NIGERIA/UNITED STATES : Washington to take over Madueke clan's $20m villa after judge rejects Sarbonne Estate's claim

US sanctions NATO ally Turkey over Russian missile defense

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration on Monday imposed sanctions on its NATO ally Turkey over its purchase of a Russian air defense system, in a striking move against a longtime partner that sets the stage for further confrontation between the two nations as President-elect Joe Biden prepares to take office.The extraordinary step against a […]

CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC : EUTM-RCA buys kit from TAG, Haftar's source of armoured vehicles

The Armored Group (TAG) continues to win contracts with multinational forces, even though the US firm operates in a Libya under sanctions. Source link

South Africa: Tears of Joy – Zama is the Winner of Idols South Africa Season 16!

Zama cried tears of joy as ProVerb announced that she had just sang her way to becoming the 16th winner of the Idols SA competition! In the process, Zama walks away with a cool R1 million, a recording deal from Kalawa Jazmee, R150 000 worth of the latest Samsung products, the all-new Toyota Starlet 1.4, R100 […]

The Larger Story Is Not Over – BillMoyers.com

December 11, 2020 Today, twenty more House Republicans, including House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy, the top Republican in the House, and Greg Pence, Vice President Mike Pence’s older brother, signed onto the lawsuit filed by the Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton asking the Supreme Court first to take up the lawsuit, and then to throw […]

Africa: Scholar Recommends Ethiopia’s Economic Policy to Other Africans

Ethiopia is a good example to African countries with regard to pursuing home-grown economic policy and strategies that are free from the dominance of developed countries, a renowned African policy scholar said. In an emailed interview with The Ethiopian Herald, Political Economy Professor at Nairobi University, Michael Chege stated that the policies and strategies of […]

IVORY COAST : After Zimbabwe, B2Gold sets its sights on Ivorian gold

The booming Ivorian gold sector has succeeded in attracting a new player that is already well known in African mining circles: Canada’s B2Gold Corp. Source link

Georgia mom charged with murder in stabbing deaths of 2 children

Their mother, 26-year-old Berenice Jaramillo-Hernandez, was seriously injured when police arrived, but investigators later determined her stab wounds were self-inflicted.“According to the preliminary investigation, between noon and 2 p.m. on Friday, Jaramillo-Hernandez killed the children with a knife and then turned the knife on herself, resulting in serious injuries,” the sheriff’s office said in its […]

South Africa: Oil Refinery Blast Is One More Reason South Africa Should Take Industrial Risks Seriously

A blast at an Engen oil refinery recently rocked the community of Durban South, an industrial basin in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. Several employees and community members were treated for smoke inhalation. The Conversation’s Nontobeko Mtshali asked Llewellyn Leonard to share his insights on South African communities and environments exposed to industrial risks. The recent explosion […]

Africa: AU Sides With Western Sahara On Autonomy Despite U.S. Decision

The African Union has maintained that the fate of Western Sahara must be decided by a referendum, even after the the US endorsed Morocco’s control over the breakaway region. Ebba Kalondo, spokesperson of AU Commission chair Moussa Faki Mahamat, says the AU supports the self-determination of Western Sahara through a free and fair referendum as […]

Supreme Court hands Trump, Republican seditionists the ultimate loss

The order, dropped Friday evening, was succinct and unsigned. The State of Texas’s motion for leave to file a bill of complaint is denied for lack of standing under Article III of the Constitution. Texas has not demonstrated a judicially cognizable interest in the manner in which another State conducts its elections. All other pending motions […]

South Africa: Unregulated International Trade in Reptiles Threatens South Africa’s Vulnerable Species

The majority of South Africa’s snakes that are exported are wild-sourced and, along with most indigenous lizards, are not CITES-listed, meaning they can be moved out of the country without having to declare the source as either wild or captive-bred. This article was supplied by the Conservation Action Trust. A new report, Plundered – South […]

Africa: Russian Disinformation Popularizes Sputnik V Vaccine in Africa

Beach Gray, PhD, is a Senior Open Source Analyst at Novetta, specializing in Russian disinformation and media influence. Neil Edwards is an Open Source African Media Analyst at Novetta. On December 3, a vaccine produced by Pfizer, BNT162, became the first COVID-19 vaccine to receive authorization in the United Kingdom for distribution. The United States […]

AFRICA : Verdict on Africanews sale expected on 11 January

Following a submission of arguments on 7 December, the commercial court of Paris has postponed until 11 January its ruling on the €1M paid by Sipromad to Euronews for the planned purchase of the pan-African media service Africanews. Source link

Angola: Reforms in Angola Arouse Interest in Kenya

Luanda — Angolan ambassador to Kenya Syanga Abílio said Wednesday that the East African country’s investors were interested in investing in Angola. According to the diplomat, who was speaking on the LAC breakfast programme, investors from Kenya are very interested, driven by the reforms taking place in the Angola. The diplomat highlighted Kenyans’ interest in […]

Georgia GOP Senators Stock Trades Raise Eyebrows; But Will They Also Raise Outrage? – BillMoyers.com

In the days following last weekend’s senatorial debate in Georgia, the state’s two incumbent Republicans continued to insist that they had been cleared of any wrongdoing tied to each of them selling of millions in stock after Senate briefings about the approaching pandemic. On the debate stage, in campaign television ads and statements, both Georgia […]

Africa: Covid-19: An Opportunity to Start Over and Do Better?

