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Africa & World Politics, Headlines
Tuesday, August 22nd, 2017
By Vera Samuel Anyagafu The High People’s Court of Guangdong Province, China, has finally confirmed a death sentence with two years probation on a Nigerian, Mr. Ikechukwu Peter Obiekezie, who was reportedly found guilty of smuggling 1410.9 grams of cocaine into China. Details reaching Vanguard disclosed thatObiekezie, with Nigerian standard Passport No. A50296207, was on […]
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Africa & World Politics, Headlines, Top Stories
Tuesday, August 15th, 2017
Lawyers for Grace Mugabe are negotiating with South African authorities after Zimbabwe’s first lady failed to hand herself in to police over allegations she assaulted a woman in an upmarket Johannesburg hotel at the weekend. “We have identified a suspect but she hasn’t handed herself over yet. We do not know her whereabouts at this […]
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Africa & World Politics, Headlines
Sunday, August 6th, 2017
Mauritanians go to the polls to vote in a controversial constitutional referendum boycotted by several opposition parties and civil society groups. Saturday’s vote is overshadowed by accusations of government corruption. Proposed changes to Mauritania’s 1991 constitution include abolishing the upper house of parliament, or the Senate, and replacing it with elected regional councils. Changes to […]
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Africa & World Politics, Headlines
Sunday, August 6th, 2017
By Philipp Sandner (Sst) (http://allafrica.com/stories/201708050005.html) Rwandan President Paul Kagame is poised to win his third term in office. A constitutional amendment allows him to stay in power until 2034. Some say he’s a despot, others praise him for his accomplishments. Rwanda’s economic boom is particularly noticeable in the capital Kigali: Workers install fiber optic cable […]
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Africa & World Politics, Headlines, Sex and Relationship
Wednesday, July 26th, 2017
Three women in Zimbabwe rape pastor who tried to collect debt they owed Three women have appeared in court after a pastor saidthey raped him. Two of the women are alleged to have pinned the man down on a bed, while the third carried out the sex attack. A magistrates’ court in Bulawayo, Zimbabwe, was […]
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Africa & World Politics, Boko Haram, Headlines
Friday, July 21st, 2017
Dozens of Boko Haram suspects have died in Cameroon custody, rights group Amnesty International said Thursday, with security forces brutally torturing them in the fight against the jihadist group. Though Boko Haram originated in Nigeria, the Islamic State-affiliated group has carried out frequent attacks in Cameroon, Chad and Niger. The NGO said it had found […]
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Africa & World Politics, Headlines
Friday, July 21st, 2017
An Indian soldier shot dead his superior after he was reprimanded for using a mobile phone while on the job in India’s administered Kashmir. Maj. Shikhar Thapa admonished the soldier for using his phone during work hours and the screen of the smartphone was damaged as he tried to confiscate it. According to military […]
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Africa & World Politics, Headlines
Friday, July 21st, 2017
Three men –Edward Gitau, Nicholas Mwangi and Meshak Mwangi — have been sentenced to death for stripping and sexually assaulting a woman they believed was dressed too provocatively. The incident happened in Nairobi, Kenya’s capital. The three men, however, had their death sentences commuted to life imprisonments becauseKenya’s ban on carrying out executions means the […]
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Africa & World Politics, Articles, Columnists, David Leffler, NNP Columnists
Thursday, July 13th, 2017
By Dr. David Leffler | NNP | July 13, 2017 – By Dr. David Leffler Russia, Ukraine and the United States are all suffering the effects of too high levels of collective stress. US President Donald Trump recently met with Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko in hopes of reducing tensions between Russia and Ukraine and said […]
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Africa & World Politics, Headlines
Saturday, July 8th, 2017
Adelani Adepegba, Abuja The Federal Government has summoned Cameroon’s High Commissioner to Nigeria, Amb. Abbas Salahedine, to give explanations on the alleged killing and eviction of Nigerians from the Bakassi Peninsula by Cameroonian Gendarmes. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs in a statement on Saturday in Abuja by its acting spokesperson, Jane Adams, expressed dismay over the attacks said to […]
