On April 5th 2022, Mubarak Bala – the president of the Humanist Association of Nigeria – plead guilty to charges attached to blasphemy. The sentence that followed caused shockwaves throughout the country, reverberating around the world, and placing the threats to freedom of expression in Africa’s most populous country under new scrutiny. BBC’s Yemisi Adegoke…
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https://static01.nyt.com/images/2022/11/03/world/03ethiopia‑1/03ethiopia-1-moth.jpgFighters in the country’s northern Tigray region, who fought a bitter two-year war against the Ethiopian Army, must disarm within 30 days and allow security forces to take control of Tigray’s capital.
After two years of catastrophic and brutal conflict, Ethiopia’s warring sides have agreed to a permanent cessation of hostilities.
https://static01.nyt.com/images/2022/11/02/world/02ethiopia-1sub/02ethiopia-1sub-moth.jpgAfter two years of fighting that left hundreds of thousands dead and millions displaced and facing starvation, the surprise deal came out of peace talks convened by the African Union in South Africa.
When last did you pick up an actual book with the intention of reading for leisure rather than compulsory study? Well, let me attempt to convince you why this is of great importance for not just you, but all of us. Books are great sources of information. As we all know, information is power. Missionaries Introduced…
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In 2021 the global mobile value stood at 1 trillion dollars. The African continent accounted for about 70 percent of the statistics. The adoption of mobile money in Africa continues to rise with Global System for Mobile Communications(GSMA) figures highlighting an increase from 27.5 billion in 2020 to 36.7 billion in 2021. Mobile Money Enables Growth…
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https://gdb.voanews.com/013b0000-0aff-0242–0501–08dab91924fd_w800_h450.jpgThe Biden administration has revised a program that protected from deportation hundreds of thousands of undocumented immigrants brought to the United States as children, in hopes of satisfying one of the arguments made by Republican-led states in federal courts that the program was not created properly. Biden officials issued the new version of Deferred Action…
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https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/peter-obi-nigeria.jpgPeter Obi belongs to the Igbo minority and lacks a major party platform, but he promises a break from the country’s corrupt gerontocracy.
https://static01.nyt.com/images/2022/10/26/us/politics/00dc-somalia‑1/merlin_214253262_23be67d4-5be9-4e2f-aacd-b1f038b3cf86-moth.jpgA new administration in Somalia has launched an offensive against Al Shabab, which are also facing an uprising from local militias.
https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/GettyImages-469613366.jpgThe West is using the wrong analogy for Russia’s invasion—and worsening the outcome.