By Lisa Vives, Global Information Network NEW YORK (IDN) — A billionaire appointed by Morocco’s King Mohammed VI, will lead a new government after long-ruling Islamists were defeated in parliamentary elections. Businessman Aziz Akhannouch of the National Rally of Moroccan Independents (RNI), one of the country’s richest men with a fortune estimated at $2 billion, […]
Guinean Soldiers at The Helm After Autocratic President Is Detained
By Lisa Vives, Global Information Network NEW YORK (IDN) — Young military officers who ousted Guinea’s President Alpha Condé on September 5 are wasting no time taking on the duties of heads of state. Meetings have been scheduled with leaders of political parties and religious groups to be followed by civil society organizations and representatives […]
23,000 Refugees Returned to Libya, Mass Surveillance of Migrants in Europe, Tigray Facing Famine
By Reinhard Jacobsen BRUSSELS (IDN) — The Elders address the UN Security Council (UNSC) on Tigray; refugees in Ethiopia approved for resettlement reportedly refused departure; UN urges opening of Tigray for aid; 29 Tigrayan bodies found between Sudan and Ethiopia; 5,000 Ethiopian migrants blocked in Yemen; Ethiopia is facing competing alliances; over 23,000 refugees returned […]
Famed Ugandan University Building to Be Demolished a Year After Fire
By Lisa Vives, Global Information Network NEW YORK (IDN) — The Cabinet of Uganda has resolved to demolish what remains of the Makerere University main building—one year after a devastating fire consumed the historic building in flames. Minister Chris Baryomunsi said the structure will be rebuilt. “We have also directed the Minister of finance to […]
African Athlete with Disabilities Captures the Gold at Tokyo Paralympic Games
By Lisa Vives, Global Information Network NEW YORK (IDN) — “Please know this: as you dive into the water, as you prepare to throw, as you step into the arena, know that you are not alone.” With those words of encouragement, over 180 athletes from the African continent were entered in this year’s 2020 Olympic […]
US Investors to Explore Opportunities in AfCFTA
By Kester Kenn Klomegah MOSCOW (IDN) — United States investors are looking forward to exploring several opportunities in the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA), a policy signed by African countries to make the continent a single market. Speaking at the 13th US-Africa Business Summit from July 27 to July 29, organised by the Corporate […]
Rwanda Using Surveillance Spyware Against Activists, Journalists, Politicians
By Lisa Vives NEW YORK (IDN) — A coalition of news outlets says it has unearthed evidence that Rwandan authorities are among the governments using a powerful surveillance tool to spy on thousands of activists, journalists and politicians through their cellphones. The spyware, developed by Israeli hackers for a company called the NSO Group, has […]
Long-time Foes Gbagbo and Ouattara Bury the Past and Embrace
By Lisa Vives, Global Information Network NEW YORK (IDN) — With warm words of welcome, Ivory Coast President Alassane Ouattara hugged his former arch enemy and rival Laurent Gbagbo, 10 years after the two were locked in ethnically-fuelled combat over a disputed election. Former president Gbagbo has now returned to the land of his birth […]
New Court Ruling Confirms Half a Billion in State Funds Swindled from Angola
By Lisa Vives, Global Information Network NEW YORK (IDN) — The Netherlands-based International Court of Arbitration has affirmed that money transfers to a company controlled by the first daughter of Angola’s ex-president Jose Eduardo dos Santos were “contaminated by illegality” and should be considered “null and void.”
A Reflection on Tigray’s Maneuver Action Plan that Routed Abiy’s Allied Forces
Viewpoint by Asayehgn Desta* CALIFORNIA (IDN) — The constitution of the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia, promulgated in 1995, was supposed to resolve ethnic conflict and enhance self- and shared-rule. But, contrary to expectations, Ethiopia became heavily embroiled in inter-ethnic skirmishes starting in 2018. Demand for self-rule and ethnic fighting has been brewing in a […]