By Caroline Mwanga NEW YORK (IDN) — The UN Secretary-General António Guterres is deeply concerned about the impact the conflict continues to have on civilians in Ethiopia. He said he was deeply saddened by reports that more than 50 civilians were killed and injured in an airstrike in northern Ethiopia, on January 7.
‘Even In Death, Tutu Remains a Vigilant Protector of The Environment’
By Lisa Vives, Global Information Network NEW YORK (IDN) — Over the course of his 90 years, Archbishop Desmond Mpilo Tutu gave voice to his beloved nation in its struggle for change and reconciliation under Black majority rule. His last wishes for a green burial have sparked a tweetstorm on the mostly unfamiliar practice among […]
Controversial Kenyan Conservationist Dies Aged 77
By Lisa Vives, Global Information Network NEW YORK (IDN) — World-famous Kenyan conservationist and fossil hunter Richard Leakey, cited for “great contributions to human origins and wildlife conservation”, has passed away in Nairobi. He was 77 years of age. Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta expressed “deep sorrow” at the news of Leakey’s death. His will and […]
A Book Fair Blossoms in Mogadishu
By Lisa Vives, Global Information Network NEW YORK | MOGADISHU (IDN) — A Book Fair is flowering in Mogadishu, bringing the world of literature and other areas of learning to a region challenged by the coronavirus pandemic and political tension linked to disagreements over the ongoing parliamentary elections in the country. The event had been […]
Kenya’s Nomads Hit by Longest Dry Spell in Memory
By Lisa Vives, Global Information Network NEW YORK | NAIROBI (IDN) — Kenya’s crucial rainy season came up short this year with only a few showers, wiping out livestock and putting millions of people at risk. Photographs from Wajir County, near the border with Somalia, show dying and dead cows in a desert dotted with […]
Truth Commission Concludes Inquiry Into ‘Reign of Terror’ Under Gambia’s Former Head of State
By Lisa Vives, Global Information Network NEW YORK (IDN) — A Truth, Reconciliation and Reparations Commission (TRRC) in the West African nation of The Gambia has wrapped up a sweeping three-year public inquiry into the rule of former president Yahya Jammeh, an ex-military man who held the nation in his grip with torture, killings and […]
US Secretary of State Blinken Finds ‘Vibrant Democracy’ In Violence-Stricken Nigeria
By Lisa Vives, Global Information Network NEW YORK (IDN) — A whiz-bang tour through Africa had some discordant notes for US Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken who was treated to wide vistas of Chinese-built infrastructure as his motorcade zipped from airport to airport. In Nigeria, he zoomed past the China Chamber of Commerce in […]
Intra-African Trade Fair Aims to Strengthen the Continent’s Industrial Base
By Kester Kenn Klomegah MOSCOW | DURBAN (IDN) — South Africa is hosting a weeklong Intra-African Trade Fair (IATF2021), which provides a unique and valuable platform for businesses to access an integrated African market of over 1.2 billion people with a GDP of over US$2.5 trillion. Organized by the African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank), in collaboration […]
British Somali Novelist Breaks Barrier to Win Nomination for Booker Prize
By Lisa Vives, Global Information Network NEW YORK (IDN) — “Fortune Men” is the third novel by acclaimed novelist Nadifa Mohamed and the first by a British Somali to be shortlisted for the prestigious Booker Prize. Her latest book tells the story of a notorious miscarriage of justice and the real-life wrongful conviction of British […]
Black Voters Stray from ANC In Recent National Polls
By Lisa Vives, Global Information Network NEW YORK (IDN) — The party that governed South Africa since the end of apartheid appears to have lost its grip on Black voters who turned away from the party of Nelson Mandela this month in large numbers. For the first time in the country’s post-apartheid democracy, the African […]