A coalition supporting President Joseph Kabila has won a parliamentary majority in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, giving the outgoing president influence to restrain his successor from the opposition party. The Pro-Kabila Common Front for Congo (FCC) coalition won the majority of the 500-seat national assembly, according to the results published on Saturday by […]
Labour MPs have been told to be ready for a vote of no-confidence in the government of Prime Minister Theresa May in case she suffers a defeat over her Brexit deal, a report says. Lawmakers are set to vote on the deal on Tuesday, after May shelved plans for a vote last month when it […]
A huge explosion has rocked the central part of the French capital, Paris, killing four people and injuring dozens of others as the city braces itself for the next round of anti-government protests. The blast took place in the 9th district of Paris on Saturday morning. France’s Interior Minister Christophe Castaner said four people had been […]
Twelve civilians were killed on Thursday during a jihadist attack in the north of Burkina Faso, which has been battling a wave of Islamist violence, officials said Friday. The west African country declared a state of emergency in several provinces at the end of last year and on Thursday replaced its army chief as it […]
British ministers reveal that Brexit may be delayed or even cancelled as lawmakers are set to vote on Prime Minister Theresa May’s exit deal on Tuesday. “The legislative timetable is now very very tight indeed,” a senior minister told London’s Evening Standard on Friday. “Certainly, if there was defeat on Tuesday and it took some time before […]
Hundreds of thousands of US federal workers have missed their first paycheck of the year due to the ongoing partial government shutdown, which occurred after President Donald Trump and Congress failed to agree on an appropriation bill that would include funding a border wall. The government shutdown has dragged on for nearly three weeks over Trump’s […]
Alhaji Aliko Dangote still maintains his spot as Africa’s richest man according to Forbes Magazine. The magazine disclosed that as at January 11, 2019, the 61-year-old was worth $9.9 billion. Forbes listed him as the number one on Africa’s list of billionaires for the year 2019. The Kano State indigene has held the richest man […]
Connect and inspire African youth with the possibilities of their rich heritage. Use digital technologies, including social media, to promote heritage awareness and support creative industries. Engage heritage as an economic asset, to address poverty and unemployment among young people. These are just some of the potential directions discussed during ICCROM’s Africa Expert Meeting for […]
Three soldiers were wounded Thursday as gunmen attacked a school in Kumba, a locality in Cameroon’s Southwest, one of the country’s two strife-torn English-speaking regions, Cameroon army said. The army immediately blamed armed separatists for the attack. “A group of armed secessionists were breaking the Multimedia Center of Bilingual High School Kumba District 2, a […]
If indifference could address an issue, the Southern Cameroons crisis that has already lasted for more than two years and consumed close to 5,000 lives, would have been over a long time ago. But the more the government pretends to be busy with other things, the more the situation escalates. The killing in the two […]
