Liberia’s president George Weah has declared the University of Liberia and all public universities tuition-free for undergraduate students in the country. He made the announcement before hundreds of cheering students on Wednesday at the University of Liberia’s Capitol Hill Campus in Monrovia during a planned visit to the school. The declaration, according to the formerContinue reading “George Weah declares public universities in Liberia tuition-free after fee-hike protest”
Author Archives: Ismail Akwei
Burundi shamefully bans pregnant girls from schools, teen fathers not exempted
Burundi has joined the shameful list of African countries that have banned teen girls from attending school because of pregnancy. The country’s ministry of education issued the directive last week saying pregnant girls, young mums and the boys who made them pregnant can no longer be part of the formal education system. The June 26Continue reading “Burundi shamefully bans pregnant girls from schools, teen fathers not exempted”
READ: Abolitionist Frederick Douglass’s 1852 speech, What to the Slave Is the Fourth of July?
Thirteen years before the United States Congress passed and ratified the 13th amendment that abolished slavery in the country in 1865, American social reformer, abolitionist, orator, writer, and statesman Frederick Douglass gave a brilliant speech on July 5, 1852, on the subject: “What to the Slave Is the Fourth of July?” It was an appropriateContinue reading “READ: Abolitionist Frederick Douglass’s 1852 speech, What to the Slave Is the Fourth of July?”
You’ll soon have to pay a $2,200 tax before marrying a woman from eSwatini
eSwatini, formerly known as Swaziland, has tabled a bill before its parliament to impose taxes on foreigners who want to marry women in the Kingdom. The bill proposes that the couple must pay a sum of 30,000 lilangeni ($2,200) to the Ministry of the Interior so as to “protect Swazi women”. Government spokesman Percy Simelane explained to theContinue reading “You’ll soon have to pay a $2,200 tax before marrying a woman from eSwatini”
Five black-friendly European countries where you will have no worries
It is difficult to quantify the overall black population in Europe due to the countries’ refusal to collect racial data on their citizens. However, there is data on the country of origin of African migrant population and the number of migrant children who are citizens. Nigeria has the highest number of migrants in Europe with 390,000Continue reading “Five black-friendly European countries where you will have no worries”
Ismail Akwei 