On November 30th, All Africa participated in a global media webinar with Marian Salzman, Senior Vice-President of Global Communications at Philip Morris International (PMI). Considered as one of the world’s top trendspotters, well known for her annual trends forecasts, she presented an exclusive report on upcoming trends in this unprecedented time and what lies ahead […]

SENEGAL/MAURITANIA : Tortue gas field: BP drastically lowers its expectations, to Sall and Ghazouani's dismay

BP and its US partner Kosmos Energy are once again the bearers of bad news for presidents Macky Sall of Senegal and Mohamed Ould Ghazouani of Mauritania. The British major now projects it will only produce 5m tonnes per annum Source link

Katie Porter Obliterates Mitch McConnell For Blocking Pandemic Relief

Rep. Katie Porter (D-CA) unloaded on Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell for blocking pandemic relief as Americans suffer. Porter tweeted: You may have heard that Democrats and Republicans have agreed upon spending $900 billion to fund another round of small business loans, support hospitals and essential workers, and help the 10 million people who lost […]

South Africa: Western Cape Education Takes a Stand On Gender-Based Violence

The Western Cape Education Department (WCED) supports the 16 Days for No Violence Against Women and Children, a global campaign calling for an end to Gender-based Violence (GBV). The annual campaign takes place from 25 November (International Day of No Violence against Women) to 10 December (International Human Rights Day). This year’s theme is “Orange […]

Africa: A Manchester Trade Paper: Despite the Dislocation of Covid, Africa Defies the Odds with the Commencement of AfCFTA Trading on January 1, 2021

A Growth Engine for the Next Fifty Years Even though a particularly disruptive global pandemic has had a negative effect on global trade, economic activity, and international cooperation, there is a bright spot shining from Africa. The continent is now on the verge of entering into a free trade regime that should stimulate intra-Africa trade […]

Health team will oversee ‘100 million shots’ in first 100 days

The WeekFox’s Lou Dobbs berates Stephen Miller for the White House not jumping on Ted Cruz’s Supreme Court offerThings don’t appear to be going well for President Trump’s increasingly desperate attempt to erase his loss to President-elect Joe Biden. Trump currently trails by 7.1 million votes and 4.4 percentage points, the Electoral College will meet […]

MOZAMBIQUE : Works launch now within sight for Temane power plant

The four companies in charge of building the Temane power station – British electricity producer Globeleq, British infrastructure project developer EleQtra, South African firm Sasol, and the state-owned Electricidade de Moçambique (EDM) – plan to start work at the site in April 2021. Source link

Africa: Leveraging Trade to End Hunger

Rome — FAO’s Committee on Commodity Problems (CCP) today organized a special event to discuss the importance of food and agricultural trade for ending global hunger, seeking to identify critical trade-offs associated with different policy measures and possible priorities for action. “We are only nine seasons away from 2030,” said the FAO Director-General, QU Dongyu, […]

Georgia Secretary Of State Investigating Republican Florida Lawyer For Voter Fraud | National News

Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger is investigating Bill Price, a Republican Florida attorney, for encouraging other Floridians to move to Georgia and vote in the upcoming U.S. Senate runoff.Price appeared in a Facebook Live video on Nov. 7 telling fellow Republicans at a meeting that he was moving in with his brother in Georgia […]

ANGOLA/GHANA : Covid tests, an unexpected windfall for Israeli-Swiss group Mitrelli, China's BGI and Nigeria's Peters family

In recent months, a new breed of visitor has been crowding into the highly chic, privately owned Luanda Medical Center (LMC). They are the air travellers who are obliged by Source link

Africa: Capacitate Institutions to Silence the Guns, Urges AU

In an effort to silence the guns on the continent, African Union Chairperson President Cyril Ramaphosa has underscored the need to capacitate institutions that are engaged in efforts of peace and security. “In particular, we need to improve the implementation and coordination of the African Peace and Security Architecture and the African Governance Architecture for […]

Africa: Nuran Comes Back From Near Death Financial Experience to Implement Its First Network As a Service Contract With Vodafone in Ghana

London — NuRAN comes back from near death financial experience to implement its first network as a service contract with Vodafone in Ghana NuRAN has come out of the financial valley of the shadow of death to announce its first network as a service implementation with Vodafone in Ghana. Russell Southwood spoke to Francis Letourneau, […]

Zimbabwe: Chinese Miners Turn Hwange’s Deka Road Into a Death Trap

Hwange — Villagers in Makwa, Hwange East Constituency are fuming over the destruction of Deka Road by Chinese-owned mining companies operating in the area. Land degradation as well as water and air pollution have become perennial challenges for Hwange as the Chinese mining companies destroy roads and discharge effluent into rivers without any action being […]

Trump’s Personal Pentagon – BillMoyers.com

While coronavirus continues to burn across the country, Trump is focusing instead on continuing to contest the election results and on the Pentagon. The main story in the country continues to be the coronavirus. As of tonight, according to the New York Times, more than 14,441,700 people in the US have been infected with the virus […]

Africa: What the Nomination of Ambassador Linda Thomas-Greenfield Means for U.S. Global Engagement and the U.S. Partnership with Africa

Washington, DC — President-elect Biden’s nomination of Ambassador Linda Thomas-Greenfield sends a strong message that the incoming administration is serious about re-engaging the world not only with strong policy leadership and national security skills, but also ensuring that America acts in line with its core values when working with our partners. Ambassador Thomas-Greenfield is the […]