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Nigeria's ruling party has won a key governorship election in the bellwether state of Ekiti, the country's electoral commission said Sunday.
In May, Burundi held a presidential election which was won by Evariste Ndayishimiye, candidate of the ruling National Council for the Defense of Democracy - Forces for the Defense of Democracy (CNDD-FDD) party.
Ndayishimiye was hurriedly sworn in after the untimely death of president Pierre Nkurunziza in June.
Rights violations continue
The Council encouraged donor countries which had suspended aid to Burundi to continue dialogue towards resumption of development assistance.
A report by a UN watchdog in September said human rights violations were still being committed in Burundi, including sexual violence and murder.
The country was plunged into a crisis in April 2015 when Ndayishimiye’s predecessor Pierre Nkurunziza decided to run for a controversial third term, which he ultimately won in July 2015.
His candidature, which was opposed by the opposition and civil society groups, resulted in a wave of protests, violence and even a failed coup in May 2015.
Hundreds of people were killed and over 300,000 fled to neighboring countries.
… of all folks, Asian Americans, African Americans, Latinos, LGBTQ, across the board … that by one measure, gay Black Americans may finally have representation in … Pentagon, and is the only African-American to have headed U.S …
[GroundUp] The Hawks and the Special Investigating Unit swooped on the offices of the National Lotteries Commission (NLC) and Metrofile, a document storage company, early Tuesday morning after obtaining a search and seizure order from a Pretoria magistrate on Monday.
By Julianne Malveaux Voters between 18 and 29 made history in the 2020 election. According to the Center for Information and Research on Civic Learning & Engagement, or CIRCLE [https://circletufts.edu/2020-election-center], at least 52 percent of them, and perhaps as many as 55 percent, voted. That turnout is at least ten percentage points higher than in 2016, and […]
[The Conversation Africa] For people working in South Africa's live music sector, 2020 has been \"devastating\". That was the term that researchers read most frequently in responses to the country's largest-ever live music and COVID-19 survey, published in November. As one respondent put it:
A Cape Town paramedic was shot while driving a patient to hospital in Mitchells Plain at 03:00 on Tuesday.
… first African American to fill the position. He was also the first Black American … is under pressure to name Black Americans to top posts. Biden has … Biden needed to pick a Black American for top cabinet positions, like …
[Nation] The African Academy of Sciences (AAS) has named Professor Daniël Christiaan de Wet Swanepoel the winner of the 2018 Olusegun Obasanjo Prize for Scientific Breakthrough and Technological Innovation.
If Professor Karim is worried, the rest of us should be too. Our virus expert has conceded that South Africa's second wave 'may already be happening'.
The country's youngest craft gin distiller shares his 'spirit' journey and how it led him to Autograph Gin.
One of the escapees is serving a life sentence for various crimes, while the other is serving a 20-year sentence.
[The Herald] In his address to the extraordinary AU summit on Sunday themed \"Silencing the Guns\", President Mnangagwa outlined a multi-pronged approach to resolve conflict and deal with threats from gangs of terrorists or criminals.
[Africa Renewal] First of its kind #AfricaYouthLead policy paper is a result of continent-wide consultations, focus groups and surveys in English, Swahili, French, and Arabic.
The US Congress has made a landmark decision by selecting Rep. Gregory Meeks to chair one of the most powerful committees in Congress. Meeks is the first black to chair this prestigious committee and he is well suited for the job.
Two security guards and two residents were wounded when six suspects robbed a Fidelity cash van in Khayelitsha on Monday.
S.E. Williams | Executive Editor California’s Legislative Black Caucus (CLBC) Chair, Dr. Shirley Weber, recently teamed with California’s Surgeon General Dr. Nadine Burke Harris and hosted a virtual town hall to engage and inform the Black community and others around issues related to COVID-19. The timing was right as the virus is, once again, exploding […]
The post A Conversation with Black Leaders about COVID-19 and CA’s Black Communities appeared first on Black Voice News.
[Cameroon Tribune] The Atlas Lions are working out winning strategies in order to keep the trophy they won in the previous edition.
Media mogul Byron Allen's latest broadcast television network, TheGrio.TV will be distributed on 11 major market Fox owned-and-operated television station... View Article
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Lori Loughlin's daughter Olivia Jade Giannulli appeared on Jada Pinkett Smith's Red Table Talk this week, but if she expected... View Article
The post Red Table Talk confronts Lori Loughlin's daughter on her 'white privilege' appeared first on TheGrio.
Kotze told magistrate Janine Ungerer that Leshabane admitted to the investigating team members that he had hired the four co-accused to kill his wife, Makoena Mabusela-Leshabane.
[Daily Trust] The Federal Government of Nigeria has signed an Investment Protection Agreement (IPA) with Morocco and Singapore to raise investing confidence.
A teenage boy, thought to be around 15 years old, has died after being knocked down by a car while seemingly crossing the N12 in Eldorado Park, Johannesburg.
Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade Minister Kamina Johnson Smith says the recently concluded post-Cotonou Partnership Agreement will likely take the Organisation of African, Caribbean and Pacific States (OACPS) to a higher level if the new landmark...
As citizens in Ghana picked the country's next president this week, Rep. Maxine Waters (D-Calif.), chair of the House Financial Services Committee, recalled the impact of former President Jerry Rawlings, who died on Nov. 12 at the age of 73.
[The Herald] Brazzaville -- The World Health Organization (WHO) on December 3 launched a new alliance, the Africa Infodemic Response Alliance (AIRA), to coordinate actions and pool resources in combating misinformation around COVID-19 pandemic and other health emergencies in Africa.
A Cape Town man who, together with a friend, is accused of knifing his mother to death in her Bellville home will make a bid for bail in the hopes of being released in time for Christmas.
[Unicef] New York -- UNICEF calls on governments to prioritize the reopening of schools, take all actions possible to make classrooms as safe as possible and avoid nationwide school closures
