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Syria shoots down Israeli jet

Posted by admin Africa & World Politics, Headlines Saturday, March 18th, 2017

Syria says its Israeli fighter jets breached country’s air space yria’s army high command said in a statement on Friday Israeli jets breached the country’s air space early in the morning and attacked a military target near Palmyra in what it described as an act of aggression that aided Islamic State. It said its air […]

Why transgender Africans turned against a famous feminist, Chimamanda Adichie

Posted by admin Headlines Saturday, March 18th, 2017

A leading African writer has transfixed the internet with her comments on gender – but fellow Nigerians say they feel hurt. Transgender women in Africa have benefited from “male privilege” because they grew up as men. With this argument, writer Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie kicked off a vexed discussion, trending everywhere from Facebook to Teen Vogue. […]

First task is to audit CAF- Ahmad (new CAF president )

Posted by admin Headlines, Soccer, Sports Saturday, March 18th, 2017

Ahmad is eager to being an assessment of the state of Caf Newly-appointed Confederation of African Football (Caf) president Ahmad says his first act will be to conduct an audit of the body. The Malagasy dethroned long-term Caf president Issa Hayatou on Thursday, winning the Ethiopia-based elections by 34 votes to 20. “I will go […]

Row over Ghana’s ‘elephant-size’ government

Posted by admin Africa & World Politics, Headlines Thursday, March 16th, 2017

Row over Ghana’s ‘elephant-size’ government AFPPresident Nana Akufo-Addo was inaugurated in January The Ghanaian government has defended itself against accusations of running an “elephant-sized” government, after new appointments announced on Wednesday brought the number of ministers and deputy minsters to 110. The ministries of Information, Energy, Agriculture and Local Government will each have three deputy ministers, […]

Sierra Leone pastor finds huge diamond

Posted by admin Africa & World Politics, Headlines Thursday, March 16th, 2017

Sierra Leone pastor finds huge diamond Olivia Acland Artisanal, or freelance, miners are a common site in Sierra Leone’s diamond-rich Kono district A Christian pastor has discovered one of the world’s largest uncut diamonds in Sierra Leone’s Kono district. The diamond, weighing 709 carats, is now locked up in Sierra Leone’s central bank in Freetown. It […]

Madagascar FA chief Ahmad elected as new Caf president, ends Cameroon’s Hayatou’s 29-year reign

Posted by admin Headlines, Soccer, Sports Thursday, March 16th, 2017

Ahmad id the chief of African football’s governing body Madagascar Football Association chief Ahmad is elected Confederation of African Football president, ending Issa Hayatou’s 29-year reign. wp_posts

Ivana Trump to publish book entitled ‘Raising Trump’

Posted by admin American Politics, Headlines Thursday, March 16th, 2017

Donald Trump’s ex-wife Ivana Trump is set to publish a book with Simon & Schuster. And it’s not about politics. Entitled, “Raising Trump,” the “non-partisan, non-political” book will detail Ivana’s experience raising her three children with Donald Trump — Ivanka, Eric and Donald Jr. — according to the publishing house. It’s set to be published […]

Hawaii judge who blocked travel ban: Who is Derrick Watson?

Posted by admin American Politics, Headlines Thursday, March 16th, 2017

(CNN)A federal judge in Hawaii is making headlines after temporarily freezing President Donald Trump’s revised ban on travelers from several Muslim-majority countries. In a 43-page ruling, US District Court Judge Derrick Watson issued a scathing rebuke just hours before Trump’s revised travel ban was to go into effect Thursday. “The illogic of the government’s contentions […]

Gender equality will take 170 years: UN

Posted by admin Headlines, Raw Politics, United Nations, Women Politics Tuesday, March 14th, 2017

Amina Mohammed: UN deputy secretary-general: Gender equality will take 170 years t will take 170 years to achieve economic equality between women and men, the UN Deputy Secretary-General, Ms Amina Mohammed, has said. Mohammed, in her message to the Youth Forum of the Commission on the Status of Women, ahead of the International Commission on […]

Nigerian sentenced to 20 years for human trafficking in South Africa

Posted by admin Africa & World Politics, Headlines Tuesday, March 14th, 2017

MAJAKE Mabesele, a high court judge in Johannesburg, has handed a 20-year jail sentence to Eke Ogochukwu, a Nigerian, who was convicted of sexually exploiting a 15-year-old girl and forcing her into prostitution. Ogochukwu was found guilty of four charges relating to human trafficking. His victim was said to have escaped in August 2015, […]