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Burundi President Évariste Ndayishimiye has condemned rumours of a coup against him while he was away for two weeks for meetings in Cuba and at the UN General Assembly in New York. Barely a week after the president left the country on 10 September, stories of a plot against him started circulating on social media. In his address after arriving back to the country on Sunday night, Mr Ndayishimiye blamed […]
Google on Monday unveiled a plan to pay tribute to South African jazz pianist, composer, and journalist Todd Matshikiza. Matshikiza, who died in 1968 aged 47, is regarded as one of the most important pioneers of South Africa's arts and culture. The doodle, which appears on the Google home pages as reported by the BBC was illustrated by South African-based artist Keith Vlahakis. “On this day in 1956, his commissioned […]
Somaliland has said it has “no plans for dialogue to discuss unity” after Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni's offer to mediate between the self-proclaimed republic and Somalia’s federal government President Museveni on Saturday said he had “agreed to take on the role of peace facilitator between the two” after meeting a Somaliland government envoy in the Ugandan city of Entebbe. He said Uganda did not support the breakaway republic’s secession “because […]
Fighting has continued to be reported in Ethiopia’s restive Amhara region between government troops and local militias with the historic city of Gondar seeing heavy urban combat on Sunday. The BBC reported that local militias known as the Fano entered the city, one of the largest in the region, prompting intense clashes with the army. A statement published on the official Facebook page of the Ethiopian National Defence Forces (ENDF) […]
The Beninese government has ordered an assessment of all fuel storage facilities in the wake of the deadly explosion that killed dozens of people over the weekend. At least 34 people were killed on Saturday after an explosion at a fuel depot in southern Benin. A statement from the decentralisation and governance ministry said the order for an "exhaustive assessment" of all fuel depots was to prevent a similar incident […]
Zambia's former President, Edgar Lungu, has been warned against his public jogging events, with police describing his workouts as "political activism". The police in a statement said Mr Lungu's exercise sessions while escorted by members of his Patriotic Front (PF) party and without his security officers amounted to "unlawful assembly". According to BBC the former head of state was ordered to notify police in advance when planning […]
The Federal Radio Corporation of Nigeria Headquarters Chapel of the Nigeria Union of Journalists, NUJ has expressed happiness over the emergence of one of its members as the overall winner of the Kogi State Governor's essay competition on political and crime reporting. In a Congratulatory statement, the Chapel's Chairman, Comrade Tersoo Zamber says the victory is one of many by members that have brought honour to the Union and the […]
Screenwriters in the US say they have reached a tentative deal with studio bosses that could see them end a strike that has lasted nearly five months. BBC reported that the Writers Guild of America (WGA) said it was "exceptional - with meaningful gains and protections for writers". WGA members must still have a final say. It is the longest strike to affect Hollywood in decades and has halted most […]
Miners Association of Nigeria, the MAN, says there is a need to profile all existing leaseholders hosting critical minerals across the country. National Publicity Secretary of MAN, Mr. Fatai Jimoh stated this in Abuja while reacting to the minister of solid minerals development, Dr. Oladele Alake's speech during the just concluded United Nations General Assembly in New York, where he focused on repositioning Nigeria as a global supplier […]
