were killed on Tuesday in two separate attacks near the countrys borders with Burkina Faso and Libya, the government said Wednesday.
#niger #libya #burkinafaso
3 yr. ago
Egyptian activist takes British nationality in campaign against detention
The family of one of Egypts most prominent human rights activists, Alaa Abd el-Fattah, said on Monday he had obtained British citizenship as part of a campaign to win his release from prison and spotlight the plight of fellow detainees.
#abdelfattah #egyptianactivist
The family of one of Egypts most prominent human rights activists, Alaa Abd el-Fattah, said on Monday he had obtained British citizenship as part of a campaign to win his release from prison and spotlight the plight of fellow detainees.
#abdelfattah #egyptianactivist
3 yr. ago
Dozens dead after gunmen ransack central Nigerian villages
Gunmen have killed over 100 people after ransacking a group of villages in central Nigeria, local sources said, in one of worst attacks this year blamed on heavily armed criminal gangs who terrorise parts of the country.
#gunmen #Nigeria
Gunmen have killed over 100 people after ransacking a group of villages in central Nigeria, local sources said, in one of worst attacks this year blamed on heavily armed criminal gangs who terrorise parts of the country.
#gunmen #Nigeria
3 yr. ago
Egypt prosecution says no criminal suspicion in economist’s death
Egypts state-appointed human rights council has urged prosecutors to investigate whether an economic researcher, who authorities say died in a state mental health facility last month, was a victim of forced disappearance. The country’s public prosecution said there was no criminal suspicion in the death.
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Egypts state-appointed human rights council has urged prosecutors to investigate whether an economic researcher, who authorities say died in a state mental health facility last month, was a victim of forced disappearance. The country’s public prosecution said there was no criminal suspicion in the death.
#egypt
3 yr. ago
SA developer quit his job to fold origami, and landed deals with Dior, RedBull, and Pixar
South African website developer Ross Symons quit his ad agency job in 2014 and started folding origami animals that he posted daily on Instagram. But one year later, French fashion house Christian Dior commissioned him to create origami for a campaign that paid double his old salary. Since then hes secured deals folding origami art for global brands such as Red Bull, Investec, Samsung, Adidas, McDonalds, Disney, and Nordstrom.
#rosssymons #nordstrom
South African website developer Ross Symons quit his ad agency job in 2014 and started folding origami animals that he posted daily on Instagram. But one year later, French fashion house Christian Dior commissioned him to create origami for a campaign that paid double his old salary. Since then hes secured deals folding origami art for global brands such as Red Bull, Investec, Samsung, Adidas, McDonalds, Disney, and Nordstrom.
#rosssymons #nordstrom
3 yr. ago
Gunmen in Nigeria train attack show more hostages
Gunmen who carried out a high-profile attack on a train in northwest Nigeria last month have released a video showing about two dozen of the hostages they kidnapped in the assault.
#gunmen #nigeriantrain
Gunmen who carried out a high-profile attack on a train in northwest Nigeria last month have released a video showing about two dozen of the hostages they kidnapped in the assault.
#gunmen #nigeriantrain
3 yr. ago
Food aid starts to flow into northern Ethiopia after mini-truce
The World Food Programme (WFP) in Ethiopia says, by Friday last week, an estimated 200 000 people in parts of Amhara had received food aid since the mini-truce was put in place. Amhara is one of the hardest-hit areas by the conflict in the north, and the Ethiopian government says repairing infrastructural damage could take up to 30 years.
#foodaid #worldfoodprogramme
The World Food Programme (WFP) in Ethiopia says, by Friday last week, an estimated 200 000 people in parts of Amhara had received food aid since the mini-truce was put in place. Amhara is one of the hardest-hit areas by the conflict in the north, and the Ethiopian government says repairing infrastructural damage could take up to 30 years.
#foodaid #worldfoodprogramme
3 yr. ago
Sudanese protesters mark third anniversary of Bashir’s removal
Crowds of Sudanese protesters gathered in parts of the capital, Khartoum, and other cities on Monday to mark the third anniversary of former leader Omar al-Bashir’s removal and to protest the prospect of renewed military rule.
