People who cannot vote on Wednesday 22 of April for the general elections starts to do so now. Earthtimes.org reports. “People who will not be able to vote Wednesday for health, travel or other reasons began casting their ballots”, the website reported on Monday the 20th of April. 84 thousand people applied. Among these there […]
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Nigeria: Italian hostage is now free
The Italian foreign ministry confirms the liberation of the Italian citizen kidnapped last 6 of April. The news appeared on www.esteri.it. “The Italian foreign office – in a press release – confirms that the Italian kidnapped in Nigeria last 6 of April is now free”.
Nigeria: man swallows 3kg of cocaine
The Nigerian Ndlea, National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, have arrested Mr. Uko John Ifeanyi, a 46-year-old father of three children, with 3.349 kilogrammes of cocaine concealed in his stomach. The report was published yesterday 14 of April on thepmnews.com
Somalia: people return to Mogadishu – UNHCR
Even though Somalia is facing many problems, some 60,000 people are returning to Mogadishu, the capital of Somalia. The UNHCR, the UN agency for the refugee, published this today on its website. Below you can read the first paragraph of the UN agency report. Some 60,000 people have returned to Mogadishu since the start of […]
Algeria: Bouteflika is reelected for the 3rd time
Abdelaziz Bouteflika is reelected as president of Algeria for third consecutive mandate in office. 12,911,705 votes were counted in favour of the former president during the elections held esterday Thursday 9 April 2009. Bouteflika won a 90.24 percent majority, as stated by the Minister of State, Minister of Interior and Local Authorities Noureddine Yazid Zerhouni […]
Algeria: polls open for presidential elections
“The policy of the ‘empty chair‘ does not meet the agreement of all the militants,” so it’s written on the website monde-diplomatique.fr
Rwanda remembers 1994 genocide
Rwanda commemorates today the 15th anniversary of the 1994 genocide that killed more than one million people. The president of Rwanda, Paul Kigame, has started the ceremonies with the national anthem. The ceremony takes place in Nyanza, a hill surrounding the Rwandan capital Kigali, where thousands of people seeking protection have been killed in 1994. […]
Nigeria: government offer is ‘unrealistic’ – Mend
The Mend (Movement for the emancipation of Niger Delta) said that the offer of the Federal Government is ‘unrealistic’.
Nigerian's war against nature
The Island of Lagos is by no means new to the fury of nature, as a ferocious ocean current lord on the entire West Africa gulf. It has even threatened to wash out Victoria Island, one of the most treasured parts of the city. Now the State government has taken the battle back to nature. […]
Leaving Africa is not easy
In a time when all Italians, and maybe Europeans too, seems to be enraged against all immigrant, we found on Flickr a photo that explains what does it mean to leave for west Africa. Here you can read the story of Solomon Audu.