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Namibia tribes lodge case against Germany over genocide
Lawyers representing two indigenous Namibian tribes are meeting for a pre-trial conference in New York on Thursday following a lawsuit filed earlier this year that demands compensation for the descendants of people massacred in the 20th century’s first genocide. Between 1904 and 1908 around 100,000 Herero and Nama people were…
Read More »Outrage over Helen Zille’s colonialism tweets
The former leader of South Africa’s main opposition party has sparked public outcry over a series of social media posts that suggested colonialism brought benefits to the country. “For those claiming legacy of colonialism was ONLY negative, think of our independent judiciary, transport infrastructure, piped water,” Helen Zille, the ex-head of…
Read More »Call for Application: BudgIT Civic Tech Media Fellowship 2017
Application Starts: March 07, 2017 Application Deadline: March 24, 2017 Announcement of Winners: April 10, 2017 Fellowship Program Begins: May – October 2017 The BudgIT Civic-Tech Media Fellowship is a six-month, highly competitive fellowship designed to support journalists solely interested in writing human-angle stories. All fellows receive training,…
Read More »Sierra Leone pastor finds huge 706-carat diamond
A pastor in Sierra Leone has unearthed a 706-carat diamond, according to the government, in one of the largest precious stone finds ever made worldwide. The discovery was made by Pastor Emmanuel Momoh in an artisanal mine in the village of Koyadu in eastern Kono district, a government statement said…
Read More »Ahmad replaces Issa Hayatou as African football chief
Madagascar’s football chief, Ahmad Ahmad, was elected president of the Confederation of African Football (CAF) on Thursday, ousting veteran leader Issa Hayatou after 29 years in office. Ahmad won the election in the Ethiopian capital Addid Ababa by 34 votes to Hayatou’s 20, official results showed. “When you try to do…
Read More »Boris Johnson: Moving fast to tackle famine threat
British Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson has made a surprise visit to Somalia as a worsening drought threatens millions of people with starvation in the Horn of Africa nation. Johnson met President Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed on Wednesday in the Villa Somalia presidential palace in central Mogadishu. “It is all so, such…
Read More »Check Point Discloses How Hackers Can Take over Hundreds of Millions of WhatsApp & Telegram Accounts in Seconds
New Vulnerability revealed in popular messaging services, WhatsApp and Telegram, allowed hackers to gain complete control over accounts, including chats, images, video and audio files, and contacts NAIROBI, Kenya, March 15, 2017 -/African Media Agency (AMA)/- Check Point® Software Technologies Ltd. (NASDAQ: CHKP) researchers today revealed a new vulnerability on…
Read More »Female teenage suicide bombers kill 2, wound 16
Four female teenage suicide bombers blew themselves up, killing two people and wounding 16 others in a residential area in the northeast Nigerian city of Maiduguri on Wednesday. The girls knocked on the door of a house and then detonated their explosive devices, a representative of the state-run emergency service…
Read More »“Why child birth spacing has many socioeconomic benefits”
Kabir Abdullahi of Johns Hopkins Public Health In Nigeria Initiative speaks about the initiative’s work around child birth spacing in northern Nigeria What are the successes achieved by the Johns Hopkins Public Health in Nigeria Initiative? In Nigeria, the initiative is in its second phase of implementation,…
Read More »Entrenching women’s political participation at the grassroots in northern Nigeria
It is believed that by removing the major cultural barriers hindering women’s participation in politics including achieving unity among women themselves, more women will have to opportunity to contest and win elective positions in the state of Kano Women’s participation in politics, leadership and governance processes has always been…
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KACIG: Advancing a Whole-of-Society Approach to Strengthening Governance in Kano
The Kano Coalition for Climate Action and Inclusive Governance (KACIG) is charting a new …