#sudan #bashir #sudanese
Crowds of Sudanese protesters gathered in parts of the capital, Khartoum, and other cities on Monday to mark the third anniversary of former leader Omar al-Bashir’s removal and to protest the prospect of renewed military rule.
#sudan #bashir #sudanese
3 yr. ago
Death toll from DR Congo blast revised down to six
Authorities in DR Congo on Friday said six people died in a blast in the countrys troubled east caused by a suspected bomb. The previous toll from the explosion on Thursday in Goma, the capital of North Kivu province, had been put at eight dead.
#congo #bombblast
Authorities in DR Congo on Friday said six people died in a blast in the countrys troubled east caused by a suspected bomb. The previous toll from the explosion on Thursday in Goma, the capital of North Kivu province, had been put at eight dead.
#congo #bombblast
3 yr. ago
Bobi Wine calls on world leaders to cut ties with Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni
More than 85% of Ugandans have seen no other president in their lifetime, because President Yoweri Museveni has always changed the constitution to stay in power, opposition leader Bobi Wine said at the Geneva Summit for Human Rights and Democracy this week.
#bobiwine #yowerimuseveni #uganda
More than 85% of Ugandans have seen no other president in their lifetime, because President Yoweri Museveni has always changed the constitution to stay in power, opposition leader Bobi Wine said at the Geneva Summit for Human Rights and Democracy this week.
#bobiwine #yowerimuseveni #uganda
3 yr. ago
Nigerias VP Osinbajo to seek ruling party ticket to run for president
Nigerian vice president Yemi Osinbajo will seek the ruling All Progressives Party (APC) ticket to run for president next February, he said in a Twitter message on Monday, as he bids to succeed his boss Muhammadu Buhari in Africas top oil producer.
#yemiosibanjo #Nigeria #presidentialticket
Nigerian vice president Yemi Osinbajo will seek the ruling All Progressives Party (APC) ticket to run for president next February, he said in a Twitter message on Monday, as he bids to succeed his boss Muhammadu Buhari in Africas top oil producer.
#yemiosibanjo #Nigeria #presidentialticket
3 yr. ago
Nigeria grants MTN licence for mobile money banking service
The Central Bank of Nigeria has approved the licence for MTNs Mobile Money (MoMo) Payment Service Bank in the country, extending its services to wider banking operations, it was announced on Monday.
#mtn #Nigeria #centralbankofnigeria #mobilemoney
The Central Bank of Nigeria has approved the licence for MTNs Mobile Money (MoMo) Payment Service Bank in the country, extending its services to wider banking operations, it was announced on Monday.
#mtn #Nigeria #centralbankofnigeria #mobilemoney
3 yr. ago
Mandela’s Robben Island artworks will be sold this week – as an NFT set for R54,000
Nelson Mandela produced a series of five artworks, depicting his time spent incarcerated on Robben Island, in the early 2000s. The artworks and a handwritten motivation will now be minted and sold as non-fungible tokens or NFTs by the London-based auction house, Bonhams.
#nelsonmadela #nft
Nelson Mandela produced a series of five artworks, depicting his time spent incarcerated on Robben Island, in the early 2000s. The artworks and a handwritten motivation will now be minted and sold as non-fungible tokens or NFTs by the London-based auction house, Bonhams.
#nelsonmadela #nft
3 yr. ago
Buhari Writes Reps, Seeks Increase In Petrol Subsidy To ₦4 Trillion
President Muhammadu Buhari has asked the House of Representatives to adjust the Medium Term Expenditure Framework (MTEF) to accommodate the projected N4 trillion for petroleum subsidy in 2022.
#petrol #muhammadubuhari
President Muhammadu Buhari has asked the House of Representatives to adjust the Medium Term Expenditure Framework (MTEF) to accommodate the projected N4 trillion for petroleum subsidy in 2022.
