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AfricaColumnsUnited StatesTorture in Uganda Prompts U.S. Introspection

PilotnewsFebruary 18, 2022

The United States is reconsidering its longstanding partnership with Uganda’s abusive government.   By Michelle Gavin, Guest Columnist, and Blogger The harrowing story of Kakwenza Rukirabashaija—a Ugandan writer whose tweets critical of President Yoweri Museveni and his powerful son, Muhoozi Kainerugaba, landed him in detention—has made it impossible to pretend that the repression and political violence that accompanied the 2021 election cycle were temporary features of Uganda’s political landscape. Rukirabashaija, who was held incommunicado and claims to...

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Foreign PolicyNewsUnited StatesUS Announces ‘No Interview’ Visa Renewal in Nigeria, Gives Conditions

Bada Yusuf Amoo (Correspondent)February 1, 2022

LAGOS — The US Mission in Nigeria has announced the commencement of a no-interview visa renewal programme for Nigerians. After the launch of the initiative, it will be evaluated based on fraud and workload factors before possible scaling and expansion and will commence in Lagos this month. The US mission in a statement on its official website explained that the initiative is part of its continuous commitment to expand and innovate consular services despite the...

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Foreign PolicyHuman Rights & FreedomUnited StatesU.S. Pledges to Support Nigeria’s Fight Against Modern-day Slavery

PilotnewsJanuary 28, 2022

ABUJA — The U.S. government on Thursday pledged to support Nigeria in its efforts to combat modern-day slavery and all forms of human trafficking and smuggling. Ms. Kathleen FlitzGibbon Deputy Chief of Mission at the U.S. Embassy in Abuja said this at an event organised to commemorate the 2022 National Human Trafficking Awareness Month. The event, held in collaboration with the DEVATOP Center for African Development under its “TALKAM” Human Rights Project, had the theme...

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Crime & SecurityUnited StatesUN Condemns Bandit Attacks in Zamfara

Beloved John (Staff Writer)January 12, 2022

The secretary-general of the United Nations (UN), Antonio Guterres, has criticized the attacks on Zamfara residents by bandits. This was indicated in a statement issued on Monday by Stephane Dujarric, the secretary-general’s spokesman. As noted in the statement, Guterres condoled with families affected, urging the federal government to fish out those responsible. He urges the FG to spare no effort in bringing those responsible for the attack to justice. “The Secretary-General strongly condemns the appalling...

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Crime & SecurityUnited StatesThree White Men Sentence to Life In Prison After Killing Black Jogger

Bada Yusuf Amoo (Correspondent)January 8, 2022

Three white men of the United States have been convicted form murdering African American jogger Ahmaud Arbery after chasing him in their pickup trucks, they were sentenced to life in prison on Friday in a case that highlighted US tensions over racial injustice. Travis McMichael, 35, and his father Gregory McMichael, 66, were sentenced to life without parole, while their neighbor, William “Roddie” Bryan, 52, had a less direct role in the murder and cooperated...

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Award & RecognitionUnited NationsUnited StatesUN Nations Pay Tribute at 9/11 Museum in New York

PilotnewsSeptember 21, 2021

NEW YORK — UN nations on Monday paid tribute at the 9/11 Memorial and Museum in New York, to commemorate the 20th anniversary of the September 11 attacks launched against the U.S. that changed the course of history. UN Counter-Terrorism chief, Vladimir Voronkov, in his message to commemorate the anniversary, said the UN would continue to stand in solidarity with all victims of terrorism. Speaking at the 9/11 Memorial and Museum in downtown Manhattan where the...

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Anthony Obi OgboColumnsPoliticsUnited StatesGovernor Greg Abbott’s COVID-19 woes: Karma is not a bitch, it’s a fair judge

PilotnewsAugust 18, 2021

Texas Governor―an inglorious conservative extremist who banned mask and vaccine mandates tests positive for COVID, and we should not be worried So, the latest victim of karma is Texas Governor Gregg Abbott, who recently led a school of anti-science numbskulls to ban mask and vaccine mandates in the state of Texas. The news is the power-intoxicated Governor tested positive for COVID-19 on Tuesday, just a day after attending a super-spreader indoor campaign event at the...

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