Military-run Guinea-Bissau will hold a referendum on Sunday on a constitutional change that would give the president more powers ahead ofc a general election meant to restore civilian rule later this year. Euro News reports that this new constitution was presented by transitional, unelected bodies that emerged from the military coup d’etat last November. Bubacar Toure, who heads…
Photo credit: Leadership Newspaper Dozens of soldiers were killed or arrested after a group of young troops attempted a mutiny in Niger’s capital in what was seen as a major threat to the country’s junta, according to a state television broadcast and analysts. The Associated Press reports that it was the culmination of nearly 24 hours of unrest that appeared…
‘Death is not the opposite of life but an innate part of it. By living our lives, we nurture death’. – Haruki Mukarami The above quotation by the Japanese writer, Haruki Mukarami, shows how he sees death. He sees death as a continuation of life. The Yoruba worldview believes that people only die physically. But…
Photo credit: the independent A city council in Canada is taking a page from the US playbook and plans to rename its street honouring Donald Trump – and to troll him with its new name. The Independent reports that the Ottawa City Council voted unanimously on Wednesday to rename Trump Avenue, a residential street in its…
Photo credit: Yahoo News Nearly 500 migrants have arrived in the UK in one day, in the first boats to successfully cross the Channel in 10 days. The BBC reports that the seven vessels that made the crossing were the first since 17 August, when 250 people arrived in the UK. Dinghies arrived in British waters…
