July 24, 2020//-The death of Ivorian Prime Minister Gon Coulibaly and subsequent resignation of Vice President Daniel Kablan Duncan, reportedly on personal grounds, have added heat to the contestations over the presidential elections planned for October this year.
Lusaka, Zambia, July 21, 2020// – Paradigm Initiative (PI)N has condemned the arrest of Zimbabwean journalist Hopewell Chin’ono on the 20th of July 2020 from his home in Harare.
Cameroon’s soldiers patrol near a tank in the Cameroonian town of Fotokol. Stephane Yas/AFP via Getty Images James Angove, University of Oxford and Roxana Willis, University of Oxford July 21, 2020//-Life in anglophone Cameroon has been severely disrupted since violence broke out in 2016. Peaceful protests by lawyers, teachers and civilians against the marginalisation of […]
July 17, 2020//-From the struggle against the coronavirus, to the relationship with France and with the neighbours, and the state of human rights in Rwanda, an interview with Rwandan President Paul Kagame.
July 17, 2020//-Since his accession to power in 2018, life has not been a straight line for reformer Abiy Ahmed, and its not about to get ironed out any time soon.
Demonstrators protesting the political situation in Ethiopia in the wake of the death of musician Hachalu Hundessa. Jeff Wheeler/Star Tribune via Getty Images Yohannes Gedamu, Georgia Gwinnett College July 15, 2020//-Oromia, one of the regions in Ethiopia’s ethnically constituted federation and the country’s most populated one, also happens to be the political constituency of Prime […]
Professor Oladipo Akinkugbe UI Directorate of Public Communication Adesola Ogunniyi, University of Ibadan Nigeria’s medical world stood still for a moment when news of the death of Emeritus Professor Oladipo Akinkugbe was received on June 15, 2020. He was only one month short of his 87th birthday. One year ago we celebrated his 86th birthday. […]
Rome, Italy, July 3, 2020// – A new film by Doha Debates and acclaimed Italian filmmakers Carola Mamberto and Diana Ferrero has drawn attention from Pope Francis, Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte and Milan’s mayor for its footage of Italy’s African migrant labourers during the height of the Covid-19 crisis.
London, UK, June 22, 2020//-A coalition of international, national, and refugee-led organizations in the Horn, East and Central Africa (HECA) have called on governments in the region to reopen borders for asylum seekers.
NGAOUNDÉRÉ, Cameroon, June 11, 2020//-Sixteen-year-old Inna won’t be returning to school in Cameroon, even though coronavirus restrictions have eased.
