News link 2021-04-16 Third Edition
News link 2021-04-16 Third Edition
News link 2021-04-16 Third Edition
The African continental free trade policy network Ghana and diaspora has expressed concern that the decision of twitter to establish an Africa office, may pose a challenge to upcoming indigenous Africa Tech companies. On Monday, Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey, announced…
Chad’s President Idriss Deby has taken a strong early lead and appeared poised to extend his 30-year rule, partial provisional results of the April 11 presidential election showed, as the United States and the United Kingdom warned of possible violence…
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Casualties were reported as a train derailed just north of the Egyptian capital Cairo on Sunday. According to a statement from the National Railways Authority of Egypt, the Cairo-Mansura passenger train 949 went off the tracks in the city of…
Sierra Leone’s Human Right Commission has asked the National Football Association President Isha Johansen and Secretary General Christopher Kamara to pay damages and render public apologies to Rodney Michael and two other local football stakeholders whose human rights are said…
The plan by the Judiciary Staff Union of Nigeria to embark on a nationwide peaceful protest today is gaining momentum as more State Chapters of the Nigerian Bar Association are pledging to support the action. The judiciary workers are demanding…
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Ghana’s government has announced the establishment of a stakeholder committee to address the issue of unethical broadcast content in the country. The committee will comprise of representatives of the National Media Commission (NMC), the National Communications Authority (NCA), the National…
The South African Health Products Regulatory Authority recommended that government lift the pause on administering the Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine. It said this should be done provided that specific conditions are met. South Africa suspended the rollout of the…
Lawyers for Beninese academic Joel Aivo say it is still unclear what their client is accused of since his hearing at the end of last week. The collective set up to defend Aivo maintains that it has no concrete idea…
At least nineteen people were killed over the weekend in Niger, during an attack on the village of Gaïgorou, in the Tillabéri region near Mali. An official of the municipality of Dessa which administers the village of Gaïgorou told AFP…