Amid protracted conflict in Sudan, the United States should work to lower the temperature amongst external actors, and support Sudanese citizens, who remain steadfast in their aspirations for a civilian-led government. Sudan’s suffering deepens by the hour, as self-serving army and militia forces battle for supremacy in a struggle totally divorced from the aims of the 2018-2019 revolution, in which the people of Sudan bravely stood up to one of the world’s most brutal...
Singapore, Canada and Denmark will be the three countries with the best business environment over the next five years, according to the latest business environment rankings, BER, by the Economic Intelligence Unit, EIU. EIU’s BER measures the attractiveness of the business environment in 82 countries quarterly, using a standard analytical framework with 91 indicators. The latest ranking for the second quarter of 2023 shows that North America and Western Europe continue to be the best...
A workshop to protect endangered animals like gorillas, chimpanzees, lions, and elephants were held at a workshop on Watershed Protection for Safe Sustainable Water Supply Calabar, Cross River, which aims to educate Nigerians on the need to protect its wildlife. Speaking at the event on Monday, which was sponsored by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), Dr. Inaoyom Imong, Director, of Cross River Landscape for the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) said Nigeria and...
28-year-old South African rapper and dancer, Costa Titch, has passed away after collapsing on stage during his performance at the Ultra South Africa festival held at the Johannesburg Expo on Saturday. His family confirmed his demise via an Instagram post on his page on Sunday. “Death has tragically knocked at our door. Robbing us of our beloved son, brother and grandson, Constantinos Tsobanoglou (28), who South Africa had come to love and idolize under his...
Kenya’s First Lady, Rachel Ruto has called for national prayers against homosexuality in the country, saying the family unit was under attack. Speaking on Sunday, Mrs Ruto said condoning same-sex sexual relations is against the values of the country. “We should not even try to talk about LGTBQ. This is a conversation we should not even have in our country because accepting it is like throwing our morals into the dustbin,” the First Lady said....
In the wake of reports of a Wagner Group plot in Chad, Washington should resist the urge to resurrect Cold War-era partnerships. Last week, the Wall Street Journal reported that Russia’s Wagner Group is working with rebels in Chad to target the country’s transitional president, Mahamat Idriss Deby, who came to power by extra-constitutional means when his father was killed in 2021. The plot paints a picture of an ambitious Russian strategy to gain influence in a block...
More than 150 voluntary Nigerian returnees were repatriated from Niamey, Niger Republic, and received by the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA), Lagos. The returnees included 98 male adults, 11 male children, two male infants and 24 female adults, 13 female children, and two female infants. The repatriation of the returnees was facilitated by the International Organization for Migration (IOM) arrived in a chartered aircraft operated by Sky Mali,...
When it comes to civil liberties in Africa, Western governments and institutions must put their monies where their mouths are. A marked disjuncture between the consolidation of democratic forms and the affirmation of civil liberties is one of the many paradoxes of Africa’s democratic evolution. On the whole, the sphere of individual liberty has shrunk in tandem with undeniable progress in formal institutionalization. The more regular elections have become, for instance, the less free the...
As the Kremlin-linked Wagner Group expands its Africa footprint, questions remain about what “neutrality” really looks like for African governments. By Alexandra Dent, Guest Contributor On New Year’s Day, video emerged of a young Ivorian serving with the Wagner Group on the frontlines of Ukraine. While being interviewed by Yevgeny Prigozhin, a close ally to Vladimir Putin and head of the Wagner Group, the fighter reveals that he lived in Moscow, and was released from prison...
A video of a Zambian football player being awarded five crates of eggs for being the man of a match has gone viral. Pulse reports that the player scored the only goal of the game which gave his team, Power Dynamos a 1-0 victory against their opponents, Nkana in a Zambian Super League fixture. After the match, officials named him the man of the match and rewarded him for his stellar performance. “Presenting to Kennedy...
