Nigeria: Was There Really a Consensus That Fuel Subsidy Should Go?/in /by
[Premium Times] In my last week's column (Beyond the PEPT's Judgement), I argued, among other things, that the Western brand of liberal democracy we currently practice does not, and cannot work in our type of society where the basis of even statehood remains contested. This is because the adversarial nature of our electoral competition aggravates the structures of conflicts in the society, deepening the fault lines necessarily mobilized as part of our identity politics and consequently undermining the nation-building
Clashes in Port Sudan for first time since war began/in /by
Clashes broke out Monday evening between the Sudanese army and a tribal militia in Port Sudan (east), a city which had until now been spared from the war that has been raging for five months in Sudan, according to witnesses.
Chad: Revision of the electoral register comes to an end/in /by
At the start of the revision of the electoral roll, the federalists threatened to boycott the operation on the grounds of irregularities in the process.
Pics of the day: September 18, 2023/in /by
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Nigeria: NNPCL, 12 Others Failed to Remit $9.85bn in 1 Year – NEITI/in /by
[Daily Trust] The Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL) and 13 other agencies allegedly failed to remit $9.85 billion in revenue to the federation account in one year, the Nigeria Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (NEITI) said yesterday.
DR Congo buries victims of August 30 crackdown/in /by
Dozens of bodies are laid to rest as the families call for justice to be done after around fifty civilians were killed at the protest by members of the Congolese armed forces. The government's official death toll so far stands at 57, with six soldiers, including two officers, being held responsible
South Africa: Court Awards Millions to Man After Unlawful Detention – South African News Briefs – September 19, 2023/in /by
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Libya: Vaccination campaign launched in flood-ravaged Derna, search efforts ongoing/in /by
Local officials, aid agencies and the World Health Organization "are concerned about the risk of disease outbreak, particularly from contaminated water and the lack of sanitation", the United Nations said Monday (Sep. 18).
Ethiopia’s Tsegay sets new women’s 5,000m world record/in /by
Ethiopia distance runner Gudaf Tsegay set a new world record on Sunday (Sep. 17) to wrap up the season at the Prefontaine Classic track and field meet. clocked 14min 00.21 sec to carve almost five seconds off the previous held by Kenyan Faith Kipyegon.
S.A: rhinos at world largest farm to be released in protected areas across Africa/in /by
Groups of the 2,000 rhinos will be relocated into protected areas across Africa. It’s a massive task which will have to be done in stages, moving hundreds of animals each year.