18 Canadians, 32 Kenyans among victims of Ethiopian Airlines crash
Seven British, seven French, eight Italian, 18 Canadian nationals are among the 157 victims of an Ethiopian Airlines plane crash on Sunday. Also 32 Kenyan, nine Ethiopian, eight U.S. and…
IWD: Al-Bashir Orders Release of All Women Arrested Over Anti-government Demonstrations
President Omar al-Bashir Sudan’s President Omar al-Bashir on International Women’s Day on Friday ordered the release of all women arrested in connection with anti-government demonstrations, hours after protesters…
TV Host’s Demonstration On How to Abuse Women Sparks Outrage in Cameroon
A television show that featured a demonstration of how to physically abuse your wife has sparked outrage in Cameroon and calls for an end to impunity in a country…
Manafort, ex-Trump campaign Chair, gets jail for bank fraud
Paul Manafort, who once served as President Trump’s campaign chairman, was sentenced to nearly four years in prison Thursday for cheating on his taxes and bank fraud — a far…
R. Kelly To Pay Over $161,000 To Be Released From Jail
R. Kelly Kelly has again been arrested, this time over unpaid child support payments. The 52-year-old R&B singer was taken into custody after Wednesday’s hearing for failing to pay…
“Lead By Example”, Support African Refugees- Lawmakers Urge UK
Britain should practice what it preaches to African countries by doubling the number of vulnerable refugees it hosts and reviewing policies that restrict an asylum seeker’s right to work, lawmakers…
Soccer: FIFA to Reach Decision on Use of VAR For 2019 Women’s World Cup
The international governing body of football association, FIFA has recommended the use of video assistant referee (VAR) technology for the 2019 Women’s World Cup in France this year. The organising…
UK Pledges $2.64m Global Fund to Help End “Period Poverty” by 2050
Britain launched a global “period poverty” fund and task force on Monday to help all women and girls access sanitary products by 2050 and to tackle the stigma around menstruation….
British Charity Comic Relief Faces Criticism For “Promoting Colonial Ideas of Africans Being Helpless Victims”
Stacey Dooley filmed holding a black child The role of celebrities promoting charities in Africa has come under fire after a British politician accused a television presenter filmed in…
CBL Arrests Charles Sirleaf, Others Over Missing Banknotes
Charles Sirleaf, son of Liberia’s former President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf and two other members of the Central Bank of Liberia, have been arrested in relation to the illegal printing of…