By Jim Garamone, DOD News This article was issued by U.S. Department of Defense. WASHINGTON, D.C., 16 March 2023 (IDN) — Africa is a tremendously diverse continent with many cultures, languages, threats and opportunities that U.S. planners need to consider, said Marine Corps Gen. Michael Langley, the commander of U.S. Africa Command during an interview. […]
Freedom of the Press Suffers a Body Blow in Senegal
By Lisa Vives, Global Information Network NEW YORK | DAKAR, 14 March 2023 (IDN) — Journalism is in trouble in Senegal. On March 3, a reporter with the news service Walf TV was detained and then charged with six crimes, including “spreading false news,” after reporting on the questionable prosecution of an opposition politician. The […]
Racist Attacks and ‘Fake Facts’ Spark African Migrant Flight from Tunisia
By Lisa Vives, Global Information Network NEW YORK | TUNIS, 14 March 2023 (IDN) — A campaign targeting Black migrants in the north African nation of Tunisia has escalated with misleading videos on social media. The African Union has responded—cancelling a major conference on illicit financial flows due to take place in Tunisia this month.
Shakeup of US Ambassadors Headed for Africa
By Lisa Vives, Global Information Network NEW YORK, 13 March 2023 (IDN) — Following the contentious election exercise in Nigeria, now facing court challenges by at least two of the parties unsuccessful at the polls, President Joe Biden has named new US ambassadors to four African nations where troubles also abound. The four countries are […]
A Woman Doctor Gets Top Job at Greenpeace Africa
By Lisa Vives, Global Information Network NEW YORK, 7 March 2023 (IDN) — At a time of monumental climate challenges – from floods and pollution to hunger and drought, a legacy organization has tapped Dr Oulie Keita of Mali to lead the continent-wide activist group. The new Executive Director of Greenpeace Africa was chosen after […]
Flawed Nigerian Polls Stir Outrage Among Nation’s Voters
By Lisa Vives, Global Information Network NEW YORK | ABUJA, 2 March 2023 (IDN) — An error-filled election exercise witnessed countrywide and worldwide marred Nigeria’s much-awaited national polls, leaving the victory by the ruling party candidate stained by the stench of corruption and dubious validity. Held on February 25 using the supposedly secure Bimodal Voter […]
UN Chief Berates Global Financial Systems for Denying Debt Relief to Africa
By Lisa Vives, Global Information Network NEW YORK, 21 Feb 2023 (IDN) — At the opening of the African Union Summit in Addis Ababa this weekend, UN Secretary General António Guterres scolded an “unfair financial system” for denying many African countries the debt relief and concessional financing they need. “Systems and structures, from health and […]
Nigerian Central Bank on Hot Seat After Sweeping Banknote Recall
By Lisa Vives, Global Information Network NEW YORK | LAGOS, 20 Feb 2023 (IDN) — Chaos! It’s hard to find a better word to describe the confusion, frustration and anger felt by many Nigerians discovering that, in a surprise move by the Central Bank, their naira currency was being pulled from circulation and replaced by […]
Sankara Family Rejects Plot Chosen by Government for His Reburial
By Lisa Vives, Global Information Network NEW YORK, 20 Feb 2023 (IDN) — The military government in Burkina Faso announced this week that the burial of the country’s former president, Thomas Sankara, will take place in a private ceremony next week at the spot where he was assassinated in a coup more than three decades […]
Looking Back, Facing Forward as Nigeria Decides
Viewpoint by Azu Ishiekwene The writer is the Managing Director/Editor-in-Chief of LEADERSHIP newspaper based in Abuja, Nigeria. ABUJA 15 Feb 2023 (IDN) — It’s hard to imagine that it’s nearly eight years since. This time in 2015, I was over the moon with the prospects of a general election that was certain to end the […]