By Lisa Vives, Global Information Network NEW YORK | ACCRA | 16 October 2023 (IDN) — Widespread spillage from Ghana’s Akosombo Dam on the Volta River has forced over 4,000 people to abandon their homes due to flooding. The Volta River Authority (VRA) initiated controlled spillage of the Akosombo and Kpong Dams on 15 September […]
UN Peacekeepers in The DRC Suspended Over Misconduct Charges
By Lisa Vives, Global Information Network NEW YORK | 16 October 2023 (IDN) — South Africa’s military has ordered home a group of soldiers accused of operating a system of mass prostitution in front of their base in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). Some nine South Africans, part of a UN peacekeeping mission, were […]
Israeli Policies A ‘Carbon Copy’ of Apartheid-Era, Says A Church Leader
By Lisa Vives, Global Information Network NEW YORK | 10 October 2023 (IDN) — Anglican Archbishop Thabo Makgoba ruffled a few feathers when he released a decision passed by the South African church ruling body that declared Israel an apartheid state. The decision reads in part: “As people of faith who are distressed by the […]
A German Foundation Taps Zimbabwe Writer Citing ‘Remarkable Courage’
By Lisa Vives, Global Information Network NEW YORK | 9 October 2023 (IDN) — Highly regarded Zimbabwe author Tsitsi Dangaarembga has been tapped for the Friedrich Naumann Foundation for Freedom award, given to individuals with “remarkable courage and dedication” and political activism. Ms. Dangarembga received the prize this week in Johannesburg. Tinashe Mushakavanhu, a research […]
Uganda Bans Opposition Rallies, Detains Journalists
By Lisa Vives, Global Information Network NEW YORK | KAMPALA | 9 October 2023 (IDN) — President Yoweri Museveni has held office for almost 40 years. To many, that would seem like more than enough. But in poll after poll, Museveni was the candidate to beat and he eked out victories six times until a […]
Kenyan Police, to Fight Gang Violence in Haiti, Comes Under Fire
By Thalif Deen UNITED NATIONS 7 October 2023 (IDN) — A Multinational Security Support (MSS) mission led by Kenya –assigned to the politically troubled Caribbean nation of Haiti—has come under fire even before it could get off the ground. Amnesty International (AI) Kenya says there is a need to thoroughly assess Kenyan security forces’ human […]
US Imposes Visa Restrictions on Liberians ‘Undermining Democracy’
By Lisa Vives, Global Information Network NEW YORK. 3 October 2023 (IDN) — With the approach of national elections in Liberia, the U.S. has imposed visa restrictions, withholding travel to the U.S. for individuals “undermining democracy.” The restrictions, announced by U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken, target people believed to be manipulating or rigging the […]
South African Writers Address ‘Colouredness’ In New Book
By Lisa Vives, Global Information Network NEW YORK. 2 October 2023 (IDN) — South African history professor Mohamed Adhikari was one of the early writers to examine racial identity in the Coloured community. In 2005, identity was one of the hottest topics in popular and academic discourse when his book “Not White Enough, Not Black […]
Kenyan Troops to Fight Gang Violence in Haiti with US Funds
By Lisa Vives, Global Information Network NEW YORK | NAIROBI. 2 October 2023 (IDN) — After months of fruitless efforts to control spiraling gang violence in Haiti, a framework for defense cooperation has been signed by the United States and Kenya aimed at creating a multinational force to quash the violence that has brutally taken […]
Review: Special issue of ‘Africa Development’ by Post-Colonialisms Today**
By Ray Bush* LEEDS, UK. 29 September 2023 (IDN) — A new calendar year ushers in the usual array of tropes on Africa. They include why the continent is failing, what it should be doing better and why it has so much resilience in dealing with its own frailty. Overwhelmingly, Western institutions (NGOs, credit rating […]