February 6, 2020

9 Soldiers Face Court Martial In Sokoto

February 6, 2020 3:53 pm

Acting General Officer Commanding 8 Division, Brigadier General Aminu Bande, yesterday inaugurated a panel at Giginya Army Barrack Sokoto to prosecute nine soldiers over alleged commission of various offences.

In his inaugural speech, Bande ,said the conduct of military trials under the Armed Forces is to deal with matters that pertain directly to the discipline, efficiency and morale of the military.

According to him: “Court martial trial is a regimental and judicial exercise that may review, reduce or remove the rights and privileges of any convicted service personnel. Hence, the need to convene a court martial to speedily dispose …

Guns

Is The AU Capable Of Silencing The Guns In Africa?

February 6, 2020 12:43 pm

Cape Town — This year’s African Union (AU) summit, which draws the continent’s heads of state and government together in Addis Ababa in the coming days, is being held under the theme, Silencing the Guns: Creating Conducive Conditions for Africa’s Development. While the principal aim of a campaign to be launched at the summit is removing illegal weapons from circulation, the ambitious scope suggested by the theme’s title begs the question: are the AU and its constituent bodies fit for the purpose of building peace?

AllAfrica highlights a new examination of the issue .

When the African Union succeeded the

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Lil Wayne

I’m More Nigerian Than American – Lil Wayne

February 6, 2020 12:38 pm

American rapper, Lil Wayne, has said that he is “53 per cent Nigerian”.

The multiple award-winning rapper said this when he was hosted on ‘Drink Champ’ by N.O.R.E. and DJ EFN on Revolt TV.

According to him, an ancestry test conducted by a website, he shared some of his details on proved that he is more Nigerian than American.

The rapper disclosed this when the show hosts asked him why he mentioned Nigeria in the lyrics of one of his hit songs.

He said, “Shout out to Nigeria, I did my 23 and me ancestry dot.com and my s**t …

Insurgents

Nigeria: Insurgents Likely Receiving Foreign Govt Backing

February 6, 2020 12:38 pm

There is a possibility that foreign governments are funding insurgents in the country, Babajimi Benson, Chairman, House Committee on Defense said on Wednesday after a closed-door meeting held with service chiefs.

Last week, amidst growing concerns of insecurity in the country, the House of Representatives called for the resignation of the military chiefs, but had at first summoned them.

The resulting meeting was a joint one by the committees on Army, Navy, Airforce, Defence and National Intelligence.

Briefing journalists on what transpired during the meeting, Mr Benson told them “there could be some truth” in the insinuation that foreign powers …

Africa

Africa: Female Genital Mutilation And The Laws In Africa

February 6, 2020 12:36 pm

 

In November 2019, Plan International and the African Child Policy forum launched a ground breaking report titled, ‘Getting Girls Equal: the African Report on Girls and the Law’. The report brought to the fore, seeming challenges faced by girls in the face of laws and legislations in Africa. This year marks 30 years since the African Union adopted the African Children’s Charter and I must admit that there have been significant improvements in the conditions of children however, the rights of girls and women are violated with no recourse to the law.

As I read through the chapters of

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terror attacks

Kenya: Nation Lost 83 People In Terror Attacks In 2019

February 6, 2020 12:35 pm

 

Kenya lost 83 people in 2019 as a result of terror attacks, a 20 per cent increase from 2018 when such deaths stood at 56.

This is according to a new report released by the Centre for Human Rights and Policy Studies (Chrips).

The data, which is derived from Chrips Terror Attacks and Arrests Observatory report, also shows that 42 security officers lost their lives as a result of direct attacks by the Al-Shabaab terrorist group.

Furthermore, 26 civilians were killed during the period under review.

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Tullow Oil Kenya

Kenya: Tullow Oil Kenya To Lay Off Some Its Workers

February 6, 2020 12:34 pm

Nairobi — Tullow Oil Kenya has announced plans to cut a third of its staff to save on administrative costs.

“The company has had to review and assess its financial performance and business operations to ensure resources are allocated in the most efficient way possible and to ensure that the current structure of Tullow is meeting the demands of the business effectively,” said the firm’s Managing Director for its Kenyan subsidiary Martin Mbogo said in an internal memo.

“These factors have significantly affected the ability of Tullow Oil Kenya to continue sustaining the high human resource wage bill. Reluctantly, it …

RwandAir

Rwanda: Why Qatar Airways Is Investing In RwandAir

February 6, 2020 12:33 pm

If all the remaining aspects of the negotiations go as planned, Qatar Airways could purchase 49 per cent stake in RwandAir, becoming a minority shareholder in the national carrier.

The Group Chief Executive Officer of Qatar Airways, Akbar Al Baker confirmed on Wednesday, February 5 in Doha that the gulf airline was negotiating the acquisition of the sizable stake in RwandAir, considered one of Africa’s fastest-growing airlines.

“It is a 49 per cent stake that we are negotiating for in RwandAir,” Al Baker revealed to the press on the margins of the CAPA Qatar Aviation Summit in Qatar.

Yvonne Manzi …

Entebbe

Israeli PM Meets With Sudanese Officials In Entebbe

February 6, 2020 12:32 pm

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu met with the leader of Sudan’s transitional government Monday as part of an effort to begin to normalize ties wth the African nation. Netanyahu and Gen. Abdel-Fattah Burhan held their talks in Entebbe, Uganda.

“We agreed to begin cooperation that will lead to normalization of relations between the two countries. History!” Netanyahu tweeted in Hebrew after his meeting, which was not previously made public.

Netanyahu’s meeting with Gen. Burhan, according to Netanyahu’s office, came at the invitation of Uganda. It said Netanyahu “believes that Sudan is moving in a new and positive direction, and the

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Drones

Rwanda: Beyond Using Drones, We Should Make Them Too

February 6, 2020 12:30 pm

Adoption and integration of drone technology can and should go beyond using them to designing and manufacturing them, President Paul Kagame has challenged African countries.

Kagame was speaking on Wednesday, February 5 at the opening of the inaugural Africa Drone Forum that is underway at the Kigali Convention Centre convening over 800 stakeholders from 44 countries.

The President said that as Rwanda and African countries move to adopt the use of drone technology, there should be considerations to design and manufacture Unmanned Aerial Vehicles on the continent.

This, he said, will see the gadgets tailored to address specific needs in

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cruise ships

Angola: Cruise Ships Can Attract Investment

February 6, 2020 12:29 pm

Luanda — The docking of cruise ships in the country, like the cruise ship “Seabourne”, which docked last Tuesday at the Port of Luanda, contributes to the dissemination of the image of Angola in the world, said the national director of tourism and reserves, Lukene Araújo.

Tourists that arrived in Luanda on the Seabourne cruise ship visit city’s tourism sites

Speaking right after the docking of the vessel, the director of Seabourne underlined that cruise ships foster development of the national tourism and help to attract new investors to the country.

Seabourne is an American ship, which came from …

Breaking: Pelosi Holds Weekly Press Conference

February 6, 2020 11:36 am

Speaker Nancy Pelosi is speaking at her weekly press conference which commenced Thursday morning, the day after the Senate voted to acquit President Trump on two articles of impeachment.

Pelosi who has an ax to grind with President Donald hosted the speech to clarify her political stand and her views on the Senate’s acquittal of Donald Trump.

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Her feud with Donald Trump became more evident during the State of the Union on Tuesday, when the president spurned a handshake offer from Pelosi, and the speaker conspicuously ripped …

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