COMESA Court of Justice capture leaves one with more questions than answers

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JOHANNESBURG,South Africa, Monday April15th, 2019,-/African Media Agency (AMA)/- The Appellate Division of the COMESA Court of Justice has allededly rigged judgement in favour of the...

Somaliland:President Muse meets with Ambassador Donald Y. Yamamoto

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By Goth Mohamed Goth H.E President Muse Bihi Abdi today in his office received the United States of America envoy to Somalia, Ambassador Donald Yamamoto...

How Sudan’s protesters upped the ante, and forced al-Bashir from power

Sudan’s Omar al-Bashir has resigned after three decades in power. AHMED YOSRI/EPA
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Following months of protests, and a prolonged sit-in outside the military headquarters in Khartoum, Sudanese president Omar al-Bashir was placed under house arrest on...

CPJ troubled by prosecution of Julian Assange

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New York, April 11, 2019--The Committee to Protect Journalists today said it was deeply concerned by the U.S. prosecution of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange....

Collaboration or coalition? Tshisekedi’s tough choices as leader of the DRC

Former DRC President Joseph Kabila congratulates President Felix Tshisekedi at his inauguration. EPA-EFE/Hugh Kinsella Cunningham
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It has been a little over a month since Felix Tshisekedi became the Democratic Republic of the Congo’s (DRC’s) head of state. Protests that followed the...

Massacre grew from rise of white supremacy

US President Donald Trump (L) and national security adviser John R. Bolton (R) Gints Ivuskans/Shutterstock
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This past Friday, a 28-year-old Australian-born white supremacist mowed down 50 Muslim worshippers, including women and children, at two mosques in the quiet New Zealand...

The Al-Noor Mosque Massacre: The New Crusaders of the West?

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Throughout history, right-wing terrorists inspired and passed relay of hatred to one generation to another. From Peter the Hermit in the first Crusaders to...

Committee to Protect Journalists Releases ‘The Last Column’ to Highlight the Human Cost of Journalism

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The book features the final articles and photographs of fallen journalists New York, NY, March 13, 2019 -- The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ), an independent,...

Somaliland: Sunday March 10: Living for Black Joy: The Gift of Storytelling with Clemantine Wamariya & Laylah Amatullah Barrayn

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In our first OkayAfrica 100 Women event of 2019, we are bringing 100 women honorees NYT-best selling author, Clemantine Wamariya, and celebrated phototgrapher Laylah Barrayn for an evening...

Protesters in Algeria use nonviolence to seek real political change

The Algerian population has taken to the streets in a peaceful and nonviolent manner to protest against President Bouteflika’s running for a fifth term of office. Ryad Kramdi/AFP
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Algeria’s 82-year-old president Abdelaziz Bouteflika, whose has been in office since 1999, is seeking a fifth term – and many Algerians are not pleased with his decision. There...