FRANCE is a problem. In Africa, it is a man-child fighting hard to retain its feeding bottle. The United Kingdom-based Socialist Labour organised a virtual conference of Africans to discuss this and the current crises in Africa, with an emphasis on the Francophone countries. Co-ordinator Tokunbo Oke, in commenting on the theme, “The Niger Coup: Read More…
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Wagner Group faces UK terrorist organisation designation
The Russian private military company known as the Wagner Group is slated to be designated as a terrorist organisation by the British government, the Home Office announced on Wednesday. This move will render membership in or support for the group illegal. A forthcoming parliamentary order will categorise Wagner’s assets as terrorist property, permitting their confiscation, Read More…
UK announces £49 million investment in African climate change initiatives
The United Kingdom has unveiled its commitment to invest £49 million in projects aimed at combating climate change across Africa. This announcement comes ahead of the inaugural Africa Climate Summit, scheduled to be hosted by Kenya from 4th to 6th September. The projects are expected to focus on mobilising financial resources for climate action and Read More…
Memo To Their Excellencies
Your Excellencies, greetings from Citizenville. It is not fashionable that anyone from this valley of citizens would nurse the pretence of counselling you as you perch on your high pedestals all over Africa. But times have changed. This is 2023. Many of you still live in the era of England’s King James I (reigned 1603–1625), who famously Read More…
President Bola Tinubu visits New Delhi G20 Conference to attract private capital
In a bid to accelerate the development of critical infrastructure in Nigeria, President Bola Tinubu is set to participate in the G20 Summit scheduled from September 9 to September 10 in New Delhi, India. This mission aims to lure private capital into the nation, with a particular focus on attracting Foreign Direct Investment (FDI). Ajuri Read More…
Gabonese Coup: The fault is not in the electorate
THE scenario has various strands of familiarity. I mean the military coup of Wednesday, August 30, 2023 that removed Gabonese President Ali Bongo Ondimba. An elected African dictator in a well-fortified Presidential Palace finds his palace has become his prison. It is like the fish realising that the water it is swimming in is boiling. Read More…
Gabon awaits new military junta after government ouster
In the wake of a sudden governmental upheaval, Gabon finds itself in a state of anticipation as it observes the forthcoming actions of its nascent military junta. A mere day ago, the junta orchestrated a swift overthrow of the existing administration, ushering in a fresh leader while confining long-standing President Ali Bongo within the confines Read More…
Tinubu calls for peaceful resolution in Niger crisis through diplomacy
President Bola Tinubu has instructed the delegation of Muslim Ulamas mediating in the Niger Republic crisis to return to the junta to establish a preliminary commitment. Following a private meeting with the president, Ustaz Abdullahi Bala-Lau, the leader of the delegation, stated that Tinubu was keen on avoiding the use of force to resolve the Read More…
Russian militants call on Wagner Group to defect amid revenge claims
A faction of Russian militants who are aligned with the Ukrainian forces has issued an appeal to the Wagner Group of mercenaries, urging them to defect and join their ranks in retaliation for the deaths of Wagner’s founder, Yevgeny Prigozhin, and their commander, Dmitry Utkin. Russian aviation authorities have confirmed that Prigozhin, Utkin, and eight Read More…
Trump’s mugshot released amid felony charges and political manoeuvres
Donald Trump’s mugshot was unveiled on Thursday evening after he underwent booking procedures at an Atlanta detention facility, facing over a dozen felony charges as part of an extensive criminal case linked to his efforts to overturn the 2020 election defeat in Georgia, during his tenure as the former U.S. president. With a stern expression, Read More…