Category: Africa

31 JANUARY 2022Nile Post News (Kampala)By Kenneth Kazibwe Police have warned opposition strongman and four time presidential candidate Dr.Kizza Besigye against being tempted to mobilise members of the public into storming streets to protest. Addressing journalists on Monday, Police spokesperson, Fred Enanga said security has got intelligence information indicating that in order to pull off…

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1 FEBRUARY 2022Leadership (Abuja)By Tunde Oguntola Worlds leading global business publication Financial Times Newspaper has endorsed Vice President Yemi Osinbajo to contest for the office of president come 2023 general elections. The London-based newspaper said Osinbajo’s presidency will give Nigeria respite, adding that Nigerians will feel better with Osinbajo as president. Financial Times which disclosed…

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1 FEBRUARY 2022Daily Trust (Abuja)By Sunday Michael Ogwu One of the largest cryptocurrency exchanges by volume, Binance Holdings Ltd said it restricted the personal accounts of some 281 Nigerian users to comply with anti-money laundering regulations and ensure the security of the platform for traders. Sequel to allegations levied against Binance by its Nigerian users,…

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1 FEBRUARY 2022New Zimbabwe (London)By Mandipa Masenyama The Media Institute of Southern Africa (MISA) regional director Tabani Moyo has bemoaned the worsening media freedom violations in Southern Africa saying Zimbabwe was the leading offender. He said media violations are expected to escalate as the country prepares for elections, starting with the March 26 by-elections, seen…

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1 FEBRUARY 2022 GroundUp (Cape Town) By John Yeld Constitutional issues at stake in R14.25 million defamation action against environmentalists and activists A defamation case brought by an Australian company mining on the West Coast and Xolobeni against activists and environmentalists is headed for the Constitutional Court. The High Court has accepted the defendants’ argument…

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1 FEBRUARY 2022 New Zimbabwe (London) The Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) says it has established a committee to monitor activities by journalists. The move, which comes as Zimbabwe prepares for the March 26 by-elections, is widely seen as a extension of the state’s crackdown on the media. The country will also hold general elections next…

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1 FEBRUARY 2022 United Nations Environment Program (Nairobi) Wetlands are some of the planet’s most important ecosystems. They’re a haven for wildlife, they filter pollution and they’re important stores of carbon. But they’re also one of the Earth’s most threatened habitats. Some 85 per cent of wetlands present in 1700 were lost by 2000, many…

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Legalbrief (Cape Town) 1 FEBRUARY 2022 COLUMN Two advocates of the Lesotho High Court, involved in a high-profile treason and murder trial, have become the latest to experience torture, death threats and other ill-treatment at the hands of the local police. As Carmel Rickard explains, reference to their experience was made by Chief Justice Sakoane Sakoane in an…

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.31 JANUARY 2022 The Conversation Africa (Johannesburg) ANALYSIS By Timothy Njagi Njeru and Xn Iraki It all started as the mere lack of potato chips at a global fast food chain that couldn’t keep up with demand during the festive season. It then became apparent that big fast-food players don’t serve Kenyan-grown potato chips because of perceived…

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Earlier this month, Egypt announced the appointment of Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry to lead the international climate talks in Sharm-el-Sheikh in November 2022. Alongside Minister Shoukry’s appointment as COP27 president, Egypt’s woman environment minister, Dr Yasmine Fouad (a leading climate scientist who co-chaired finance talks at COP26), was named COP27 Ministerial Coordinator and Envoy. We…

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