Tanzania has stepped up its authoritarian game by further attacking the rights and freedoms of women. The speaker of parliament recently banned women MPs from wearing eyelash and nail extensions in the legislative house. Job Ndugai said on Monday that he is also considering banning women MPs with “excessive makeup” from entering the House, reports local mediaContinue reading “Tanzania is going nuts over women, bans female MPs with nail and eyelash extensions”
Author Archives: Ismail Akwei
Africa’s kind gesture to the United States after 9/11 that will never be forgotten
It was a global cry on the morning of Tuesday, September 11, 2001, when two hijacked passenger airliners crashed into the North and South towers of the World Trade Center complex in Lower Manhattan. In less than two hours, the 110-story towers collapsed with the people in them killing over 2,000 people while two other planes crashedContinue reading “Africa’s kind gesture to the United States after 9/11 that will never be forgotten”
The U.S. has officially gone authoritarian after threatening ICC judges over war crimes probe
Democracy in the United States has bitten the dust as the authoritarian regime led by Donald Trump has launched dictatorial attacks on the judges of the International Criminal Court (ICC) for planning to open an investigation into the criminal activities of the U.S. in Afghanistan. Led by Gambian prosecutor Fatou Bensouda, the ICC said inContinue reading “The U.S. has officially gone authoritarian after threatening ICC judges over war crimes probe”
Africa’s last ‘eternal’ president just bowed out, thank God
Despite relinquishing his presidential seat to his defense minister, Angola’s Jose Eduardo dos Santos never left office completely until Saturday (September 8) when he stepped down as the leader of the ruling Popular Movement for the Liberation of Angola (MPLA). José Eduardo Dos Santos 4 decades of absolute power has ended. During his farewell speechContinue reading “Africa’s last ‘eternal’ president just bowed out, thank God”
Benin copies stupid move and becomes first West African country to tax internet usage
West African country Benin has joined the likes of Zambia and Uganda to impose taxes on internet usage despite a backlash against the move announced since July. The government passed the law in late August and according to advocacy group Internet Sans Frontières (ISF), Benin citizens will be taxed 5 CFA francs ($0.008) per megabyteContinue reading “Benin copies stupid move and becomes first West African country to tax internet usage”
Ismail Akwei 