The Sierra Leonean government has cancelled all contracts with a Chinese construction firm that was tasked to build a new $318 million airport facility in March expected to be completed in 2022. The project, launched by the former president Ernest Bai Koroma, was to complement the planned construction of a new city and an exclusiveContinue reading “Sierra Leone rejects $318m Chinese airport project launched in March”
Author Archives: Ismail Akwei
How an international conspiracy to defraud Angola of $500m in 2017 was foiled in London
Closer to the end of the term of former Angolan president Jose Eduardo dos Santos in August 2017, the oil-rich but poor nation’s finance ministry received a letter marked “confidential” for the president who was preparing to step down after the elections. This was the beginning of what the Wall Street Journal (WSJ) described as a bankContinue reading “How an international conspiracy to defraud Angola of $500m in 2017 was foiled in London”
DR Congo’s renowned ‘rape surgeon’ makes Africa proud as he wins the 2018 Nobel Peace Prize
Renowned Congolese gynaecologist and surgeon Dr Denis Mukwege has been named the winner of the 2018 Nobel Peace Prize which he won with Nadia Murad for their efforts to end the use of sexual violence as a weapon of war and armed conflict. Mukwege, popularly known as the ‘rape surgeon’, becomes the 23rd African andContinue reading “DR Congo’s renowned ‘rape surgeon’ makes Africa proud as he wins the 2018 Nobel Peace Prize”
These two African leaders skipped the UN Summit in New York to ‘save money’
It was a show of power and status at the recently held United Nations General Assembly when over 90 heads of state and government met in New York to address global issues under the theme, “Making the United Nations relevant to all people: global leadership and shared responsibilities for peaceful, equitable and sustainable societies.” AfricaContinue reading “These two African leaders skipped the UN Summit in New York to ‘save money’”
Three events that prove Zambia – or Chambia – is China’s first African colony
The suspicions of a Chinese invasion of the African continent and a subsequent colonization is not far-fetched as there is an almost complete takeover of the economy of several African countries by the Asian giant through loans and infrastructural development. It is obvious that Zambia is in the firm grips of the Chinese communist governmentContinue reading “Three events that prove Zambia – or Chambia – is China’s first African colony”
Ismail Akwei 