A vocal pro-democracy website in Hong Kong shut down Wednesday after police raided its office and arrested seven current and former editors, board members and a journalist in a continuing crackdown on dissent in the semi-autonomous Chinese city. Stand News said in a statement that its website and social media are no longer being updated […]
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Seychelles took a step forward toward introducing electronic biometric passports after signing a contract with the French company IN Groupe. IN Groupe specialises in the production of secure documents like identity cards and passports and for the past 15 years has delivered passport booklets to Seychelles. The contract was signed by the Minister for Internal […]
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Pipeline vandalism, sabotage and other factors have culminated in the shutdown of eight oil terminals, according to data obtained from the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited. The eight oil terminals, including Forcados, Bonny, Odudu, Brass, Yoho, Urha, Ajapa and Aje, were shut between August and October, 2021, leading to losses and deferred crude oil production […]
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Desmond Tutu is being remembered for his passionate advocacy on behalf of LGBTQ people as well as his fight for racial justice. But the South African archbishop’s campaign against homophobia had limited impact in the rest of Africa, where same-sex marriage remains illegal and most countries criminalize gay sex. Even within his own denomination, the […]
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The Director ABN TV and Radio, Ifeanyi Okali has donated a brand new motorcycle to Ebem Ohafia in Ohafia local government area of Abia State to aid the operation of vigilante group in the community to help in enhancement of its security. He announced the donation on Monday at the 2021 Ebem Cultural Day which […]
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No doubt that the health sector has been eventful throughout 2021. The COVID-19 pandemic in particular has disrupted every aspect of life and equally exposed massive gaps in Nigeria with its relatively weak health systems. As the end of the year approaches, Good Health Weekly spoke to Dr Casmier Ifeanyi, a health analyst and renowned […]
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Somalia’s opposition presidential candidates have called on President Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed, popularly known as Farmajo, to leave office after he attempted to force the prime minister from power. The council of the presidential candidates in Somalia issued the call one day after Farmajo suspended Prime Minister Mohamed Hussein Roble, accusing him of corruption and failure […]
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The health department has withdrawn welcome changes to isolation, quarantine and contact tracing policies On 23 December the Director-General of Health announced major changes to Covid policy: Contacts of people who tested positive would no longer need to quarantine. Previously they had to quarantine for two weeks. The health department would stop tracing the contacts […]
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Cameroon’s military has released health workers detained for several days who were working for the aid group Doctors Without Borders, known by its French acronym MSF. The military says the workers were helping a wounded rebel leader, who also was detained, and they are still being investigated. MSF has condemned the detentions, the latest incident […]
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The presidency said yesterday that because of the huge financial burden associated with direct primaries, only the governing All Progressives Congress (APC) and the opposition People’s Democratic Party (PDP) will benefit from such an arrangement Presidential spokesman, Garba Shehu, stated this while explaining why President Muhammadu Buhari rejected assent to the Electoral Act (Amendment) Bill […]
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