A journey through life
Posted in Africa on Nov 18th, 2008
The Ikemba Nnewi, Chief Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu, cut an imposing figure as he sat in his living room with his close aides savouring the victory of America’s President elect Barak Obama. For a man whose place in Nigeria’s history books cannot be erased he was surprisingly unassuming. Chief Ojukwu had just celebrated his seventy fifth [...]
Posted in Africa on Nov 17th, 2008
The African Union is demanding Africans have a say in any world financial reforms that affect the continent. The demand comes after the world’s economic powers, the G20, ended a summit in Washington to discuss the global financial crisis. The chairman of the AU commission, Jean Ping, said world powers tend to take decisions for [...]
Posted in Africa on Nov 13th, 2008
Increasing numbers of foreign female domestic workers in Lebanon are facing abuse and violence at the hands of their employers. The number of Ethiopian workers in particular reporting abuse has increased in recent months, according to the Lebanese Daily Star newspaper. Two Ethiopian women have turned a rented apartment into a makeshift sanctuary for women [...]
Posted in Africa on Oct 30th, 2008
Zambians began voting early today in what is expected to be a hotly contested election. The election to replace the late president Levy Mwanawasa pits acting President Rupiah Banda from the ruling Movement for Multi-Party Democracy (MMD) against the leader of the opposition Patriotic Front, Michael Sata. Polls are expected to close early this evening [...]
Posted in Africa on Oct 28th, 2008
A woman has been stoned to death for committing adultery after being found guilty in an Islamic Sharia court in the southern Somali city of Kismayo. The woman, Aisho Ibrahim Dhuhulow, was buried up to her neck in sand and then killed in front of thousands of people in one of the city’s squares. A [...]
Posted in Africa on Oct 24th, 2008
The Nigerian secret service has detained a US-based Nigerian news blogger. Jonathan Elendu was picked up when he arrived in the country on a family visit. No-one has been allowed access to him since Saturday. According to Nigerian law anyone arrested must be charged in court within 48 hours. The secret service has told his [...]
Posted in Africa on Oct 17th, 2008
The practice of female genital mutilation has been banned in a district of eastern Uganda. A community leader in Kapchorwa district said the ritual was no longer considered useful for the community’s women. The Sabiny are the only group in Uganda that practises FGM, which involves cutting off a young girl’s clitoris. The local council [...]
Posted in Africa on Oct 12th, 2008
Two weeks ago one of Nigeria’s broadcast icon passed on. The news had blown me away mainly because I had felt Uncle Yinka would overcome Lymphoma, blood cancer. Besides, he had been optimistic.
Though, I never got to see him before he died, we kept in touch via email and his up beat attitude left me [...]
Posted in Africa on Oct 10th, 2008
Libya says it has stopped delivering crude oil to Switzerland and is threatening to withdraw its assets from Swiss banks. Libya was furious when Hannibal Gaddafi, the youngest son of the county’s leader, Muammar Gaddafi was arrested for assault in July. This sparked a series of diplomatic recriminations which included Libya recalling diplomats from Switzerland, [...]
Posted in Africa on Oct 7th, 2008
The recent closure of Channels Television in Nigeria and the arrest of some of its staff met with utmost condemnation by the general public. The reason given was the alleged false report on the plan by President Yar Adua to resign. The act itself takes Nigeria back to its Military days when journalists did not enjoy [...]
