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Africa & World Politics, American Politics, Latest Politics
Monday, June 1st, 2020
The first United States Representative to African Development Bank (AfDB), Ambassador Harold Doley, has described the President of the Bank, Mr. Akinwumi Adesina as a global player of impeccable character who has helped mobilise billions of dollars for Africa and helped accelerate the continent’s development. Doley, in an open letter to United States Secretary of […]
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Saturday, May 30th, 2020
Fifteen leaders of the African Union (AU), all of them former heads of states of their respective countries, have jointly issued a caution note to the Board of Governors of the African Development Bank (AfDB) over the controversy surrounding the investigation of alleged ethical abuses levelled against the AfDB President, Dr. Akinwumi Adesina, raised by […]
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Africa & World Politics, American Politics, Latest Politics
Saturday, May 30th, 2020
By Nehru Odeh It sounds like déjà vu. But as the plot thickens, it is following the same story line. The Ethics Committee of the African Development Bank, AfDB, has finally bowed to pressure by the United States to initiate an in-depth investigations into the allegations some “concerned staff members” of the organization had leveled […]
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Africa & World Politics, American Politics, Headlines
Saturday, May 30th, 2020
Trump and Angela Merkel By Taiwo OkanlawonGerman Chancellor Angela Merkel has rejected U.S. President Donald Trump’s invitation to attend the G7 summit in physically in Washington due to the coronavirus pandemic. This was disclosed by the government spokesperson, Steffen Seibert, according to the German Press Agency. Trump had on May 20 said he was aiming […]
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Africa & World Politics, Canadian Politics, Headlines, NNP News
Wednesday, May 27th, 2020
(NNP) The CFO of Huawei, the Chinese tech giant, Meng Wanzhou, has lost her bid for Canadian authorities to drop proceedings of her extradition to the United States. The provincial Supreme Court in British Columbia today dismissed her lawyers’ arguments that the charges laid against her by the United States do not constitute criminal offense […]
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Africa & World Politics, Latest Politics
Wednesday, May 27th, 2020
AfDB President, Akinwumi Adesina The African Development Bank (AfDB) is currently gearing up for another leadership election. The current President, Mr. Akinwumi Adesina, is already dealing with setbacks and a coup hell bent on removing him from office. This isn’t unexpected, considering the fact that Adesina is running for a second term in office as […]
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Africa & World Politics, Headlines
Monday, May 25th, 2020
By Adedayo Akinwale The President of Namibia, Dr. Hage Geingob, has commended the African Union (AU) for achieving what some thought would be impossible – a free, democratic, self-governing and most importantly an Africa without incessant civil wars. The Namibia President stated this on Monday in his message to commemorate AU at 57. He said […]
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Africa & World Politics, Biafra, COVID-19, Headlines, Health
Friday, May 22nd, 2020
By Emeka Obasi Malnutrition killed more Biafrans than bombs and bullets during the Civil War until some paediatricians led by Theodore Chukwunyere Okeahialam, Winifred Kaine and Aaron Ifegbuni came out with what became known as the Kwashiorkor Mixture in 1968. It was a formula made by Africans with no foreign contribution and quoted in medical […]
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Africa & World Politics, Headlines
Friday, May 22nd, 2020
Ali Khamenei Iran’s supreme leader said it was an “Islamic duty” to fight for the “liberation of Palestine” in a landmark speech Friday amid rising tensions with regional arch-enemy Israel. Ayatollah Ali Khamenei lashed out at Western governments and their Arab “puppets” for supporting the Jewish state, in his first ever address marking Quds (Jerusalem) […]
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Thursday, May 21st, 2020
(NNP) A video that has gone viral has led to the detention of popular Tanzanian comedian and former Big Brother Africa winner, Idris Sultan. In the video, the comedian was seen to be making fun of an old picture of the President, John Magifuli, drawing attention to the oversized suit worn by the president many […]
