Kenyan authorities have detained and are attempted to deport an opposition politician Miguna Miguna, who also holds Canadian nationality, in defiance of a court order letting him enter the country, his lawyer said on Tuesday (27.03.2018). A statement, the Immigration department issued on the occasion, said Miguna automatically lost his Kenyan citizenship when he received a…
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El-Sisi expects endorsement for his ongoing mandate
Polling stations will be open for three days and Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi, a former military commander, has urged Egyptians participate, hinting that he sees the election as a referendum on his four-year rule. Life is hard in President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi's Egypt, but voters have little choice https://t.co/s8CEWnWn1w pic.twitter.com/ypw6grVtaS — CNN International (@cnni) March 26, 2018…
Grace Mugabe faces ivory smuggling charges
The former First lady of Zimbabwe, Grace Mugabe, is suspected of smuggling ivory worth millions of dollars. Mugabe's wife Grace under probe for ivory smuggling https://t.co/pjCHIeCXP9 pic.twitter.com/6RXCyUlE4I — AFP News Agency (@AFP) March 25, 2018 Tinashe Farawo, speaking for Zimbabwe‘s Parks and Wildlife Management Authority, said “we opened our investigations and realized that former first lady…
Tajani promotes Marshall plan for Africa
The president of the European Parliament Antonio Tajani stressed the need for an EU strategy of migration management at the start of a European Council (22-23 March) summit. ”If we fail to come up with an EU strategy, we will continue to play into the hands of the populists” – Tajani said. President Tajani informed EU…
EU: 39 Nigerian women rescued from traffickers
The Spanish Guardia Civil in collaboration with the National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP) from Nigeria and the UK’s National Crime Agency (NCA), dismantled a Nigerian organised crime group in one of the largest operations against Trafficking in Human Beings in Europe. This particular criminal network was active across multiple Member…
Africa’ $3 trillion free-trade zone
African leaders agreed to form a $3 trillion continental free-trade zone encompassing 1.2 billion people, but its two biggest economies, Nigeria and South Africa, declined to join. The African Union launched talks in 2015 to establish a 55-nation bloc that would be the biggest in the world by number of participating states, aiming to increase…
Boko Haram threatens abdications in future
Boko Haram militants released 91 of 110 schoolgirls they abducted in February, however they have issued a warning that the children must not return to education. The Nigerian government said in a statement that 91 released students had been documented so far, adding that the release of more girls was ongoing. JUST IN: A group…
Sarkozy in custody over Libyan funding
Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy is held in police custody for questioning by magistrates over the allegations of funding from Libyan sources for his 2007 election campaign, an official in the French judiciary said. A former minister Brice Hortefeux, was also being questioned by police on in relation to the Libya investigation, another source close to…
MEPs demand Sudan to release Sakharov Prize Laureate
The EP calls Sudan for respect of human rights and the immediate release of human rights defenders, such as the Sakharov Prize Laureate Salih Mahmoud Osman and condemns the practice of torture and ill-treatment of any detained persons and demonstrators. https://twitter.com/EP_President/status/974252960619401217 MEPs also appeal for the government to immediately sign and ratify the UN Convention on the Elimination…
Zuma to be charged with corruption
The South African chief prosecutor Shaun Abrahams announced the state will reinstate fraud and corruption charges against former President Jacob Zuma for the case relating to a 30 billion rand ($2.5 billion) arms deal in the late 1990s. [WATCH] #ZumaCharges: NPA Shaun Abrahams has decided to prosecute former President Jacob Zuma. Courtesy #DStv403 pic.twitter.com/ayjM4qgrHI — eNCA…
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