Nigeria: 3rd Time in 2 Months – Howls of Anguish As Petrol Price Goes Up
[Vanguard] Lagos -- IT was anguish, yesterday, as the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited, NNPCL, raised the pump price of Premium Motor Spirit (PMS), also known as petrol, by 15 per cent across the country.
Daniel Chapo: A potential successor to president Filipe Nyusi
Voters in Mozambique cast their ballots for a new president on Wednesday, in an election anticipated to prolong the ruling party's nearly 49-year reign since the country achieved independence from Portugal in 1975.
Nigeria: NLC Demands Immediate Reversal of Fuel Price Hike
[This Day] Abuja -- Organised labour under the auspices of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has asked the federal government to immediately reverse the hike in the recent pump price of Premium Motor Spirit as well as previous increases.
Nigeria: Labour Laments New Petrol Pump Price As Queues Resurface
[Leadership] Organised labour has expressed discontent with the latest hike in fuel price, which now exceeds N1,000 per litre.
Human Rights: Violence against women and girls in sports becoming systematic
Special Rapporteur on violence against women and girls Reem Alsalem said, “Violence against women and girls in sport is a serious, systemic and systematic human rights issue that demands immediate attention at all levels.”
Mixed reactions among Kenyans following the impeachment of the deputy president
Kenyans reacted on Wednesday after parliament overwhelmingly voted to impeach the country's deputy president.
Survivors of Haiti’s massacre recall moments of the attack
Such massacres were limited to the capital of Port-au-Prince, of which 80% is controlled by gangs and is now being patrolled by Kenyan police leading a U.N.-backed mission struggling with a lack of funds and personnel.
Rwandan artists present a “genocide play” in a theater in Pakistan
Rwandan artists presented a play called "Generation 25," which features lessons from the 1994 genocide in Rwanda.
Hurricane Milton nears Florida, evacuations urgent
“Everybody in Tampa Bay should assume we are going to be ground zero,”
EU parliament debates Sudan conflict, calls for civilian transition
Sudan is the largest displacement crisis in the world, Věra Jourová, Vice President of the European Commission for Values and Transparency, said as the European Parliament debated the situation in the war-torn country on Tuesday.