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Georgian lawmakers resorted to blows in the parliament when members of the ruling party were about to present a bill on “foreign agents.” Aljazeera reports that the bill had been criticized by Western countries and had been protested against at home. Mamuka Mdinaradze, leader of the ruling Georgian Dream Party who is a driving force…

After a year-long war in Sudan that has almost pushed its people into famine, donors across the globe have pledged to donate $2.1 billion in aid. AP reports that French President Emmanuel Macron said this at the end of an international conference in Paris aimed at getting support for Sudan’s 51 million people. The aid…

Sunday, March 14, was the tenth anniversary of the senseless abduction of the Chibok Government Girls Secondary School. Chibok is a town in Borno state of Nigeria. At a meeting in Lagos, calls for releasing the remaining girls were renewed. Present at the meeting were relatives of the girls and activists. A rescued schoolgirl, Grace…

Legislation to declare Rwanda safe is likely to pass through parliament and the British authorities are full of hope that this will allow the first flights to take off. However, Charities supporting migrants are planning to launch legal challenges “as quickly as possible” against the movement if the law is passed in the coming days….

One of the widow’s of the late MKO Abiola, Modupe Onitiri-Abiola declared a secession of the Yoruba of South Western Nigeria from Nigeria over the weekend. Abiola was the winner of the June 12, 1993 election in Nigeria. However, the military regime annulled the election. Abiola later died in prison on July 7, 1998 after…

Twenty corpses of migrants suspected to be Hatians were found in a boat near northern Brazil. MacauBusiness.com reports that their bodies were in a state of advanced decomposition and showing signs of hunger. Fishermen informed the authorities when they found the boat.  The federal police chief for Braganca, Alexandre Calvinho said, “According to civil police…

Protesters in their hundreds paraded the streets of Niamey on Saturday demanding the exit of US troops and ending the country’s accord with the US. The military government in Niger had earlier ended its military accord with the United States. Furthermore, authorities in the West African country brought in Russian military instructors. The protesters waved…