The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has declared a nationwide strike for public workers over fuel and cash scarcity in the country. Speaking on Wednesday, Joe Ajaero, the NLC president, said…
Uganda: President Museveni signs into law anti-gay bill and urges US to respect Ugandan sovereignty
“This law was provoked by arrogant and careless Western-based groups that are fond of coming into our schools to recruit our young children,” said President Museveni in a televised speech…
Kenya: Meta barred from sacking Facebook moderators
A court in Kenya’s capital Nairobi has barred Meta, Facebook’s parent company, from laying off its content moderators pending determination of a lawsuit that is challenging their planned dismissal. The…
Ethiopia: PM Abiy Ahmed appoints TPLF head as Tigray president
Ethiopia’s Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed has appointed a senior member of the Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF) Getachew Reda as the head of the newly established interim administration in the…
Canada: Immigration fuels one of the largest population growth of over 1 million
Canada’s population grew by over a million people for the first time ever last year, the government has said. The country’s population increased from 38,516,138 to 39,566,248 people, Statistics Canada…
Gambia: Authorities apologise as patient dies in stranded ferry
The Gambia authorities have said that a ferry which was stranded in the northern coastal region of Barra for 12 hours has been disentangled from a fishing net. The vessel…
Egypt: Referee suspended for using spectator’s mobile phone to disallow goal
Egyptian referee Mohamed Farouk has been suspended for using a spectator’s mobile phone to disallow a goal in a league match. Al-Nasr thought they had scored a late equaliser away…
US: Biden government urges Uganda to reconsider new anti-LGBT law
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken has said anti-LGBT draft legislation passed by Uganda’s parliament on Tuesday undermines fundamental human rights and urged the government to reconsider implementing it. The…
Chadia: Rebels jailed over killing of ex-president Déby
A court in Chad on Tuesday handed life sentences to more than 400 rebels over the killing of former President Idriss Déby. The former president died of his injuries in…
Tanzania: Marburg virus kills five people in Kagera region
Marburg virus has killed five people in Tanzania’s north-western Kagera region, the health ministry has said. High fever is a common symptom of the deadly Ebola-like virus, often followed by…