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Inside Africa – EU urges Kenya to publish all election results
on: by Fernil News
The European Union’s election observer mission in Kenya is calling on the government to promptly publish all results forms of the disputed August 8 vote. Opposition candidate Raila Odinga has claimed that the election was rigged in favor of President Uhuru
Inside Africa – Zambia: HIV testing now compulsory
on: by Fernil News
The President of Zambia, Edgar Lungu has announced that testing for HIV is now compulsory in that country. According to Mr. Lungu, testing, counselling and treatment for HIV which used to be voluntary, are now a must for every citizen as
Inside Africa – Kenya election: Raila Odinga to challenge result in court
on: by Fernil News
Kenya’s opposition leader Raila Odinga says he will mount a legal challenge to the result of last week’s presidential election, which he claims was rigged. Mr Odinga, who was defeated by incumbent Uhuru Kenyatta, has accused the electoral authorities of fraud
Inside Africa – Nigeria violence: Female suicide bombers kill 27
on: by Fernil News
Three female suicide bombers have carried out an attack that has killed at least 27 people in north-eastern Nigeria, officials say. Dozens were injured when the women blew themselves up outside a refugee camp near Maiduguri in Borno state – a
Inside Africa – Sierra Leone mudslide: At least 600 still missing in Freetown
on: by Fernil News
At least 600 people are still missing following a mudslide and flooding that devastated parts of Sierra Leone’s capital, Freetown, a spokesman for the president has told the BBC. President Ernest Bai Koroma earlier pleaded for “urgent support”, saying entire communities
Inside Africa – Nigeria: N6.2 Billion Spent on Homegrown School Feeding Programme
on: by Fernil News
The Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity (Office of the Vice-President), Mr. Laolu Akande, has recently disclosed that the federal government of Nigeria has spent N6.2 billion under the National Homegrown School Feeding Programme. The Buhari administration
Ghana – Protecting the public purse: Whose business is it to send people to mecca who will return to be revered and call honorable?
on: by Fernil News
Whose business is it to send people to mecca who will return to be revered and call honorable? Is it a constitutional dictate to send people to Mecca? Has our Mps so called honorable men and women ever bothered to subject
Inside Africa – Zimbabwe’s Grace Mugabe due in SA court over assault
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Zimbabwe’s first lady, Grace Mugabe, is to appear in court in South Africa later following reports of an alleged assault, South Africa’s police minister says. South African media said she had handed herself over to police. She is alleged to have