…As Interior Minister Says Incident “Not A National Disaster” By Tajudeen Balogun, Head, African Examiner, Nigeria Bureau, with Agency Report The death toll at a gas station which went on fire, Thursday morning in Accra, the Ghanaian capital has risen to over 200. Editor of a Ghanaian National daily – Daily Guide, Fortunes Alimi quoted […]
By Oludare Sunday Fase, Baltimore – Buoyed by the new dawn in Nigeria politics, the African Heritage Foundation says it has penciled down Nigeria’s president-elect, General Mohammadu Buhari to commission its new African House located in Montgomery, Alabama. Speaking in an Interview with African Examiner, the founder of the foundation and African cultural ambassador, Chief […]
No fewer than 10 people were Friday killed in a suicide bomb attack in a Shia – Imam Ali mosque located in the Eastern Province of Saudi Arabia Kingdom. A doctor at the emergency unit of Qatif Central Hospital confirmed at least 70 people were injured, with some severe cases. Eye witnesses’ account explained that […]
The embattled Burundian President Pierre Nkurunziza has partially bowed to pressure, as the country’s parliamentary election has been postponed and rescheduled by 10 days. With the new development, the legislative poll which was earlier slated for May 26, 2015, is now to hold June 5. Following the violent protest which had claimed not less than […]
By Ayo Balogun with Agency Reports – The embattled Burundian President Pierre Nkurunziza has fired two top officials in his cabinet, including the Ministers of Defence and Foreign in connection with last Wednesday foiled coup against his government. President Nkurunziza’s Spokesperson, Gervais Abayeho, confirmed this Tuesday, announcing that Emmanuel Ntahonvukiye, was named Monday to replace […]
By Our Reporter–The first democratically elected and former Egyptian President, Mohammed Morsi has been sentenced to death over mass prison break in 2011. Following the latest ruling, the Egyptian’s highest religious authority, Grand Mufti, is expected to consider and decide whether the execution would be carried out or not, just as all death sentence rulings […]
The ongoing political crisis and confusion in Burundi rage, as the renegade General and former Defence Minister, Gen Cyrille Ndayirukiye, two Police Commissioners and about 12 other Police officers, Friday were arrested in connection with the Wednesday purported “overthrow” of embattled President Pierre Nkurunziza’s administration. Security Minister Gabriel Nizigama confirmed this, while the President’s Spokesperson, […]
Confusion still ensues in the Bujumbura, the Burundian capital, just as the rival soldiers still battle for control, as controversies still trail the “overthrow” of President Pierre Nkurunziza’s government, while his plane has been refused landing at the country’s airport. Following the stalemate, fighting broke Thursday around the state television station and Bujumbura airport, as […]
The ongoing political crisis in Burundi Wednesday took a new twist as an army officer, Major General Godefroid Niyombareh announced that the embattled President Pierre Nkurunziza’s government has been toppled. Consequently, General Niyombareh informed that a salvation committee had been set up, yet his level of support was unclear. The violent protest in Burundi was […]
About 500 members of Myanmar’s Rohingya Muslim community were rescued Sunday, in a boat, which had on board, mostly women and children and traveling off northern Indonesia. The ill-fated boat landed in troubles when stranded in waters off Aceh province. It would be recalled Myanmar, formerly referred to as Burma, declined the Rohingya as her […]
By Ayo Balogun – The World Health Organization (WHO) has issued an interim warning about the possibility of contract of the deadly Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) through sexual transmission. The body gave the hint Saturday, in a statement it issued in Lagos. Consequently, the world heath body had directed EVD survivors and their sexual partners […]
By Our Reporters – The British Prime Minister, David Cameron and his Conservative Party are coasting to victory in the country’s general elections which commenced Thursday. With projections and partial results released Friday morning, there are strong indications that the Conservative will at a minimum, win overall majority in the Parliament. With emerging results, the Conservatives fall […]
General polls to usher in new Prime Minister and new parliament are underway in the United Kingdom (UK). The elections which opened Thursday at 0600 GMT and expected to be rounded of 2100 GMT is being contested by the Conservative party, which formed alliance with the Liberal Democrats in 2010 polls and put an end […]
Two weeks after 800 passengers perished in Malta when the boat they were traveling with, to Europe, capsized in the Mediterranean, dozens of migrants have again drowned in the sea after a boat sank in the south of Sicily. According to Save the Children aid Group, survivors of the ill fated boat fell into the […]
–As EU Leaders Move To Check Influx Of Migrants A multi-faith funerals service has been held in Malta, for 24 victims killed in the worst ever recorded capsizing, of a migrant boat in the Mediterranean. No fewer than 800 passengers died in last Sunday’s disaster. The Italian police indicated that the captain mistakenly crashed the […]
An Egyptian criminal court has sentenced ousted Islamist president Mohamed Morsi to 20 years in prison over the killing of protesters in 2012, the first verdict to be issued against the country’s first freely elected leader. The Cairo criminal court issued the verdict as Morsi and other defendants in the case – mostly Muslim Brotherhood […]
The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has urged the government of President Goodluck Jonathan to urgently take legal action against the South African Government before the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights to seek effective remedies, including adequate compensation, for Nigerian victims of xenophobic attacks in South Africa. In a statement on Monday […]
As Xenophobic attacks rage in South Africa, the indicted Zulu King, Goodwill Zwelithini has called for calm in the affected areas. The King was accused last week of provoking the bloody protest, in which no fewer than seven people (foreigners) have been killed, after directing that the foreigners should return to their countries. While addressing […]
A US-based group, Socio Political Awareness Forum, SPAF has condemned in strong terms, the recent and unfortunate trend of xenophobia in the Republic of South Africa. Rising from an emergency meeting from its Milwaukee WI, USA base, the group expressed its total dismay at the spate of killings in the former Apartheid thorn zone, stating […]
South African President Jacob Zuma has condemned the xenophobic attacks on foreigners, in which not less than five people have died since it started. President Zuma described the attack as “shocking and unacceptable”. No fewer than 5,000 people involved in a rally, held in the country’s coastal city of Durban Thursday, against the foreigners. The […]
