The Uncertain Future of Liberian Refugees in the U.S.
Deferred Enforced Departure (DED) may be coming to an end for thousands of Liberian Americans at the end of this month.
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West Africa
Cameroon detains another journalist
By Chernoh Alpha M. Bah Authorities in Cameroon have been asked to immediately release Michel Biem Tong, editor of the privately owned Hurinews website, who was detained on October 23, 2018 after being summoned to the State Secretariat for Defense in the capital, Yaoundé. Prior to his arrest, Tong had published articles criticizing the Cameroonian government’s handling
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Nigeria reacts to separatist leader’s appearance
By Abubakar Ahmadu Maishanu A statement issued by the Nigerian presidency on Tuesday October 23 has confirmed the re-appearance of the Nigerian separatist leader, Nnamdi Kanu who was rumored to have been killed. A media aide to the Nigerian president, Garba Shehu told the BBC’s Hausa Service that Kanu, the controversial leader of the Indigenous People
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Nigerian journalist Frank Eleanya wins APO Group invitation
Online News Editor Frank Eleanya from Nigeria has won APO’s invitation to attend the Web Summit, the largest tech conference in the world, to be held in Lisbon, Portugal, from November 5 to 8, 2018. APO Group will offer one round trip ticket and accommodation in Lisbon for Frank Eleanyao to attend the Web Summit. The Web Summit
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Court sets jailed Nigerian journalist free
By Muhammad Bah An Abuja magistrate’s court today struck out a case against Jones Abiri, publisher and editor-in-chief of the newspaper, Weekly Source, saying the court does not have jurisdiction over the state where the alleged wrongdoing took place. Abiri, who was detained without charge for over two years until his release last month, was accused of criminal
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New Lands Minister on the Rampage in Sierra Leone
By Theophilus Sahr Gbenda Sierra Leone’s new Minister of Lands, Dr. Dennis Sandy is on the rampage in Sierra Leone as he reclaims, what he refers to as, “state land” in the Mothaim and Mongegba communities along the Regent-Grafton axis of Freetown. This move was first ignited by previous Minister of Lands Diana Finda Konomanyi
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How a group of single mothers is changing lives in Sierra Leone
By Joshua Lew McDermott Just south of Bo, the second largest city in Sierra Leone, lies Tinkonko, a bustling and largely-rural chiefdom home to about 54,000 individuals. Like the rest of Sierra Leone, Tinkonko has a high prevalence of single mothers, especially teenage mothers, and at-risk children and orphans. A 2013 United Nations report states
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Sexual violence, teenage pregnancy on the increase in Sierra Leone
By Abdulrahman Koroma A sixty-three-year-old man is currently on trial in Sierra Leone on allegation of sexual assault and rape against a thirteen year old girl in Freetown, the capital of the West African country. Court officials in Freetown say Mohamed Samura, 63, faces sexual offense charges that violate Section 19 of Sierra Leone’s Sexual
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Mauritania: The Forgotten Genocide of Black Africans
By Yahaya Ba Growing up, I knew West African families tended to be large. What I didn’t know was why my family seemed so much larger and more spread apart than others. I figured that because our ethnic group, the Halpulaar (a largely Islamic-leaning linguistic group which shares the language of Fulfudle) had originated in
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The APC’s Dance Parade Does Not Indicate an Election Victory
By Chernoh Alpha M. Bah Much has been said about the All Peoples Congress (APC) dance parade this past Friday. In particular, ruling party propagandists and their supporters have celebrated the dancing crowd, including the violence that accompanied the masquerade. They are claiming that the crowds that trooped into the streets of Freetown on Friday
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