#petrol #muhammadubuhari
3 yr. ago
Tope Awotona, Founder of Calendly, Graces Forbes Billionaire List
On the cover of the 36th edition of Forbes’ Billionaires Issue this year is Nigeria-born Tope Awotona, the founder of Calendly, the scheduling app that is now worth $3 billion. Last year alone, Calendly made $100 million in revenue, double what it booked the previous year.
#topeawotona #calendly
On the cover of the 36th edition of Forbes’ Billionaires Issue this year is Nigeria-born Tope Awotona, the founder of Calendly, the scheduling app that is now worth $3 billion. Last year alone, Calendly made $100 million in revenue, double what it booked the previous year.
#topeawotona #calendly
3 yr. ago
More than half of public health issues in Africa linked to climate change: WHO
More than half of the 2 121 public health events recorded in the past two decades in Africa were climate-related, the World Health Organisation (WHO) said in a new report to mark World Health Day. Natural disasters had also spiked dramatically since 2010, with 70% of all-natural disasters occurring between 2017 and 2021.
#who #africa #naturaldisaster
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More than half of the 2 121 public health events recorded in the past two decades in Africa were climate-related, the World Health Organisation (WHO) said in a new report to mark World Health Day. Natural disasters had also spiked dramatically since 2010, with 70% of all-natural disasters occurring between 2017 and 2021.
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3 yr. ago
Rwanda becomes first African country to launch centre dedicated to artificial intelligence
Rwanda has launched its C4IR, saying it will "work with stakeholders around the world to design and pilot new approaches to technology governance that foster innovation in an inclusive and responsible manner".
#rwanda #artificialintelligencecenter
Rwanda has launched its C4IR, saying it will "work with stakeholders around the world to design and pilot new approaches to technology governance that foster innovation in an inclusive and responsible manner".
#rwanda #artificialintelligencecenter
3 yr. ago
US agency makes R152 million available to combat malnutrition in northern Nigeria
The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) has launched a two-year feeding scheme in the northern Nigerian states of Bauchi, Kebbi and Sokoto at a time when malnutrition is the single underlying cause of death in children under the age of five.
#usagency #Nigeria #malnutrition
The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) has launched a two-year feeding scheme in the northern Nigerian states of Bauchi, Kebbi and Sokoto at a time when malnutrition is the single underlying cause of death in children under the age of five.
#usagency #Nigeria #malnutrition
3 yr. ago
Burkina ex-president Blaise Compaore gets life for Sankara killing
A military court in Burkina Faso on Wednesday handed down a life term to former president Blaise Compaore over the 1987 assassination of revolutionary leader Thomas Sankara.
#thomassankara #burkinafaso
A military court in Burkina Faso on Wednesday handed down a life term to former president Blaise Compaore over the 1987 assassination of revolutionary leader Thomas Sankara.
#thomassankara #burkinafaso
3 yr. ago
West Africa faces historic food crisis driven by conflict, price surge
West Africa is facing its worst food crisis on record driven by conflict, drought, and the impact of the war in Ukraine on food prices and availability, aid agencies said on Tuesday.
#westafrica #foodcrisis
West Africa is facing its worst food crisis on record driven by conflict, drought, and the impact of the war in Ukraine on food prices and availability, aid agencies said on Tuesday.
#westafrica #foodcrisis
3 yr. ago
Paul Rusesabagina (Hotel Rwanda Hero) Sentenced To 25 Years In Prison
The Court of Appeal of Rwanda confirmed on Monday the sentence to 25 years in prison for "terrorism" of the opponent Paul Rusesabagina, made famous by the film "Hotel Rwanda", rejecting the appeal of the prosecution who wanted a longer sentence. heavy.
#paulrusesabagina #hotelrwanda
The Court of Appeal of Rwanda confirmed on Monday the sentence to 25 years in prison for "terrorism" of the opponent Paul Rusesabagina, made famous by the film "Hotel Rwanda", rejecting the appeal of the prosecution who wanted a longer sentence. heavy.
#paulrusesabagina #hotelrwanda
