By Hakeem Babalola, Budapest, Hungary – Mar. 6, 2011 – Brother Leader Gaddafi. That is how I heard Libyans calling him – throughout my three days in Tripoli for a Historical African Migrants Conference in Europe which took place in Tripoli on January 15. I was impressed to see an African leader being genuinely loved […]
The first major sporting fallout from the political unrest in Libya has seen South Africa as likely replacements for the north African country as hosts of the Orange African Youth Championship, it was reported. The tournament, scheduled to begin on March 18, was originally slated to take place in Libya but the Confederation of African […]
Families of stranded Nigerians plead with govt ON all fronts, Libyan leader, Muammar Gaddafi, his family members, and aides remain embattled. As he vows to fight his opponents with his last blood, the International Criminal Court (ICC) Chief Prosecutor Luis Moreno-Ocampo says the world body will probe him, his inner circle, including some of his sons […]
3tweetsretweet Swaziland’s King Mswati III Mbabane – A Facebook group is calling for the overthrow of Swaziland’s king, Africa’s last remaining absolute monarch, through protests inspired by the revolutions in Tunisia and Lybia. Known as “The April 12 Uprising!!!” it promises, “all hell will break loose in Swaziland” on April 12 2011 when “a hundred […]
Al Saadi Gaddafi, in Sydney to play with the Libyan soccer team, leaves his news conference yesterday surrounded by bodyguards. Cairo – The children of Muammar Gaddafi were increasingly engaged in recent months in covering up scandals fit for a “Libyan soap opera,” including negative publicity from extravagant displays of wealth, such as a million-dollar […]
Libyan authorities may have stalled moves by the Federal Government to evacuate hundreds of Nigerians from the troubled country back home. SATURDAY PUNCH investigations showed that the Libyan authorities did not issue the clearance to the Nigerian government to fly into that country to evacuate the Nigerians. It was gathered that preparations to ensure […]
Worried by the reports of repression of protesters by government forces in Libya leading to hundreds of deaths, the Nuhu Ribadu Campaign Organisation as well as the chairman of the House of Representatives Committee on Diaspora, Hon. Abike Dabiri-Erewa, have called on the Federal Government to immediately evacuate Nigerians from the North African country. A […]
UNITED States military command in Africa, AFRICOM, may support Nigeria and ECOWAS in its proposed plan to apply military force to remove defeated President of Cote d’Ivoire, Laurent Gbagbo and install the winner of that nation’s presidential polls, Alassane Quattara. Answering questions from foreign correspondents from Washington DC at the weekend, the Commander of AFRICOM, […]
OVER 200 persons have lost their lives in the wave of unrest sweeping through Libya. The protest is against Muammar Gaddafi whose forces have cracked down on the demonstrators. The spectre of revolt has also pushed Bahrain’s rulers into talks with the opposition. Reuters said yesterday that a doctor in the Libyan city of Benghazi […]
President Yoweri Museveni says he may release an album after a rap he performed became a smash hit on Uganda’s radio stations and in its nightclubs, Reuters reports. “I was very happy with the reaction of the youth because that means they are very thirsty for the music of their ancestors,’’ the 67-year-old told […]
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