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Mugabe’s lavish 92nd birthday angers critics

Posted by admin Africa & World Politics, Headlines, Uncategorized Saturday, February 27th, 2016

Mugabe’s lavish 92nd birthday party angers critics Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe, the world’s oldest leader, hosts lavish celebrations to mark his 92nd birthday on Saturday at a time of severe drought and increasing friction over his succession. Tens of thousands of party loyalists, officials and members of the public are expected to attend a day […]

Uganda: Museveni wins a fifth term as opponents reject result (Free & fair?)

Posted by admin Africa & World Politics, Headlines Saturday, February 20th, 2016

-Vanguard Uganda’s President Yoweri Museveni extended his three-decade rule on Saturday, after winning a fifth term in polls rejected as fraudulent by the opposition leader under house arrest. Yoweri Museveni of Uganda The veteran 71-year-old won 60 percent of the vote in the sometimes chaotic elections, far ahead of the 35 percent garnered by detained […]

Enyimba lose CAF Championship first leg

Posted by admin Africa & World Politics, Headlines, Soccer, Sports Friday, February 12th, 2016

By John Egbokhan Enyimba yesterday started their 2016 CAF Champions League campaign on a bad note, losing 1-0 to Ugandan champions, Vipers SC in a preliminary round first leg match at the Nakivubo stadium. The clash had far wider-reaching ramifications than just the matter of playing for the first time in this prestigious continental competition […]

Calls for Jacob Zuma’s impeachment over $24 million home renovation scandal

Posted by admin Africa & World Politics, Headlines Thursday, February 11th, 2016

South Africa’s charismatic leader Jacob Zuma is a former herdboy who was once known as the “Teflon president” — but no longer. Late US president Ronald Reagan first earned the sobriquet Teflon — “nothing sticks” — for surviving a series of scandals while in office, and 73-year-old Zuma did much the same through a very […]

Priest arrested for having sex with minors

Posted by admin Africa & World Politics, Headlines Thursday, February 11th, 2016

-Sun Rome, Italy – A priest, a junior football coach and an HIV-positive man were among 11 people arrested in northern Italy on charges of paying for sex with minors, police said Thursday. The arrests in the Lombardy and Emilia-Romagna regions follow a six-month investigation led by detectives in Brescia into a prostitution network which […]

German president leads economic delegation to Nigeria

Posted by admin Africa & World Politics, Latest Politics Sunday, February 7th, 2016

As part of activities lined up for his official visit to Nigeria next week, the President of the Federal Republic of Germany, Joachim Gauck will lead an economic delegation to meet with Nigerian stakeholders. The official visit of the German President to Nigeria which is slated for February 8 to 12, is coming at the […]

Thousands of Nigerians in South Africa face deportation

Posted by admin Africa & World Politics, Headlines Saturday, February 6th, 2016

-Sun There are strong indications that a massive clampdown of Nigerians resident in South Africa looms as the government of the country is about deporting thousands of Nigerian citizens. On Wednesday February 3, 2016, South African police detectives rounded up Nigerian nationals living in Kempton Park in an early morning raid. However, the incident which […]

Zika Virus: Don’t come to Rio 2016 pregnant, Brazilian govt warns

Posted by admin Africa & World Politics, Headlines, Soccer, Sports, Track & Field Tuesday, February 2nd, 2016

Jaques Wagner, Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff’s chief of staff, says it must be explained to athletes and spectators coming to Brazil for the Rio 2016 Olympic Games that there is “zero risk” from the Zika virus if they are not a pregnant woman. Wagner was quoted by Reuters after the World Health Organization (WHO) declared […]

Nigerian dies in South African police custody

Posted by admin Africa & World Politics, Headlines Tuesday, January 26th, 2016

The South African Independent Police Investigative Directorate on Saturday opened investigation into the death of a Nigerian allegedly in the custody of its police. According to eyewitnesses, the Nigerian national was allegedly suffocated to death by the police in Kempton Park, Johannesburg, South Africa. This led to a massive protest by some members of the […]

UK-based Ghanaian doctor sacked for Recommending T.B Joshua’s Prayer to Patient

Posted by admin Africa & World Politics, Headlines Monday, January 25th, 2016

-Vanguard A Ghanaian psychiatrist, Dr Awakame Julius of National Health Service, NHS in the North Essex Partnership Foundation Trust, United Kingdom, has been reportedly sacked after he advised a patient to get help from TB Joshua’s 24-hour church TV channel, Emmanuel TV because she might be possessed by demonic forces, UK Daily Mail reports. […]