Yearly Archives: 2015
UKIP candidate replaced following “kidnap Obama” comment
UKIP has been forced to replace yet another one of its candidates after he made a comment on Facebook saying that President Obama should...
Nigerian sex trafficker arrested in Benin
A Nigerian woman, who is suspected of transporting dozens of young girls from villages in Nigeria to the UK and other European countries, has...
Hostage standoff in Istanbul courthouse
The tragic and bloody end to an hours-long hostage standoff inside an Istanbul courthouse on Tuesday has raised the tensions that still linger in...
Russian Muslims denounce ‘Islamic State’
A major Russian Muslim group has issued a fatwa against the so-called Islamic State (IS, formerly ISIS/ISIL) reviling them as ‘enemies of Islam’ and...
Ebola lock-down ended for now
Sierra Leone’s three-day lock down has come to a close. People were told to stay at home across the country while volunteers went door...
Togo election delayed to revise voter list
Togo has decided to emulate its neighbour Nigeria and push back the date of its general election. The poll, originally slated for April 15,...
Lewis best F1 champion ever, says F1 supremo
“Lewis Hamilton is the greatest Formula One champion there has ever been”. This strange statement came from the some would say equally strange chief...
Departing Pru chief exec Tidjane Thiam earned £11.9m in 2014
French-Ivorian businessman Tidjane Thiam, who in 2009 became the first Black African to head up a FTSE100 company and three weeks ago announced he...
Lupita back in East Africa for film about chess prodigy
Following the excitement generated by a film about a ‘king of Scotland’, Uganda is bracing itself for the production of a new movie about...
Nigeria’s Elections: Uncertainties and Anxieties of a Vital Process
After a false start in February, Nigeria’s presidential and national assembly elections will take place on 28 March. They were postponed from the original date of 14 February...
