Yearly Archives: 2015
UPDF soldiers set to quit South Sudan
Ugandan troops, deployed by President Yoweri Museveni to back South Sudanese President Salva Kiir in the fight against his sacked deputy Riek Machar, are...
Incumbent returned in hotly disputed poll result
On Saturday (October 17), Guinea’s National Electoral Commission officially announced the incumbent, Alpha Conde, as winner of the 2015 presidential election, only its second...
Injuries and arrests following student demo
At least 80 protesters were arrested as students clashed with police in Niger’s capital, Niamey, last week.
More than a dozen protesters were injured as...
Rich migrants give UK a wide berth
The Government’s zeal to cherry-pick investors to the UK appears to have led to a steep decline in the number of applications for Tier...
Right to Rent risks rewind to 50s
Landlords may discriminate if faced with jail jeopardy
Shadow Home Secretary Andy Burnham has warned that the ‘Right to Rent’ element in the Home Office’s...
19th African Film Awards 2015 London Friday 13 November
Africa's most prestigious film industry award ceremony celebrating excellence in Nigeria’s film industry known as Nollywood and Best of Black British Film Stars is...
Comrade Sola Iji: The jigging factor of progressivism in Ondo State
By Olubunmi Omoogun - The first time the phrase or analogy 'Good product doesn't need much persuasion, it naturally sells itself' was used on...
Boy, 11, guns down 8-year-old neighbour
A boy of eleven is facing a first-degree murder charge in custody in Tennessee after he allegedly shot and killed an 8-year-old for not...
Junior Gong bowls them over in California
Though an impressive line-up of artists — including Morgan Heritage, Tarrus Riley, Black Am I, and Jo Mersa — performed at the Santa Barbara...
Motown Broadway show coming to West End
Berry Gordy Jr has been in the capital this week promoting the UK premiere of the Broadway musical Motown The Musical.
The legendary producer and...