The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has gotten the nod from a Federal High Court in Abuja to begin Senator Dino Melaye’s recall process. The Senator from Kogi west had approached the Federal High Court to challenge his planned recall…
Motsoeneng to fight Labour Court ruling on legal costs
Former SABC COO Hlaudi Motsoeneng is set to instruct his lawyers to appeal a ruling in the Johannesburg Labour Court‚ which has ordered him to share legal costs amounting to over R1 million. Judge David Gush ruled on Friday that…
Omotoso’s second bail application denied
The charismatic Nigerian pastor Timothy Omotoso failed to present any new facts to the Port Elizabeth Magistrate’s Court in his second bail application, and will therefore remain behind bars for now. Magistrate Thandeka Mashiyi, who presided over both of Omotoso’s…
sossion: Why I turned down ODM nomination
Kenya National Union of Teachers Secretary General Wilson Sossion has said he turned down nomination to the National Assembly by the Orange Democratic Movement to concentrate on steering labour movements he chairs. Sossion said on Friday that he asked the…
Orphaned Kids Build New Lives After Sierra Leone’s Mudslides
Seven-year-old Ali Mansaray must build a new life for himself after surviving the mudslides and flooding that killed nearly 500 people, including his parents, in Sierra Leone last week. Now he is being looked after by his grandmother, who was…
Angola awaits election results amid opposition complaints
Angolans are awaiting the results of an election in which the defense minister is the front-runner to succeed President Jose Eduardo dos Santos, who will quit after 38 years in power. While election officials say Wednesday’s vote went smoothly despite…
Attacks increasingly targeting displaced people in northeast Nigeria
Dozens of people where killed yesterday when multiple suicide bombers detonated devises outside a camp sheltering displaced people in Borno State. Attacks on civilians sheltering in displacement sites are on the rise, worsening an already dire situation for people on…
Somalia celebrates 3 years polio-free: WHO urges continued caution
Somalia stopped endemic poliovirus transmission in 2002 but has been twice affected by importations of the virus An event attended by the President of Somalia, parliamentarians, delegates from the Somali Ministry of Health, World Health Organization and UNICEF, was held…
President Farmajo congratulates President Uhuru Kenyatta on his re-election for a second term
President Farmajo is confident that the re-election of President Kenyatta would foster further cooperation on bilateral and diplomatic relations between Somalia and Kenya H.E. President Mohamed Abdullahi Farmajo congratulates H.E. President Uhuru Kenyatta on his re-election as the President of…
Government unveils report, highlights impact of climate related hazards and urbanization on child welfare
WHAT: The Government of Uganda and UNICEF will launch a report titled Emerging Global Challenges: Climate Related Hazards and Urbanization – Protecting Uganda’s Children, to highlight the impact of climate related hazards and urbanization on child welfare. WHEN: Wednesday…