Togo postpones elections after new constitution row »
GLORIA ARADI Togo has delayed parliamentary and regional elections amid tensions following controversial constitutional reform. The reform approved by lawmakers late last month replaced the presidential system with a parliamentary…
Apr 14 2024 / No Comment / Read More »Uganda’s Constitutional Court rejects petition against anti-gay law »
Anti-Homosexuality Act 2023 imposes penalties of up to life in prison for consensual same-sex relations and possible death in ‘aggravated homosexuality’ cases. Uganda’s Constitutional Court has rejected a petition seeking…
Apr 14 2024 / No Comment / Read More »West African Project Helps Women Farmers Claim Their Rights, Land »
Mariama Sonko’s voice resounded through the circle of 40 women farmers sitting in the shade of a cashew tree. They scribbled notes, brows furrowed in concentration as her lecture was…
Apr 14 2024 / No Comment / Read More »Nigeria joins global efforts to curb plastic waste »
STUART BRAUN The number of countries around the world banning plastic bags is growing, but enforcement is still an issue, especially in regions like Africa. In January, Nigeria became the…
Mar 26 2024 / No Comment / Read More »Over 400 lawmakers, activists, actors and more sign letter calling on Biden to support bills on racial equity »
“The state of our Union depends upon” these bills, the letter reads. BEATRICE PETERSON More than 400 lawmakers, activists, civil…
Apr 14 2024 / No Comment / Read More »Blaxit: Tired of Racism, Black Americans Try Life in Africa »
Black people make up about 14 percent of the U.S. population. Many of them are wondering what it would be…
Mar 11 2024 / No Comment / Read More »‘We’ve lost our minds’: Ben Carson slams squatter’s rights after New York family home taken over — warns America will be ‘destroyed from within’ if law-abiding citizens aren’t protected »
JING PAN When you spend millions of dollars buying your dream home, you naturally anticipate the freedom to live in…
Mar 11 2024 / No Comment / Read More »Canadian Province Announces Two-year Ban on Admission Of Nigerians, Other International Students »
British Columbia is banning new post-secondary institutions from applying to enroll Nigerians and other international students for the next two…
Feb 12 2024 / No Comment / Read More »New York Considers Reparations for Descendants of Enslaved People »
Gov. Kathy Hochul signed a bill that creates a commission to study New York’s legacy with the institution of slavery,…
Jan 12 2024 / No Comment / Read More »Cameroon grants indigenous Baka more access to protected forests »
The government of Cameroon and the indigenous Baka people in the country’s southeast have agreed to an updated memorandum of…
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