British Columbia is banning new post-secondary institutions from applying to enroll Nigerians and other international students for the next two years, as the province roots out “exploitive practices” plaguing the system. Post-Secondary Education Minister Selina Robinson said Monday that the freeze is necessary to correct faults in an international education system that “has not been […]
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PATRICK ILUNGA The Congolese government says it has rectified a controversial mining deal it had signed with China, potentially upending what had looked like a source of bad relations between Kinshasa to Beijing. The new deal, officials said in early February, is a result of open negotiations with Beijing. It came 16 years after the […]
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AGGREY MUTAMBO Somalia is the latest African country to ban single-use plastics, potentially boosting the growing campaign to limit the use of non-biodegradable packaging material in the war against global warming. A decree issued on Thursday February 1 by the Environment and Climate Change Ministry indicated that the country would stop single-use plastics from June […]
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ISAAC MUGABI A national park that provides clean water to Sierra Leone’s capital Freetown is under threat due to human activities, a UN report has said. Water is a scarce resource in Freetown, the capital of Sierra Leone, where it is not unusual to see groups of youths gathered around water taps, jostling for turns […]
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WILLIE N. TOKPAH The Japanese Counterpart Value Fund Secretariat, (JCVF) through the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, has announced the arrival of another consignment of the Japanese donated rice weighing 3,294 metric tons to Liberia. According to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the rice will be monetized under the Japanese Grant Commodity Program to support the […]
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KOFI A. BOATENG (Kofi ROPAA) There is a high-level game in Ghana called IGNORE. Yes, the government and its institutions choose to ignore laws made by parliament and judgements given by the courts. I am talking about Act 699 – Representation of the People Amendment Act (ROPAA) passed by Ghana’s parliament and assented by […]
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Nigeria’s long-awaited Dangote refinery has begun producing diesel and aviation fuel, the company said on Saturday, January 13 after years of delays. The plant, the largest of its kind in Africa, is expected to supply not only Nigeria but other countries in West Africa – potentially transforming the region’s oil trade. Announcing the start of […]
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KATIE RAZZAL The UK is sending some of Ghana’s “crown jewels” back home, 150 years after looting them from the court of the Asante king. A gold peace pipe is among 32 items returning under long-term loan deals, the BBC can reveal. The Victoria & Albert Museum (V&A) is lending 17 pieces and 15 are […]
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Nigerian children with amputated limbs are getting help to walk again and fight social stigma through the support of a group that has given free artificial limbs to more than 500 children. The accident that broke 10-year-old Princess Igbinosa’s right leg could have crushed her dreams of becoming a model in a country where not […]
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