By Lisa Vives, Global Information Network NEW YORK, 15 May 2023 (IDN) — An African migrant crisis in southern Maine, the easternmost state in the New England region of the Northeastern United States? Newly arrived asylum seekers have been overwhelming several Maine cities, straining municipal budgets to the breaking point. Surprising to some, many of […]
How Hopes for A Sudanese Spring Failed to Take Hold
By Lisa Vives, Global Information Network NEW YORK, 15 May 2023 (IDN) — Since independence six decades earlier, through long stretches of military rule interrupted only by brief spells of democracy, Sudanese citizens began to dream of freedom. They had suffered enough.
Doomsday Cult in Kenya Had White Supremacist Roots
By Lisa Vives, Global Information Network NEW YORK, 15 May 2023 (IDN) — Cults are common in Kenya, which has a religious society. But the toll taken by the lead pastor has horrified Kenyans and governing officials who are set to prosecute Paul Mackenzie for terrorism-related offenses. Mackenzie, his wife and 16 other suspects will […]
Africa Pays High Interest Rates for Private and Chinese Loans
By Jutta Wolf BERLIN, 4 May 2023 (IDN) — African countries pay much higher interest rates to foreign bondholders and Chinese lenders than to international financial institutions such as the World Bank, says Germany’s eminent Kiel Institute for the World Economy. Besides, the hiatus in borrowing conditions has grown over the past ten years, suggesting […]
Zimbabwe Government is Muzzling Politically Conscious Artists
By Farai Shawn Matiashe HARARE, 3 May 2023 (IDN) — As a crucial election approaches, President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s regime is in overdrive cracking down on politically conscious musicians who encourage people to register to vote and sing against corruption. The southern African nation is set to hold its general elections in August this year.
The War in Sudan Is Coming After Your Coca Cola
By Lisa Vives, Global Information Network NEW YORK, 2 May 2023 (IDN) — Despite wall-to-wall coverage on our news shows and radio broadcasts, wars being fought today around the world seem so distant, so remote. Soundlessly, they rage on, and peace seems far from near. Could anything bring the war to our door? The answer, […]
Will Sub-Saharan Africa Ultimately Surpass India & China in Population Growth?
By Thalif Deen UNITED NATIONS 29 April 2023 (IDN) — India and China, the world’s two most populous nations with over 1.4 billion people each, are expected to be outranked by sub-Saharan Africa in the 2030s. A new analysis by the Washington-based Population Reference Bureau (PRB) released last week indicates that while India’s population will […]
Namibia’s Petroleum Bosses Rake in Cash
By Lisa Vives, Global Information Network NEW YORK, 24 April 2023 (IDN) — If you’re going to bulldoze someone’s land, pollute water sources and drill for oil, get permission. That’s what Gobonamang Kgetho, a local fisherman, is holding against a Canadian oil and gas firm exploring in the oil-rich Kavango Basin of Namibia, driving through […]
Nigerian College Code Bans Extended Eyelashes and Long Nails
By Lisa Vives, Global Information Network NEW YORK, 23 April 2023 (IDN) — “Indecent dressing” is hereby banned for students and staff under a strict new code at the prestigious Godfrey Okoye University, Enugu State, Nigeria, among other schools,. The Vice Chancellor, Rev. Fr. Christian Anieke, announced the details to students returning from holiday breaks. […]
Hunger and Poverty Grip Zimbabwe As It Commemorates Independence
By Lisa Vives, Global Information Network NEW YORK, 23 April 2023 (IDN) — “On behalf of the Government of the United States of America, I congratulate the Zimbabwean people as you celebrate the 43rd anniversary of your independence,” said US Ambassador Pamela M. Tremont to the landlocked southern African country. “The United States remains committed […]